{"id":3946,"date":"2010-04-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2021-12-06T07:21:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:21:55","slug":"new-york-steals-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/new-york-steals-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Steals Roads from its Neighbors!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I learned some interesting facts from our prior exercise, specifically that there are several extremely short U.S. Interstate highway segments that just barely clip the corners of various states<\/a>. In the course of that journey I also uncovered a startling revelation. New York is stealing roads from its neighbors. I’d write it off as an aberration if it was a single instance. However it appears they’ve done it at least twice and it wouldn’t surprise me if additional examples exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A History of Theft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s not beyond the citizens of New York to wrangle land from adjacent jurisdictions. Precedence traces back to 1879 when New York finally completed the absorption of Fishers Island fully within its territory. Clearly it should have gone to Connecticut by nature of geography (map<\/a>). Two miles from Groton, and somehow New York manages to snag it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isabella<\/a>
Isabella Beach, Fishers Island, N. Y.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’d thought this type of boorish behavior was a Nineteenth Century artifact. How could it possibly happen during modern times with borders more clearly established, defined and marked? But I was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again I tip my keyboard to Steve of Connecticut Museum Quest<\/a>. He blew the whistle on a new-to-me border incursion. He’s still fighting mad about Fishers Island, not to mention the Southwick Jog<\/a> that Massachusetts stole. On his behalf, I’m not going to let this provocation go lightly. Connecticut is already too small to hand over additional chunks of its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“New York” 120A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’d consulted him about a tiny sliver of Interstate 684 that passed through Connecticut territory, and of course he knew all about it. He added that I should take a look a little further south. Here’s the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n