Former Edic Rd exit off of NY Route 49.
From the original building of NY Route 8 connector to NY Route 12 in Oneida County. This sign is undated, my guess is early 70s.
These two signs are not in New York State, but I snapped photos because this is what I believe NYSDOT should be doing with new signs along the non-interstate freeways (i.e. NY Route 49, US Route 219, NY Route 33, etc) as signs are replaced to conform to the latest MUTCD standards.
Found along US Route 220 outside of Williamsport, Pa., this interchange will eventually be a numbered interchange when US Route 220 becomes Interstate 99. The exit numbers will be distance-based, per the requirement from the MUTCD. New York State is going to have to switch to distance based exit numbers when the funding is available for it (I agree that we have more pressing issues right now with just maintaining roads and bridges) but in the meanwhile, blank exit number signs could be included for all interchanges that don’t currently have an exit number. Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing a CalTrans approach of adding exit numbers when the signs are replaced, but I don’t think NYSDOT would go with such a fragmented approach. By putting blank exit number panels up with sign replacements, the cost of adding an interchange number in the future (when it’s determined that it MUST be completed by a set date) will be less because the bulk of the sign will already be in place, needing only just an exit number overlay. Interstate 88 was signed in this manner when it was built in the 70s and 80s (when NYSDOT was deciding to go either distance-based or sequentially like the rest of the state for the numbering), so there this approach has not been without precedent in The Empire State.
NY Route 840 in the Town of New Hartford has a new exit ramp for the New Hartford Business Park. This is an eastbound only exit and entrance ramp, as it was deemed too expensive to build a bridge over the expressway for a full trumpet interchange and residents were adamantly against the addition of a traffic light to the road way (for an at-grade intersection).
There are two roundabouts total on CR 34 / Marcy-SUNYIT Parkway. Heading southbound, the first provides access to a NanoCenter that has not been built or even confirmed yet. The second provides access to Technology Dr, which leads to SUNYIT. There is also an intersection that provides access to Edic Rd., which is now a dead-end in both directions. Edic Rd. southbound has always been a dead end at it’s south end (well, at least for quite a few decades), the northbound dead end is a result of truncating the road at the end of the residential area. Heading north, Marcy-SUNYIT Parkway currently flows onto the existing Edic Rd. at the Hazard Rd. intersection. Oneida CR 34 is well marked along Marcy-SUNYIT Parkway at the River Rd. interchange with NY 49 (guide panels on NY 49 to be replaced with the new designation ‘sometime this winter’ per NYSDOT) to Hazard Rd., where CR 34 then follows Edic Rd. to it’s end at Glass Factory Rd. (CR 36).
Oneida CR34/Marcy-SUNYIT Parkway is officially open. I drove it from north to south. Once on the new parkway, this is the first of two roundabouts you encounter. The sign to the NanoCenter points to nothing but the hope of the future.
