New York State Route 95
State highway in Franklin County, New York, US
New York State Route 95 (NY 95) is a north–south state highway located within Franklin County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 13.37 miles (21.52 km) from an intersection with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the town of Moira to a junction with NY 37 in the town of Bombay. The highway terminates less than 3 miles (5 km) south of the Canadian border. NY 95 initially continued south to Saint Regis Falls when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It was cut back to its current length in the mid-1930s.
Unlike most New York state routes that bear the same number of an Interstate highway, NY 95 is not an extension of, or is continuous with Interstate 95 in New York.
Route description
NY 95 begins at an intersection with US 11 and County Route 5 (CR 5, named Moira–St. Regis Falls Road) in the hamlet of Moira, located in the central part of the town of Moira. The route proceeds north through the community as a two-lane street, passing a series of homes before intersecting the eastern terminus of CR 6 (North Lawrence–Moira Road at the northern end of the hamlet. Past the junction, the residential surroundings gradually give way to open, rolling fields as the highway winds its way northward through the town of Moira.
“New York State Route 95” enters the record as state highway in Franklin County, New York, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what York, State and Route can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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