Albany County maintains a well-marked system of highways. The standard pentagon shield, shown above, is used, and turn assemblies and end markers are consistently posted. The numbers are arranged in groups of 50 that correspond to the various towns, as listed alphabetically, in which each route is predominantly situated. These groupings are here shown as sub-headings; no town currently uses all 50 assigned numbers.

Density of county routes varies somewhat: in the less populous southwestern towns, county routes make up a high percentage of the total road mileage, whereas in the northern parts of Colonie and Guilderland, there are very few county routes at all.

In many cases, particularly in Westerlo and Rensselaerville, roads names are no longer used (and some may never have been). These roads are instead referred to solely by their route number, and their names are shown below in parentheses.

Italicized routes are obsolete designations. In the "Towns" column, Villages and CITIES are also listed. No county routes enter the cities of Cohoes or Watervliet.

SOURCES: Albany County official highway map (The National Survey-1991), NYSDOT Albany & Schenectady county map (1989), NYSDOT Albany area quadrangle maps (1991-1993), NYSDOT New York State Atlas (1998/2000), NYSDOT Highway Inventory File (2011).

Edition 12/12/11

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