New York State Route 273

This article is about the most recent alignment of NY 273, removed in 1980. For the former alignment of NY 273 in Yates County, see List of county routes in Yates County, New York § 32.
New York State Route 273 marker
New York State Route 273
Map
Map of eastern New York and western Vermont with NY 273 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length7.44 mi[1][2] (11.97 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1949[3]–March 24, 1980[4]
Major junctions
West end US 4 near Whitehall village
East endVermont state line in Hampton
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesWashington
Highway system
← NY 272→ NY 274

New York State Route 273 (NY 273) was a state highway in northern Washington County, New York, in the United States. It began at an intersection with U.S. Route 4 (US 4) east of the village of Whitehall and ended at the Vermont state line in the town of Hampton, just east of a junction with NY 22A. The route passed through largely rural areas and entered only one community, the small hamlet of East Whitehall.

NY 273 followed part of the former routing of the Hampton and Whitehall Turnpike, a privately maintained highway that linked the village of Whitehall to a bridge over the Poultney River near the hamlet of Hampton, where it continued to Poultney, Vermont, in the 19th century. The portion of the turnpike west of East Whitehall became part of US 4 in 1927; however, US 4 was realigned in the mid-1940s to follow a new, more direct highway between Whitehall and the Vermont state line at Fair Haven, Vermont. NY 273 was assigned in 1949 to the path of old turnpike; however, the NY 273 designation was eliminated in 1980 as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state of New York and Washington County. The former routing of NY 273 west of NY 22A became County Route 18 (CR 18).

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