New York State Route 319 was a state highway in Chenango County, New York, in the United States. It was 5.47 miles (8.80 km) long and connected the hamlet of Preston to the nearby city of Norwich. What became NY 319 was originally built during the early 19th century as the privately owned Norwich and Preston Turnpike. The state of New York assumed ownership in the early 20th century, and the Preston–Norwich state highway was designated as NY 319 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Maintenance of NY 319 was split between the state and the city of Norwich, with the New York State Department of Transportation handling the part of the route west of the city limits. In 1962, the New York State Legislature approved a highway maintenance swap that would transfer the state-maintained section of NY 319 to Chenango County when a new alignment was constructed for NY 23 through the northwestern part of the county. The project was completed in July 1984, at which time the NY 319 designation was completely removed and Chenango County assumed maintenance of the route's former alignment west of Norwich. The new county road was redesignated County Route 10A.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1888:

During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh stalked his friend French painter Paul Gauguin with a razor, and then afterwards cut off the lower part of his own left ear and gave it to a prostitute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

1957:

Ian Craig of Australia became the youngest Test cricket captain in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Craig

1958:

The Tokyo Tower (pictured), the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world at 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower

1972:

In one of the most famous plays in the history of American football, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris made the Immaculate Reception of a pass by quarterback Terry Bradshaw near the end of a playoff game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception

1990:

About eighty-eight percent of the population in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Slovenia

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

relict: 1. Something which, or someone who, survives or remains after the loss of others (compare relic). 2. (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple; a widow or widower. 3. (biology, ecology) A species, organism or ecosystem which was once widespread but which is now found only in a few areas: some think the Loch Ness monster is a relict from the age of dinosaurs. 4. (geology) A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age: dark rims are a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater. 5. (linguistics) A word or language which survives as an archaicism. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relict

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. --Samuel Smiles https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Smiles