New York State Route 146Bwas a former spur route of the capital region-based New York State Route 146. The road was 4.2 miles long, stretching from the parent route to the interchange with Saratoga County Routes 90 (Vischer Ferry Road) and Saratoga County Route 91 (Grooms Road). The entire route is in the Town of Clifton Park. Route 146B, when it was decommissioned in 1964, had had a lifetime of at least 17 years.
Route descriptionNew York State Route 146B began at an intersection with Route 146 and Saratoga County Route 88 in Rexford, an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Clifton Park. The highway progressed eastward, passing to the south of the Edison Club, a country club, and following the Mohawk River asRiverview Road, the continuation of County Route 88. Route 146B continued eastward, then turned to the southeast, where it terminated at the intersection of Vischers Ferry Road and Grooms Road.
HistoryThe first settlements in what is now Clifton Park, New York originated in the 17th Century. By 1723, the area had grown to twenty inhabitants, and was given name "Canastigione". The area along the Mohawk River was big with ferries across the highway, with Eldert Fischer opening the area known as Vischer's Ferry in 1783. At the northern end of what became NY 146B, Edward Rexford named the town of Rexford "Rexford Flat's". The town of Clifton Park was assigned from Halfmoon in 1828, as the town of "Clifton". A year later, the town changed its name to Clifton Park, and officially became the last town to be formed in Saratoga County.
The route that made up part of 146B wasn't even a state highway when the 1930 New York State Route renumbering occurred. Even by 1936, when most state highways came around, Route 146B's current highway, Riverview Road still hadn't been turned over to the state. However, by 1947, Route 146B was in commission. The designation lasted for at least 17 years, with the 146B designation was decommissioned in 1964.Eventually, the entire length of Route 146B was re-designated as County Route 91 and is now part of the Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway.