New York State Route 221

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.

I-81 in Marathon
East end NY 26 / NY 41 in Willet
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesCortland
Highway system
← NY 220→ NY 222
← NY 199NY 200→ NY 201

New York State Route 221 (NY 221) is a

hamlets of Harford and Harford Mills within the town of Harford. NY 221 originally followed modern NY 200 and ended at U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in Marathon when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York
. It was extended to its present length by the following year and realigned to serve Harford later in the decade. NY 200 was assigned in the 1940s.

Route description

NY 221 westbound in Harford

NY 221 begins at an intersection with

County Route 131 (CR 131; Babcock Hollow Road).[3]

The rural road bends to the southeast gradually, entering the town of

Marathon, where it descends into the Tioughnioga River valley and enters the village of Marathon.[3]

Within the village, the route gains the West Main Street moniker and heads through a mix of residential and commercial areas. NY 221 crosses intersections with

CR 169 (Landers Corners Road). NY 221 continues north to the hamlet of Willet, where it ends at an intersection with NY 26 and NY 41.[3]

History

NY 200 heading through Harford Mills

The state of New York assumed maintenance of two highways linking the

hamlets of Harford and Harford Mills—one directly connecting the two and a second, more circuitous route to the east—in the early 20th century. The direct route and most of the loop road were improved to state highway standards as part of a project contracted out on October 16, 1914, and were added to the state highway system on December 10, 1915, as State Highway 1075 (SH 1075). Each end of SH 1075 connected to the segment of the loop route between modern NY 38 and Owego Hill Road, which was rebuilt as part of an earlier project awarded on September 19, 1906, and included in the state highway system on July 5, 1908, as SH 379. Both designations are unsigned and used only for inventory purposes.[5]

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the south half of the loop road became part of NY 221, a new route extending from NY 38 at Harford Mills to US 11 in the village of Marathon.[2][6] NY 221 was extended east to its current eastern terminus in Willet by the following year.[7] The portion of the route between the Harford loop road and Willet utilized a highway added to the state highway system sometime after 1926.[8] NY 221 was rerouted to follow its current alignment to the hamlet of Harford in the mid-1930s,[6][9] and its former routing to Harford Mills was redesignated as NY 200 in the 1940s.[10][11]

Major intersections

NY 221

The entire route is in Cortland County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Harford Mills, Dryden
Western terminus
1.372.20
 NY 200 south		Northern terminus of NY 200
I-81 south – Binghamton
11.6818.80
I-81 north – Syracuse
Exit 9 (I-81)
Willet18.7130.11 NY 26 / NY 41 – Cortland, Willet, GreeneEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

NY 200

The entire route is in Harford, Cortland County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 NY 38Southern terminus
1.372.20 NY 221Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 183, 190. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (April 9, 2012). "overview map of NY 221 and NY 200" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "Linking River & Trail" (PDF). Tioughnioga River Waterfront Development Commission. Cortland, NY: Cortland County Business Development Corporation. April 5, 2003. Retrieved December 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 222, 254. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  6. ^
    Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  7. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  8. State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  9. Standard Oil Company
    . 1937.
  10. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1940.
  11. Texas Oil Company
    . 1946.

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