Talk:List of former state routes in New York

Query
Are there reasons for the majority of these designation changes? Most of them are just listed as changes of name, but I kept wondering "why?" Only a few of the entries give a reason. Awadewit (talk) 17:45, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Dates
Do all of the entries need dates for the name changes, deletions, etc.? Awadewit (talk) 18:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Length of road
Do all of the entries need to list how long the road was? Awadewit (talk) 18:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Purpose of this list?
I have posted this question at WT:NYSR. –  T M F 15:13, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Removed routes

 * NY 49A - no idea where this route was, it's not on any of my maps.
 * NY 50S - seems to be a neologism for an alternate route of NY 50 in Schenectady. I have some maps that mark this and "mainline" NY 50 as "50", and some that mark this as "ALT 50" and the mainline as "50". Either way, none of them have 50S. –  T M F 06:02, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * NY 8B - again, no idea where this was. –  T M F 01:42, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * NY 188 (1969-70) - the only source that indicates this designation ever existed is New York Routes, an unreliable SPS. Also, the line describing the assignment of NY 434 in the 1970 log implies that the road did not have any other designations than NY 17. –  T M F 21:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)