page_title: New York State Route 374
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: New York State Route 374 / History
caption_attribution_description: The signed eastern terminus of NY 374 in Plattsburgh.
context_page_description: New York State Route 374 is a state highway in the North Country of New York in the United States. The route follows a generally northwest to southeast progression; however, the portion of the route within Franklin County runs north–south and is signed in the same manner. The western terminus of NY 374 is at a junction with U.S. Route 11 in the village of Chateaugay. Its eastern terminus is at an intersection with NY 22 north of the city of Plattsburgh.
  Most of the alignment of NY 374 is located in the Adirondack Park, heading along the shorelines of several large lakes in the northern part of the park, including the two Chateaugay Lakes and Chazy Lake. The route serves as the major road in the area of the Adirondacks for most of its length, and as a major arterial in Plattsburgh. NY 374 was assigned in the 1930 state route renumbering from NY 3 in Cadyville to the state line. It was extended eastward to NY 22 in Plattsburgh in the 1970s following the completion of an arterial bypassing northern Plattsburgh. Until 2017, NY 374's western terminus was at the Canada–United States border north of the village of Chateaugay, where the road continued north as a local road to Route 202.
context_section_description: NY 374 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It initially began at the Canada–United States border north of the village of Chateaugay and ended at an intersection with NY 3 in Cadyville, a small hamlet within the town of Plattsburgh. At the time, NY 3 was the primary east–west highway into the city of Plattsburgh. In the early 1970s, a new highway was constructed north of NY 3 between NY 374 and NY 22 just outside the Plattsburgh city limits. The roadway effectively supplanted NY 3 as the main east–west road into the city; in fact, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) section of the highway was built within 200 yards (180 m) of NY 3. The highway was completed by 1973 as an eastward extension of NY 374.
  On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 374 from its junction with US 11 in the village of Chateaugay to the Canadian border was transferred from the state of New York to Franklin County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. This section of NY 374 is now co-designated as CR 52.
  NY 374 gained notoriety during the manhunt for prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora in June 2015. The New York State Police shut down a section of NY 374 from Dannemora to West Plattsburgh.
caption: Eastbound terminus of NY 374 at NY 22 in Plattsburgh
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