New York State Route 13
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Ithaca | ||||
Length | 152.30 mi[1] (245.10 km) | |||
Existed | 1924[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | NY 14 in Horseheads | |||
North end | NY 3 in Richland | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Chemung, Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Oswego | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 13 (NY 13) is a
The most heavily traveled section of the route is the 50-mile (80 km) northeast–southwest section between Horseheads and Cortland. Situated midway between the two locations is the city of Ithaca; here, a small section of NY 13 follows an expressway alignment around much of the city. Much of the route, however, is a two-lane highway that passes through rural areas. When NY 13 was originally assigned in the 1920s, it extended only from Elmira to Cazenovia. It was significantly extended in 1930, stretching from Lindley in the south to Richland in the north. The southern terminus was moved back to Elmira in the 1940s and has been located at various points in the city since then.
Route description
Elmira to Ithaca
Up until 2006, NY 13 began at exit 54 on the
Just before exiting
At West Clinton Street (
Near the northern city line, the roadway connects to East Shore Drive by way of an interchange, at which point NY 34 leaves the expressway to follow East Shore Drive along the lakeshore. NY 13 and NY 34 follow parallel routings into
Ithaca to Lenox
NY 13 progresses southeast through western
At the Tompkins-Cortland County line, NY 13 loses the Cortland Road moniker and becomes unnamed as it heads toward Cortland. Southwest of the city limits, NY 13 breaks to the northeast, with its north-northeastward alignment continuing onward as NY 281. In Cortland, NY 13 becomes Tompkins Street and meets NY 215 (Owego Street) three blocks from an intersection with the overlapping routes of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and NY 41 at Church Street. All three routes turn north onto Church, creating a three-route overlap that lasts for three blocks through downtown Cortland. At Clinton Road, US 11 and NY 41 turn west while NY 13 curves east for several blocks to an interchange with I-81 at the northeastern edge of the city's downtown district. Here, the Tioughnioga River splits, with NY 13 following the eastern branch northeast out of the Cortland city limits.
NY 13 continues northeast along the banks of the Tioughnioga through Truxton, where it intersects the southern terminus of NY 91, to the hamlet of Cuyler in the town of the same name. Here, the river downgrades to a creek as the route turns eastward toward Madison County. Upon crossing the county line, NY 13 enters the village of DeRuyter, located in the town of the same name, as Cortland Street. In the village center, NY 13 turns left onto Utica Street and follows the roadway out of the village.
Outside of the village, NY 13 follows a largely northeast–southwest alignment as it passes through the hamlet of Puckerville (centered around the junction between NY 13 and East Lake Road, a local roadway following the eastern edge of the
NY 13 heads north to the village of Cazenovia, located at the southeastern tip of Cazenovia Lake. Within the village limits, NY 13 overlaps US 20 on Forman and Albany Streets before continuing north out of the village on Farnham and Sweetland Streets. Outside of the village, the street becomes known as Gorge Road and enters a roughly 100 feet (30 m) ravine surrounding the Chittenango Creek. As NY 13 progresses northward, the gorge deepens, reaching approximately 300 feet (91 m) within Chittenango Falls State Park. North of the park, the gorge widens laterally and continues to drop in elevation, with the difference between the surrounding terrain and NY 13 reaching almost 500 feet (150 m) as it intersects NY 5 in southeastern Chittenango. The two routes overlap, following Genesee Street north for several blocks before turning east and paralleling the former Erie Canal out of the village.
The two routes remain conjoined until Canastota, a village located in the town of Lenox, where NY 13 breaks from NY 5 and resumes its northward progression. North of the village center, NY 13 meets the New York State Thruway (I-90) at exit 34 before exiting Canastota. At the southeastern corner of Oneida Lake, NY 13 intersects NY 31. Just north of NY 31, NY 13 crosses over the Oneida River and enters Oneida County.
Oneida and Oswego counties
Between the county line and NY 49, NY 13 follows the eastern edge of Oneida Lake as it proceeds northward through the towns of Verona and Vienna. In Verona, NY 13 passes through the center of Verona Beach State Park and serves the lakeside community of Verona Beach, located adjacent to where the Erie Canal exits Oneida Lake. NY 13 crosses over the canal shortly afterward, passing into the Vienna community of Sylvan Beach in the process. Development along NY 13 continues as far north as Edgewater Beach, where NY 13 breaks from the lakeshore and continues north to meet NY 49. NY 13 turns east, overlapping NY 49 into the hamlet of Vienna.
In the center of Vienna, NY 13 leaves NY 49 and continues northward through the hamlet of McConnellsville (where NY 13 is joined by the west branch of Fish Creek) to the village of Camden, where NY 69 overlaps NY 13 for two blocks through the heart of the village. Past Camden, NY 13 continues northwest along Fish Creek into the Oswego County town of Williamstown, where NY 13 leaves the waterway and intersects NY 183 and NY 104.
NY 13 continues onward through rural central Oswego County to the village of Pulaski, which is in the town of Richland, where the route connects to southbound I-81 by way of a half-interchange just outside the village and intersects US 11 near the center of Pulaski. The route continues west for another 3 miles (5 km) before terminating at NY 3 in the hamlet of Port Ontario, which is also in the town of Richland.
History
Early routing
When state highways in New York were first publicly signed in 1924, NY 13 was assigned only to the portion of its modern routing between Elmira and Cazenovia.[2] Within the Elmira area, NY 13 initially followed a different routing, beginning at the intersection of Lake Street and Water Street (then NY 17) on the north bank of the Chemung River in downtown Elmira. The route then overlapped NY 14 along Lake Street to Horseheads,[4] where NY 13 split from NY 14 and headed northeast on Old Ithaca Road to what is now the intersection between NY 13 and NY 223. Here, NY 13 turned north, following its current alignment toward Ithaca.[5]
In the
Realignments and truncation
The portion of NY 13 west of Elmira was removed from the state highway system in the early 1940s. NY 13 was truncated back to its original terminus at Water Street in downtown Elmira even though all of NY 13 south of Horseheads was concurrent with NY 17.[9][10] NY 17 was moved onto its current alignment east of the city in the late 1950s;[11][12] NY 13 was realigned south of NY 223 c. 1961 to follow a new road leading to a newly constructed interchange with NY 17.[13][14]
In the mid-1980s, the Sullivanville Dam project forced a portion of the route to be rerouted northeast of Horseheads. Due to the elevated water level caused by the dam, the route had to be moved to higher ground west of the hamlet of Sullivanville in the Town of Veteran. A section of the old highway remains under the impounded water. Another section north of the dam exists as an extension of Sullivanville Road.[citation needed]
In 2007, with the completion of the
Routing through Ithaca
When NY 13 was first assigned, it entered the city of Ithaca on Spencer Road and followed Spencer and Cayuga Streets into downtown. From there, NY 13 proceeded generally northeastward on Court and Linn Streets, University Avenue, and Forest Home Drive through the
In the early 1960s, a new expressway was built along the eastern shore of
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Southern terminus, exit 54 (I-86 / NY 17) | |||||
2.78 | 4.47 | NY 223 east – Breesport | Western terminus of NY 223; roundabout | ||
Schuyler | Cayuta | 11.64 | 18.73 | NY 224 – Odessa, Van Etten | |
overlaps | |||||
24.15 | 38.87 | NY 327 north (Enfield Falls Road) | Southern terminus of NY 327 | ||
25.22 | 40.59 | NY 13A north (Five Mile Drive) | Southern terminus of NY 13A | ||
City of Ithaca | 27.31 | 43.95 | NY 96B south – Ithaca College | Northern terminus of NY 96B | |
27.43 | 44.14 | NY 79 east (West Green Street) – Downtown, Cornell University | Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 79 overlap (southbound) | ||
27.55 | 44.34 | NY 79 west (West Seneca Street) | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 79 overlap (southbound) | ||
27.63 | 44.47 | NY 89 north / NY 96 north (West Buffalo Street) | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 96 overlap; southern terminus of NY 89 | ||
NY 930F south) | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 34 overlap; diamond interchange; northern terminus of unsigned NY 930F | ||||
NY 34A | |||||
31.21 | 50.23 | North Triphammer Road – Lansing, Cayuga Heights | Diamond interchange | ||
Town of Dryden | 35.32 | 56.84 | NY 366 west | Western terminus of NY 13 / NY 366 overlap | |
36.55 | 58.82 | NY 366 east – Freeville, Groton, Etna | Eastern terminus of NY 13 / NY 366 overlap | ||
Village of Dryden | 41.28 | 66.43 | NY 38 south / NY 392 east – Owego | Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 38 overlap; western terminus of NY 392 | |
41.81 | 67.29 | NY 38 north – Freeville, Groton | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 38 overlap | ||
Cortland | Cortlandville | 48.76 | 78.47 | NY 281 north – Syracuse | Southern terminus of NY 281; hamlet of Munsons Corners |
Cortland | 50.93 | 81.96 | NY 215 south | Northern terminus of NY 215 | |
51.34 | 82.62 | US 11 south / NY 41 south | Southern terminus of US 11 / NY 13 / NY 41 overlap | ||
51.65 | 83.12 | US 11 north / NY 41 north / NY 222 west – Downtown | Northern terminus of US 11 / NY 13 / NY 41 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 222 | ||
52.41 | 84.35 | I-81 – Syracuse, Binghamton | Exit 11 (I-81) | ||
Truxton | 62.98 | 101.36 | NY 91 north | Southern terminus of NY 91 | |
Town of DeRuyter | 76.24 | 122.70 | NY 80 east – Georgetown | Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 80 overlap; hamlet of Sheds | |
Town of Cazenovia | 79.68 | 128.23 | NY 80 west (Fabius Road) – Fabius | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 80 overlap; hamlet of New Woodstock | |
Village of Cazenovia | 85.67 | 137.87 | US 20 west – LaFayette | Southern terminus of US 20 / NY 13 overlap | |
86.26 | 138.82 | US 20 east – Morrisville | Northern terminus of US 20 / NY 13 overlap | ||
Chittenango | 95.40 | 153.53 | NY 5 west – Fayetteville | Western terminus of NY 5 / NY 13 overlap | |
Canastota | 101.98 | 164.12 | NY 5 east – Wampsville, Oneida | Eastern terminus of NY 5 / NY 13 overlap | |
103.51 | 166.58 | Exit 34 (I-90/Thruway) | |||
Lenox | 108.59 | 174.76 | NY 31 – Bridgeport, Verona | Roundabout; hamlet of South Bay | |
Oneida | Vienna | 114.19 | 183.77 | NY 49 west – Central Square, Fulton | Western terminus of NY 13 / NY 49 overlap; hamlet of North Bay |
115.64 | 186.10 | NY 49 east – Rome | Eastern terminus of NY 13 / NY 49 overlap; hamlet of Vienna | ||
Village of Camden | 123.39 | 198.58 | NY 69 west | Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 69 overlap | |
123.49 | 198.74 | NY 69 east – Rome | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 69 overlap | ||
Oswego | Williamstown | 133.25 | 214.45 | NY 183 south | Northern terminus of NY 183; hamlet of Williamstown |
136.39 | 219.50 | NY 104 west – Mexico, Oswego | Eastern terminus of NY 104 | ||
Exit 36 (I-81); northbound access via US–11 to Maple Ave. | |||||
149.14 | 240.02 | I-81 north | To Exit 36 (I-81) northbound; access via Maple Ave. | ||
Port Ontario | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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NY 13A
Location | Ithaca |
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NY 13A is a 2.08-mile (3.35 km) north–south spur that bypasses downtown Ithaca by way of the town of Ithaca to the southwest. The route begins at NY 13, NY 34 and NY 96 south of the city and follows the west bank of Cayuga Inlet and the Ithaca Flood Control Channel north into the city, where it ends at NY 79 in Ithaca's West End,[1] an area once dominated by squatters' villages.[23] The highway is named Floral Avenue within the city and Five Mile Drive in the town of Ithaca, so named because was part of a five-mile (8 km) long bypass around the Cayuga Inlet on the west side of Ithaca during high lake levels or river flooding. The eastern side of this bypass was the present-day Spencer Road. NY 13A was assigned c. 1938.[24][25]
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. 43–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- ^ a b "NY 13 Reference Marker Horseheads". Google Maps. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ a b Automobile Blue Book (Elmira and Ithaca, NY insets). Vol. 3. Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1929. p. 20. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 3. Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1929. p. 21. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930. Retrieved December 3, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- 1930 renumbering
- ^ Shell Oil Company. 1940.
- ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
- ^ Elmira Quadrangle – New York – Pennsylvania (Map). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1953. Archived from the original on March 19, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- ^ Official Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1960. Retrieved December 3, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- Gulf Oil Company. 1960.
- ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map) (1961–62 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
- Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- Standard Oil Company. 1936.
- ^ New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map) (1962 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
- ^ New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
- ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
- ^ "County weighs options for future of Route 13". The Ithaca Voice. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ "Scenes from Earth". Voyager – The Interstellar Mission. NASA. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Sinsabaugh, Mark. "New York State Route 13". New York Routes. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- ^ Anbinder, Mark H. (August 2001). "Go West, Young Eatery". 14850 Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1937.
- ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
External links
- New York State Route 13 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes • Upstate New York Roads
- New York State Route 13A at New York Routes