New York State Route 384
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Length | 21.73 mi[1] (34.97 km) | |||
Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
Tourist routes | Great Lakes Seaway Trail | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | NY 5 in Buffalo | |||
I-290 in Tonawanda I-190 / LaSalle Expressway / Niagara Scenic Parkway in Niagara Falls | ||||
North end | Highway 420 and NY 104 at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Erie, Niagara | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 384 (NY 384) is a state highway in Western New York in the United States. It is a north–south route extending from the city of Buffalo, Erie County to the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, and is one of several routes directly connecting the two cities. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 5 in downtown Buffalo. NY 384's northern terminus is at the Rainbow Bridge in downtown Niagara Falls. Through its entire course in Erie County, it is known as Delaware Avenue for the street it follows in the city. In Niagara County, NY 384 follows the Niagara River and is named River Road and Buffalo Avenue.
NY 384 was assigned in 1930 to the riverside roadway linking Buffalo to Niagara Falls. It was rerouted south of the city of
Route description
Erie County
NY 384 begins at an intersection with
NY 384 continues north into Gates Circle, which is surrounded by the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital and made up of a traffic circle with Chapin Parkway and Lafayette Avenue. Continuing north along Delaware Avenue, the route passes the
Just north of the interchange, NY 384 crosses Nottingham Terrace and leaves Delaware Park. Continuing through North Buffalo, the route runs north along Delaware Avenue as a four-lane undivided boulevard, passing numerous businesses on both directions of the road, crossing under a railroad line in the area. The route changes little through North Buffalo, crossing multiple residential side streets and a junction with Kenmore Avenue. At that junction, the route crosses into Kenmore, and NY 384 becomes a mix of residential and industrial as it crosses north. The route soon crosses into the Town of Tonawanda and the Paramount neighborhood, where NY 384 reaches a junction with the divided NY 324 (Sheridan Drive).[3]
Continuing north along Delaware Avenue, NY 384 crosses through Tonawanda as a four-lane commercial strip, passing the Bartender's Professional Training Institute. NY 384 begins to parallel the eastern edge of Mount Olivet Cemetery, crossing through the center of the cemetery near the intersection with Delaware Road. Crossing into the Elmwood North section of Tonawanda, NY 384 leaves the cemetery and enters exit 1A of
At the intersection with Broad Street, NY 384 crosses over Tonawanda Creek and crosses into Raintree Island, where it intersects with East Niagara Street. Crossing over the Erie Canal, NY 384 crosses into Niagara County and the town of North Tonawanda.[3]
Niagara County
Now known as Main Street through North Tonawanda, NY 384 remains proceeding northward through a commercial neighborhood. Near Webster Street, the route turns northwest, paralleling nearby railroad tracks into a junction with NY 265 (River Road). NY 265 and NY 384 become concurrent along River Road, running along the Little River through North Tonawanda as a four-lane industrial highway. The routes cross a junction with the western terminus of NY 429 (Wheatfield Street) before reaching Fishermans Park and soon after, Gratwick Riverside Park along the Little River. Continuing a parallel with the nearby railroad tracks, NY 265 and NY 384 continue northwest along the riverside, passing multiple entrances into Gratwick.[3]
Just northwest of the park, NY 265 and NY 384 turn westward and northwestward into the town of
After crossing the creek, NY 384 reaches a ramp to the LaSalle, where the route and Buffalo Avenue turn southwest along Cayuga Creek. Proceeding southeast and away from the LaSalle, the route continues through the eastern edges of the city, passing numerous residences along the two-lane roadway. Around the junction with 79th Street, the route becomes more commercial in nature, making a large curve around the riverside into an interchange the terminus of the Niagara Scenic Parkway. Also in the middle of this interchange, NY 384 crosses under I-190 (the Niagara Thruway) and services exit 21 of the route. Running northeast along Buffalo Avenue, the route now begins to parallel the Niagara Scenic, entering the industrial section of the city near 53rd Street.[3]
Crossing under the railroad tracks, NY 384 crosses northwest through multiple factories, passing a large railroad yard near Iroquois Street. A short distance after, the route crosses an intersection with the southern terminus of NY 61 (Hyde Park Boulevard). The route crosses west through Niagara Falls, crossing over a small railroad wye, and soon into another commercial street near Portage Road. Reaching a junction with Rainbow Boulevard, NY 384 runs northwest along Rainbow into an at-grade junction with the Niagara Scenic Parkway, which it runs north along John P. Daly Boulevard to a junction with Niagara Street, where it turns west onto Niagara. Beginning to parallel US 62, NY 384 runs west along Niagara Street, a four-lane commercial street.[3]
NY 384 continues west for several blocks into an intersection with the western terminus of northbound NY 104 (First Street) in the center of Niagara Falls, just south of US 62. A block later, it crosses NY 104 south (Rainbow Boulevard), and enters a ramp towards the Rainbow Bridge. The NY 384 designation terminates at the junction with Rainbow Boulevard rather than continuing through Niagara Falls State Park onto the bridge to Ontario.[3]
History
In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 30, an unsigned legislative route extending across New York from Niagara Falls northeast to Rouses Point.[4] By 1914, the definition of Route 30 was modified to include the portion of River Road and Main Street between the Niagara Falls city line and Island Street in North Tonawanda.[5] This addition to Route 30 was removed on March 1, 1921.[6] When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, none of the former North Tonawanda extension of Route 30 was assigned a designation.[7]
NY 384 was assigned as part of the
The alignments of NY 266 and NY 384 south of North Tonawanda were flipped c. 1936. However, unlike NY 266, NY 384 continued south on Delaware Avenue into downtown Buffalo, where it ended at Niagara Square as it had before.[9][11] NY 384 was rerouted slightly by 1948 to follow Delaware Avenue through Tonawanda and across the Erie Canal to the modern junction of Main and Webster Streets, where it rejoined its previous alignment.[12] The route was extended south through Niagara Square to its current terminus at NY 5 by 1970.[13]
Niagara Falls
In Niagara Falls, NY 384 originally broke from Buffalo Avenue at 10th Street to follow Erie Avenue and Falls, Main,
Rainbow Boulevard was made up of what had been Union Avenue and First Street as well as a new north–south street constructed in the vicinity of Main Street.
In December 2005, construction began on a project to convert the Rainbow Boulevard one-way couplet into dual-direction streets. As part of the project, the location where the dual-direction Rainbow Boulevard split into the parallel streets was turned into a
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Erie | Buffalo | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 5 | Southern terminus |
0.52 | 0.84 | NY 5 | |||
0.8 | 1.3 | Niagara Street | Niagara Square | ||
3.71 | 5.97 | NY 198 (Scajaquada Expressway) | Interchange | ||
Town of Tonawanda | 6.88 | 11.07 | NY 324 (Sheridan Drive) | ||
7.90 | 12.71 | I-290 (Youngmann Expressway) | Exit 1 (I-290) | ||
overlap | |||||
10.74 | 17.28 | NY 429 north (Wheatfield Road) | Southern terminus of NY 429 | ||
Wheatfield | 14.83 | 23.87 | Williams Road (NY 952V north) | Southern terminus of unsigned NY 952V | |
Niagara Falls | 15.84 | 25.49 | NY 265 north (South Military Road) | Northern terminus of NY 265 overlap | |
16.04 | 25.81 | LaSalle Expressway west to I-190 | Interchange | ||
17.62 | 28.36 | I-190 / LaSalle Expressway east / Niagara Scenic Parkway north – Seneca Niagara Casino, New York State Park, American Falls | Exit 21 (I-190) | ||
19.10 | 30.74 | NY 61 north (Hyde Park Boulevard) | Southern terminus of NY 61 | ||
20.82 | 33.51 | Niagara Scenic Parkway south | Access via NY 952B | ||
21.69 | 34.91 | Rainbow Boulevard (NY 954V west) | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 954V | ||
NY 104 east (Main Street) – USA | Western terminus of NY 104 | ||||
21.79 | 35.07 | NY 955A west) – Canada | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 223–224, 275–276. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Microsoft; Nokia (January 12, 2013). "overview map of NY 384" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 64. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1919). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 83. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 42, 64–66. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- Shell Oil Company. 1935. Archived from the originalon March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- Standard Oil Company. 1936.
- ^ Tonawanda Quadrangle – New York (Map). 1:62,500. 15-Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1948. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State(PDF). Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ a b Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
- ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
- ^ Exxon. 1977.
- ^ a b Niagara Falls Quadrangle – New York–Ontario (Map). 1:25,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1980. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ Niagara Falls (Map). 1:31,000. Wagner & Debes. 1894. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ Niagara Falls (Map) (1995 ed.). MapArt.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. "NY Route 384 (Rainbow Boulevard)". Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2004). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2007). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State.
- ^ "Niagara County traffic counts" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2017). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved January 9, 2017.
External links
- New York State Route 384 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes