New York State Route 222
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Cortland | ||||
Length | 10.57 mi[1] (17.01 km) | |||
Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | NY 38 in Groton | |||
East end | US 11 / NY 13 / NY 41 in Cortland | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Tompkins, Cortland | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 222 (NY 222) is a 10.57-mile-long (17.01 km) east–west
Route description
NY 222 begins at an intersection with
The highway briefly parallels Fall Creek; however, it soon splits to the southeast at a junction with
Past NY 281, NY 222 crosses a commercial section of Cortlandville, passing several strip malls prior to entering the city of Cortland. Now named Groton Avenue, the route slowly curves eastward while traversing a residential part of the city. It passes north of the State University of New York at Cortland, and the campus marks the western edge of downtown Cortland. NY 222 becomes a commercialized street again, serving a pair of city blocks before intersecting with US 11 and NY 41 (Main Street). US 11 and NY 41 join NY 222, and the concurrency between the three routes heads east through downtown as Clinton Avenue. The overlap lasts for just one block, however, as NY 222 ends upon intersecting NY 13 at the next junction. NY 13 northbound continues east along Clinton Avenue while NY 13 southbound heads south along Church Street on an overlap with US 11 and NY 41.[3]
History
The east–west highway connecting the village of Groton to the city of Cortland was originally improved to state highway standards as part of three separate projects in the early 20th century. On July 10, 1906, the first project was let to rebuild the section between the Cortland city line and Highland Road, a north–south road west of what is now Cortland County–Chase Field Airport. The road was added to the state highway system on October 11, 1907 as unsigned State Highway 446 (SH 446). A contract to improve the part of the Groton–Cortland road leading west from Highland Road to the Tompkins County line was awarded on April 29, 1912, which was accepted into the state highway system on January 8, 1913, as SH 996.[4]
In Tompkins County, the road was reconstructed as part of a project contracted out on August 24, 1916.[4] Work on the highway was completed in the early-to-mid-1920s,[4][5] and the improved road was added to the state highway system as SH 1433.[4] The Groton–Cortland state highway did not have a posted route number until the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, when hundreds of state-maintained highways were assigned a designation for the first time.[6][7] SH 446, SH 996, and SH 1433 were collectively designated as NY 222, which continued east into downtown Cortland by way of locally maintained streets. The alignment of NY 222 has not been changed since that time.[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Tompkins | Village of Groton | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 38 (Main Street / Cayuga Street) – Freeville, Locke | Western terminus |
Cortland | Cortlandville | 9.17 | 14.76 | NY 281 (West Road) | |
overlap | |||||
10.57 | 17.01 | US 11 south / NY 13 / NY 41 south (Clinton Avenue) | Eastern terminus, eastern terminus of US 11 / NY 41 / NY 222 overlap | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 191. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia (August 8, 2012). "overview map of NY 222" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ a b c d New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 226, 248, 270. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
- ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
External links
- New York State Route 222 at New York Routes