History
On July 23, 1900, the state of New York awarded a contract to rebuild 2.78 miles (4.47 km) of roads in Mamaroneck and Scarsdale. The project covered the northernmost half-mile (0.8 km) and all but the northernmost 0.3 miles (0.48 km) of what is now NY 125 in Mamaroneck and Scarsdale, respectively. Both roads were added to the state highway system on October 24, 1901, as unsigned State Highway 19 (SH 19). The remainder of the route in Mamaroneck was added in the mid-1920s, and the 0.3-mile (0.48 km) segment leading south from the White Plains city line was taken over by the state sometime after 1926. NY 125 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It began at US 1 and went north over the state highways in Mamaroneck and Scarsdale and locally maintained streets in New Rochelle and White Plains to Mamaroneck Avenue, then NY 126. The NY 126 designation was removed c. 1936, at which time NY 125 was extended north to NY 22.
In the mid-20th century, the route was proposed to be realigned onto an expressway loosely following the Bronx River Parkway and NY 22 between the Bronx and White Plains. While the parkway was restricted to non-commercial vehicles, the proposed highway was intended to serve vehicles of all types. The proposal was abandoned in the 1960s. Part of the expressway's planned route along the former right-of-way of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway's line to White Plains was eventually used for the Heathcote Bypass in the mid-1960s.
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