New York State Route 182

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New York State Route 182 marker

New York State Route 182

Map
Map of Niagara County in western New York with NY 182 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Niagara Falls
Length6.18 mi[1] (9.95 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1962[2]–present
Major junctions
West endWhirlpool Rapids Bridge in Niagara Falls
Major intersections I-190 in Niagara
East end US 62 in Wheatfield
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesNiagara
Highway system
←
NY 18B
NY 18D→ NY 18F

New York State Route 182 (NY 182) is a 6.18-mile (9.95 km) state highway in Niagara County, New York, in the United States. It serves as a signed connection between the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge over the Niagara River and the Niagara Falls International Airport east of the city of Niagara Falls. From the bridge, NY 182 runs across the city of Niagara Falls, following several local streets as it makes its way to an intersection with U.S. Route 62 (US 62) in Wheatfield. The route was originally designated as New York State Route 18D in the early 1930s. It gained its current designation on January 1, 1962.

Route description

NY 182 begins at Whirlpool Street's intersection with the

Robert Moses State Parkway through most of the city. After two residential blocks, the route turns east onto Cleveland Avenue, leaving the vicinity of the Niagara River and entering a mixed-use area surrounding Cleveland Avenue's nearby intersection with Main Street (NY 104). Past this junction, NY 182 passes two more blocks of homes before veering northeast onto Lockport Street. The route turns again just two blocks later to proceed east on Ontario Avenue.[3]

NY 182 departing the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge. The Niagara Scenic Parkway was overhead to the right

The highway passes several more residential blocks ahead of an intersection with Hyde Park Boulevard (

overlap between NY 61 and NY 182. The concurrency ends at Porter Road, where NY 182 splits from NY 61 and resumes an eastward track across the city. It soon passes through the center of Hyde Park before leaving Niagara Falls for the town of Niagara. Just past the city line, NY 182 enters a commercial and industrial area surrounding Interstate 190 (I-190) exit 23. Porter Road ends shortly afterward at a junction with Packard Road, leaving NY 182 to follow Packard Road as it intersects Military Road (NY 265).[3]

East of Military Road, a second section of Porter Road branches off just east of the junction, at which point NY 182 turns southeastward to follow Porter Road once again. The road passes a handful of housing tracts before crossing Cayuga Creek and entering another commercialized area on the southern edge of Niagara Falls International Airport. The route runs along the airport's south boundary for about 1 mile (1.6 km), curving eastward as it connects to the airport terminal and slowly approaches Niagara Falls Boulevard (US 62). NY 182 ends south of the center of the airport at a junction with US 62 in the town of Wheatfield, just east of the Niagara–Wheatfield town line.[3]

History

Abandoned ramps from the Niagara Scenic Parkway (the former Robert Moses State Parkway) to NY 182 in Niagara Falls

Porter Road, the east–west highway that comprises two-thirds of NY 182's length, originally went no farther east than New Road, a north–south street just inside the eastern city limits of

grade crossings on Lockport Road, a parallel road to the north that was the primary highway from Niagara Falls to Lockport at the time. By completing the extension, the crossings could be avoided by using Porter and Packard roads to connect to Lockport Road east of the city.[5] The first leg of the extension, an east–west segment linking the city portion of Porter Road to Military Road in Niagara, was completed by mid-1929.[6]

Lewiston on January 1, 1962.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Niagara County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Niagara Falls0.000.00Whirlpool Rapids BridgeWestern terminus
0.260.42 NY 104 (Main Street)
1.472.37
overlap
1.582.54
 NY 61 south (Hyde Park Boulevard)		Southern terminus of NY 61 / NY 182 overlap
Niagara3.505.63 I-190 (Niagara Expressway) / New York ThruwayExit 23 (I-190)
3.836.16 NY 265 (Military Road)
Wheatfield6.189.95 US 62 (Niagara Falls Boulevard)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 180. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Route Change Due in Area". Niagara Falls Gazette. December 21, 1961. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c Google (December 25, 2012). "overview map of NY 182" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  4. ^ New York – Niagara Falls Quadrangle (Map). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1901. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  5. Niagara Falls Gazette
    . October 21, 1926. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b "New Highway Construction Near Falls Is Probability For 1930; Would Better Traffic Conditions". Niagara Falls Gazette. August 16, 1929. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Eve Of Festival Of Lights Finds Falls Folk Prepared For Elaborate Celebration". Niagara Falls Gazette. June 8, 1929. pp. 1, 9.
  8. ^ "Construction and Widening of Many County Roads is Proceeding Rapidly, Highway Chief Reports". Niagara Falls Gazette. October 10, 1930. p. 18.
  9. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  10. Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  11. ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). "Niagara Falls inset". The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association. p. 125.

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