New York State Route 20SY
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Onondaga, Madison | |||
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New York State Route 20SY (NY 20SY) was a
NY 20SY was assigned in 1951, overlapping parts of the pre-existing NY 321, NY 5, NY 92, and NY 20N, a more southerly alternate route of US 20 in the Syracuse area. Both NY 20N and NY 20SY were removed in 1961. The two independent sections of NY 20SY near Camillus and Fayetteville eventually became part of NY 321 and NY 92, respectively.
Route description
West of Syracuse
NY 20SY began at an intersection with
In Elbridge, NY 20SY and NY 321 followed a more east–west routing as it passed through the town and intersected
West of Camillus, NY 5 and NY 20SY passed to the north of the West Hill Golf and Croquet Club before veering to the southeast as the highway approached the village of Camillus and the edge of a valley surrounding Ninemile Creek that contains the village. Upon reaching the lip of the valley, NY 5 and NY 20SY descended northeastward into both the valley and the village. Here, NY 5 and NY 20SY met the northern terminus of NY 174 and NY 321 before exiting the valley and entering an area of Camillus known as Fairmount.[4][5]
Syracuse
Routes 5 and 20SY proceeded eastward through the primarily residential neighborhood of Fairmount to an intersection with NY 173 (South Onondaga Road) in eastern Fairmount. The routes continued on, passing through the town of Geddes before entering the city of Syracuse. In Syracuse, the two routes followed West Genesee Street and West Erie Boulevard into the downtown district, where NY 5 and NY 20SY intersected NY 48 at the intersection of West Erie Boulevard and West Genesee Street and US 11 at the junction of Erie Boulevard and State Street.[4][5]
East of State, NY 20SY continued to follow NY 5 through the eastern part of Syracuse. The two routes met the southern terminus of
East of Syracuse
The High Bridge Road portion of NY 20SY largely served as a southwestern bypass of Fayetteville. NY 20SY proceeded southeast from NY 5 and NY 92, crossing into the
NY 20N, NY 20SY, and NY 92 exited the village, paralleling Limestone Creek as the highway headed southeastward through rural portions of the towns of Manlius and
In Cazenovia, the road became known as Syracuse Road and began to follow a more southerly alignment as it turned ahead of
History
NY 20SY was assigned in 1951[2] as an alternate route of US 20 in the Syracuse area. While US 20 bypassed the city of Syracuse to the south, NY 20SY veered north to serve Downtown Syracuse and the eastern and western suburbs of the city. It was the second alternate route of US 20 near Syracuse; the first, NY 20N, was also a northern alternate route of US 20 but it followed a more southerly routing than NY 20SY.[7][8] Most of NY 20SY was concurrent to other, pre-existing state highways in the Syracuse area, namely NY 321, NY 5, NY 92, NY 173, and NY 20N.[9] NY 5 was assigned in 1924;[10] NY 92, NY 173, and NY 321 were assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York;[11] and NY 20N was assigned c. 1938.[12][13]
While most of NY 20SY was concurrent with at least one other state highway, there were two segments where NY 20SY followed an independent routing. One was in the
When NY 20SY was first assigned, it entered downtown Syracuse on NY 5 and followed NY 5 and US 11 through downtown before leaving the area on NY 92.[8] It was realigned by 1954 to follow only NY 5 through downtown. The route left its original alignment at the junction of US 11 and NY 5 in downtown Syracuse and rejoined it at the western terminus of the NY 5 / NY 92 overlap in DeWitt.[9]
Both NY 20N and NY 20SY were removed in 1961.[3] The independent section of NY 20SY that bypassed Fayetteville became a realignment of NY 92 upon the removal of NY 20SY.[6][14] The other independent section in Camillus became a realignment of NY 321 in the late 1980s.[15][16]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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CR 107 ; southern terminus of NY 368 | |||||
Town of Camillus | 7.64 | 12.30 | NY 321 north | Northern terminus of NY 20SY / NY 321 overlap | |
8.45 | 13.60 | Hamlet of Bennetts Corners; western terminus of NY 5 / NY 20SY overlap | |||
Village of Camillus | 10.65 | 17.14 | NY 174 | Northern terminus of NY 174 | |
Town of Camillus | 15.18 | 24.43 | NY 173 | ||
Syracuse | 18.22 | 29.32 | NY 48 | Southern terminus of NY 48 | |
20.04 | 32.25 | US 11 | |||
NY 433 | Now NY 598; southern terminus of NY 433 | ||||
DeWitt | 25.21 | 40.57 | NY 92 west | Western terminus of NY 20SY / NY 92 overlap | |
26.34 | 42.39 | NY 5 east / NY 92 east | Eastern terminus of NY 5 / NY 20SY and NY 20SY / NY 92 overlaps | ||
Village of Manlius | 29.80 | 47.96 | NY 92 west | Now NY 257; western terminus of NY 92 / NY 20SY overlap | |
30.20 | 48.60 | NY 20N west / NY 173 west | Western terminus of NY 20N / NY 20SY and NY 20SY / NY 173 overlaps | ||
30.36 | 48.86 | NY 173 east | Eastern terminus of NY 20SY / NY 173 overlap | ||
Town of Cazenovia | 38.13 | 61.36 | US 20 / NY 20N / NY 92 | Eastern terminus of NY 20N and NY 92; eastern terminus of NY 20N / NY 20SY and NY 20SY / NY 92 overlaps | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 89, 90, 115, 229, 230, 293. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
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- ^ a b "State Offers Highway Changes". The Eagle-Bulletin and DeWitt Times. April 6, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Google (September 9, 2007). "overview map of former NY 20SY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
- ^ a b c New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. 1950.
- ^ a b New York (Syracuse inset) (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
- ^ a b c New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- Standard Oil Company. 1937.
- ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
- ^ Utica, NY Quadrangle (Map). 1:250,000. Eastern United States 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. 1962. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
- ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
- ^ Camillus Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
External links
- New York State Route 20SY at New York Routes