page_title: New York State Route 282
section_title: Southern Tier Expressway and rail crossing controversy
hierarchical_section_title: New York State Route 282 / History / Southern Tier Expressway and rail crossing controversy
caption_attribution_description: English: NY&#160;282 approaching the junction with NY&#160;17C in Smithboro, New York.
context_page_description: New York State Route 282 is a north–south state highway located within Tioga County in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It extends for 3.48 miles from the Pennsylvania state line in the town of Nichols, where it connects to Pennsylvania Route 187, to an intersection with NY 17C in the town of Tioga. The route meets the Southern Tier Expressway and crosses over the Susquehanna River just west of the village of Nichols.
  NY 282 originally served the hamlet of Smithboro on the northern riverbank via a toll bridge when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The route south of the junction with former NY 283 was reconstructed during 1964 and 1965 while NY 282 was realigned in January 1969 to cross the river on a new bridge to the east of Smithboro as part of construction of the Southern Tier Expressway between Nichols and Owego.
context_section_description: In May 1962, the state of New York gave residents of Nichols a sneak preview at the proposed construction of the Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17). This sneak preview at Nichols Elementary School announced that two new interchanges would be constructed in the town of Nichols, one at the junction with Stanton Hill Road and one west of the village. As part of the Southern Tier construction, a new bridge across the Susquehanna River would be constructed to replace the one in downtown Smithboro. The mayor of Nichols, Donald Hunt, requested time to study the proposed location of the new bridge across the river, stating that one constructed east of the village would be more beneficial for residents. The state rebutted that the new bridge location was chosen because the river east of Nichols was wider and more prone to flooding.
  In 1966, the relocation of NY 282 from Bridge Street in Smithboro was approved with the elimination of a grade crossing with the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks. The project would also involve the elimination of the crossing on NY 282 of the Erie-Lackawanna Railway. On January 22, 1967, the state announced that they wished to update the proposed grade crossing elimination with local opposition exerting pressure because of new construction in the area. The New York State Department of Public Works now proposed that the elimination would still occur with the fact that NY 282 would end up being relocated eastward as part of construction of the Southern Tier Expressway, but that NY 282's old alignment would be open until a point south of the grade crossing so that access to a nearby house is not cut off, along with new houses being constructed in the area.
  Just nine days prior to the grade crossing changes, Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced that bids would open on the construction of the new alignment of NY 17, the Southern Tier Expressway on February 16. The state announced that the amount would come out to $15.123 million for the new road, but half of that would be paid by Appalachia funds, while the state would pay for the rest. As part of the construction, a new, five-span, 720-foot-long (220 m) bridge across the Susquehanna River and Erie-Lackawanna Railroad tracks would be constructed. This new bridge would also involve a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) relocation of NY 282 to the east, while having the former toll bridge removed. In April 1967, the state of New York announced that the Perini Corporation of Framingham, Massachusetts, who was constructing a section of the expressway east of Owego village, won the bid of $11,706,225.10 to construct the new expressway, along with the relocated NY 282 with a slated completion date of December 1, 1969.
  Preliminary work began in late April 1967 on the construction of the next segment of the Southern Tier Expressway. By June, construction through Nichols was visible, with construction of the interchange at Stanton Hill Road, along with draining pipes for construction of the new bridge across the Susquehanna River of NY 282. In January 1969, the state announced that the new bridge across the Susquehanna River would open on January 14, receiving its first traffic at 10 a.m. The road was opened early during construction of NY 17 to permit the demolition of the old toll bridge to go forward. The Perini firm took dynamite to the center span of the old bridge on February 6, 1969, with the eight charges causing the center spans to fall in the river.
  NY 282's original alignment along the southern riverbank is now part of CR 4 while a small section in Smithboro is town-maintained and known as Bridge Street.
caption: NY 282 approaching the junction with NY 17C in Smithboro
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