Essex County

Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Along with Hamilton County, Essex is entirely within the Adirondack Park.

Essex County is in the northeastern part of New York State, just west of Vermont along the eastern boundary of the State. The eastern boundary of Essex County is Lake Champlain, which serves as the New York – Vermont border at an elevation of just under 100 feet (30.5 m). The highest natural point in New York, Mount Marcy at 5,344 feet (1,629 m), is in the Town of Keene. The Ausable River forms a partial northern boundary for the county.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County,_NY

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Pharoah Lake

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Updated map of Pharoah Lake with campsites based on the latest data dump from the NYSDEC. As of this summer, the bridge over the outlet (southern tip) of Pharoah Lake is closed for repairs, so one must go around the lake to get to the northern shore of the lake from the Pharoah Lake Trail from Pharoah Road/Beaver Dam Road in Schroon.

Pharoah Lake

Before Dysfunction Junction – NY 73 and US 9 (1955 Topo)

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It looks like prior to the late-1950s, Dysfunction Junction was a fairly ordinary triangle-style intersection, basically a Y with a gravel and oil packed leg for the occassional traffic turning from US 9 South to NY 73 West.

Shown above is the 1955 Keene Valley Topographic Map.

Dysfunction Junction (US 9 and NY 73) outside of Keene

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The intersection was built long before the Northway, which was wasn’t completed until the late 1960s.

According to an engineering book at the time, the design is a “bulb type-T intersection” that “favors the heavier right-turn movement from the upper to the lower left leg of the intersection. Sight distances are excellent and approach speeds are approximately 40 miles per hour.”

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2010/09/dysfunction-junction-whats-your-function.html