New York State Route 14
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Length | 95.24 mi[1] (153.27 km) | |||
Existed | 1924[2]–present | |||
Tourist routes | Great Lakes Seaway Trail | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | PA 14 at the Pennsylvania state line in Ashland | |||
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North end | Greig Street cul-de-sac in Sodus Point | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Chemung, Schuyler, Yates, Ontario, Wayne | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 14 (NY 14) is a
NY 14 was assigned in 1924 to an alignment extending from Elmira to Sodus Point via Watkins Glen, Penn Yan, and Geneva. It was extended south to Pennsylvania by 1926 and realigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to follow its modern routing alongside Seneca Lake between Watkins Glen and Geneva. Its former routing via Penn Yan became NY 14A, NY 14's lone suffixed route. While the general routing of NY 14 has not changed since 1930, it has been realigned several times within the Elmira area. When it was first assigned, it used several different city streets, including Broadway, Main Street in Elmira, Lake Street, and Main Street in Horseheads. It was gradually reconfigured into its current routing over the years, with the last change coming c. 2004 when the route was shifted onto most of the Clemens Center Parkway.
The portion of NY 14 on Corning Road and College Avenue in Horseheads and Elmira has had several designations over the years. From 1924 to c. 1935, it was part of NY 17. NY 17 was altered c. 1935 to follow a more easterly alignment through the area while NY 328 was extended north from Southport to Horseheads over NY 17's old alignment. NY 14 replaced NY 328 along this stretch c. 1978.
Route description
Most of NY 14 is maintained by the
Chemung County
The highway descends South Mountain along the South Creek valley from
In the southern half of Elmira, the parkway winds its way through residential and commercial areas before crossing over the Chemung River to reach the city's downtown district. Here, NY 14 intersects with both directions of NY 352, routed along Water Street eastbound and Church Street westbound. The route continues on, traversing commercial and industrial neighborhoods on the fringe of downtown on its way to a junction with Thurston Street. At this point, NY 14 leaves the parkway to follow Thurston Street and Woodlawn Avenue—collectively one two-lane street—west for three blocks to College Avenue. The route turns again here, following College Avenue north past Eldridge Park to the adjacent village of Elmira Heights. While in the village, NY 14 passes through gradually more residential areas as it heads north. Outside of Elmira Heights, the highway becomes Corning Road and proceeds toward the nearby village of Horseheads.[citation needed]
Just inside of Horseheads, NY 14 meets exit 52 on the
Schuyler and Yates counties
NY 14 continues through the rural creek valley to the village of
North of Watkins Glen, NY 14 runs along a ridge overlooking the west shore of Seneca Lake, which begins just north of Watkins Glen. As it does so, the route begins to parallel a branch line of the
At Himrod, the FGLK connects to the
Ontario and Wayne counties
The road and the railroad run alongside the lakeshore to the city of Geneva, which NY 14 enters on South Main Street near the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which are known collectively as The Colleges of the Seneca. There is an interchange with US 20 and NY 5, locally referred to as Routes 5 and 20, near the northeastern corner of the campus. At this point, the Corning Secondary turns northeast to follow US 20 and NY 5 around the eastern edge of the city while NY 14 continues north through densely populated neighborhoods to downtown Geneva. Here, NY 14 turns east, following Castle Street across four blocks of the city's central business district before continuing to the northeast on Exchange Street. At North Street, the last major east–west street that NY 14 meets in the city, Exchange Street turns due north, setting the alignment that most of the route follows from this point north.[citation needed]
Outside of Geneva, the Corning Secondary rejoins NY 14, which closely follows the route for much of the next 7 miles (11 km). There are few curves north of Geneva, as the terrain is much flatter north of the Finger Lakes than it is in the southern portions of the highway. As such, it follows a linear north–south alignment to the
NY 14, however, continues on a northerly track as it enters Wayne County and Lyons, becoming Geneva Street upon crossing into the latter. Here, it passes over the
]The route continues into the small hamlet, one of many communities located along
History
Origins and early changes
In 1908, the
The original alignment of NY 14 through Elmira took the designation along Broadway and Fulton, Hudson, Main, Water, and Lake streets. Outside of Elmira, it continued north through
By the following year, the path of NY 14 and NY 17 through Elmira was modified to consist only of Pennsylvania Avenue and Lake Street. Outside of Elmira, the two routes followed Lake Road and Main Street to Horseheads.[15] NY 328, meanwhile, was extended north to Horseheads c. 1934, utilizing the Oakwood Avenue and Corning Road portions of NY 17's original routing.[15][16] By 1938, NY 328 was moved onto all of NY 17's original alignment through the city while NY 14 and NY 17 were realigned back onto Division Street and Grand Central Avenue between downtown Elmira and Horseheads.[17]
Realignments through Elmira
NY 14 was significantly altered by 1947 to follow Broadway past Pennsylvania Avenue to Walnut Street. Here, the route turned to head north through the city on Walnut Street, Roe Avenue, and Davis Street to Elmira Heights, where Davis Street became Oakwood Avenue. At 14th Street, NY 14 turned east, following the street for several blocks in order to rejoin Grand Central Avenue. NY 328, meanwhile, was shifted eastward onto College Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Thurston Street and realigned south of the Chemung River to follow Pennsylvania Avenue and Main Street by this time.[18] NY 14 was rerouted c. 1961 to bypass the center of Horseheads to the west on NY 17 and Westinghouse Road.[19][20]
The route was altered again at some point between 1962 and 1964 to follow Pennsylvania Avenue from Southport to downtown Elmira, where it turned east onto Water Street (then-
In the late 1970s, construction started on the Elmira Arterial, a four-lane
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Chemung | Ashland | 0.00 | 0.00 | PA 14 south | Continuation into Pennsylvania |
hamlet of Southport | |||||
5.26 | 8.47 | NY 427 east (Caton Avenue) to NY 17 | Western terminus of NY 427 | ||
City of Elmira | 7.43 | 11.96 | NY 352 east (Water Street) to NY 17 east | ||
7.63 | 12.28 | NY 352 west (Church Street) to NY 17 west | |||
9.15 | 14.73 | East Thurston Street ( NY 961M east) | Western terminus of unsigned NY 961M | ||
NY 962E | |||||
Schuyler | Montour Falls | 27.22 | 43.81 | NY 224 south (Dawson Boulevard) – Odessa | Northern terminus of NY 224 |
overlap | |||||
29.69 | 47.78 | NY 329 west (Old Corning Street) | Eastern terminus of NY 329 | ||
30.06 | 48.38 | NY 409 west / NY 414 north (4th Street) | Eastern terminus of NY 409; northern terminus of NY 414 overlap | ||
Reading | 33.32 | 53.62 | NY 14A north – Penn Yan | Southern terminus of NY 14A; interchange; northbound entrance only | |
33.62 | 54.11 | To NY 962C | |||
Yates | Dresden | 52.21 | 84.02 | NY 54 south – Penn Yan | Northern terminus of NY 54 |
NY 961H | |||||
City of Geneva | 64.99 | 104.59 | US 20 / NY 5 (Hamilton Street) – Waterloo, Canandaigua | ||
Town of Phelps | 71.12 | 114.46 | NY 96 – Waterloo, Phelps, Clifton Springs | Cloverleaf interchange | |
71.68 | 115.36 | Exit 42 (I-90 / Thruway); western terminus of NY 318 | |||
Hamlet of Lyons | |||||
Town of Sodus | 89.38 | 143.84 | NY 104 – Rochester, Oswego | ||
89.82 | 144.55 | US 104 | |||
89.90 | 144.68 | CR 143 west (Ridge Road) | Former routing of US 104 | ||
Sodus Point | 93.3 | 150.2 | Lake Road / Great Lakes Seaway Trail | ||
95.24 | 153.27 | Greig Street cul-de-sac | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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NY 14A
NY 14 Truck
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New York State Route 14 Truck (NY 14 Truck) is a
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 45–47. 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.
- ^ "Chemung County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Ontario County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ Warren, James (August 29, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948–1952". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- ^ National Scenic Byways Program. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 58–59. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 520–521. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
- ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 3. Automobile Blue Book Inc. 1929. p. 20. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- Texas Oil Company. 1932. Elmira inset.
- ^ a b Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933. Elmira inset.
- ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934. Elmira inset.
- ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
- ^ Official Highway Map of New York State (Map) (1947–48 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. State of New York Department of Public Works.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1960.
- H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
- ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1962.
- ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1964.
- Exxon. 1977.
- ^ a b Elmira Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ Horseheads Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1978. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ISBN 0-89933-300-1.
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- ^ "2004 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. pp. 255–256. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
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- ^ "2005 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. August 16, 2006. p. 280. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ Google (May 20, 2010). "overview map of NY 14 Truck with Street View" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
External links
- New York State Route 14 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes