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New York State Route 12
StateNY
TypeNY
Route12
Length mi172.00
Length km276.81
Direction aSouth
Terminus aPennsylvania state line at Great Bend
Direction bNorth
Terminus bUS 11 in Clayton
CountiesBroome, Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Lewis, Jefferson
Previous typeNY
Previous route11A
Next typeNY
Next route12A

New York State Route 12 is a north–south state highway extending for 172 miles across the central and northern regions of New York. It connects the Southern Tier with the Thousand Islands region along the Saint Lawrence River. The route serves numerous communities, including Binghamton, Utica, and Watertown, functioning as a vital commercial and tourist corridor.

Route description

Beginning at the Pennsylvania state line in the hamlet of Great Bend, the route proceeds north concurrently with US 11 into Broome County. It splits from US 11 in Chenango Bridge, heading northeast through the Chenango River valley, passing Chenango County communities like Norwich and Sherburne. Entering Madison County, it serves Hamilton before a long concurrency with US 20 into Oneida County and the city of Utica. North of Utica, NY 12 traverses the Adirondack foothills in Lewis County, passing through Lowville. It then enters the Tug Hill region and Jefferson County, running along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario's Black River Bay before reaching the city of Watertown. The final segment runs north along the Saint Lawrence River through Alexandria Bay to its terminus at US 11 in the village of Clayton on the Thousand Islands.

History

The origins of the route lie in early 20th-century auto trails, including the William Seward-promoted Seward Highway and the Black River Turnpike. When the New York State Department of Highways assigned numbers in 1924, the route from Binghamton to Clayton was designated as NY 26. In the 1930 renumbering, this corridor was reassigned as NY 12, absorbing parts of several other routes, including the former NY 2 north of Watertown. Significant realignments occurred over decades, such as the construction of a freeway bypass around Norwich in the 1970s and the relocation onto the Utica–Rome Expressway with I-790 and NY 5 in Oneida County. Maintenance and jurisdiction over the route have involved entities like the NYSDOT and the New York State Thruway Authority.

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{| class="wikitable" |- ! County ! Location ! mi ! km ! Destinations ! Notes |- | rowspan="2" | Broome | Great Bend | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 11 south – Great Bend, New Milford | Southern terminus; Pennsylvania state line |- | Chenango Bridge | 7.79 | 12.54 | US 11 north – Binghamton | Southern end of US 11 concurrency |- | Chenango | Norwich | 36.69 | 59.05 | NY 23 / NY 320 – South New Berlin, Plymouth | |- | Madison | Madison | 70.68 | 113.75 | US 20 west – Cazenovia | Southern end of US 20 concurrency |- | rowspan="2" | Oneida | Utica | 90.52 | 145.68 | NY 5 / NY 8 / NY 12A – Frankfort, Little Falls | Interchange |- | Utica | 92.14 | 148.28 | US 20 east – Albany | Northern end of US 20 concurrency |- | Lewis | Lowville | 120.18 | 193.41 | NY 26 – Carthage, Talcottville | |- | rowspan="2" | Jefferson | Watertown | 150.40 | 242.05 | US 11 / NY 3 / NY 37 – Fort Drum, Carthage | |- | Clayton | 172.00 | 276.00 | 1 | 12 | 12 (NY 12) 12) 12 (NY 12 (NY 12) is a 276.00 76. 76.81 km.00 .00 .00 .00 .00.00.00 .00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00 .00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00 | 276.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00 |00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00 |00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00|00|00|00|00|00.00.00.00.00|00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00|00.00..00.00|00.00.00|00.00.00|00|00|00.00|00.00.00.00.00|00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00|00|00|00.00.00.00.00.00.00|00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00|.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00..00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00...00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.