New York State Route 270

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New York State Route 270 marker

New York State Route 270

Campbell Boulevard
Map
Map of western New York with NY 270 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length9.52 mi[1] (15.32 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Major junctions
South end NY 263 in Amherst
North end NY 31 / NY 93 north of Pendleton
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesErie, Niagara
Highway system
← NY 269→ NY 271

New York State Route 270 (NY 270) is a north–south

city of Lockport. The entirety of NY 270 is known as Campbell Boulevard, named after New York State Senator William W. Campbell of the Niagara–Orleans district.[3]

NY 270 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The route once extended as far south as NY 5 and as far north as NY 104; however, it was gradually truncated to its current length as other routes were realigned or extended onto NY 270's alignment.

Route description

NY 270 through Getzville

NY 270 begins at an intersection with

CR 299 (North French Road).[4]

After CR 299, NY 270 bends northwest along Campbell Boulevard as the two-lane residential street through Amherst, with the residences becoming less dense as the route proceeds north. Large fields begin to surround NY 270 through Amherst as the route bends northeast into an intersection with

CR 60 (North Tonawanda Creek Road). Through Pendleton, the route remains rural, passing homes and large fields as it proceeds north.[4]

NY 270 northbound after Beach Ridge Road in Pendleton

A distance to the north, NY 270 intersects with

CR 6 (Lockport Road).[4]

Continuing northward, NY 270 enters the town of Cambria, where it intersects with NY 31 (Saunders Settlement Road) and NY 93 (Junction Road). This intersection serves as the western terminus of the NY 31/NY 93 concurrency and the northern terminus of NY 270.[4]

History

Designation

When NY 270 was assigned as part of the

Lockport.[2]

Both extents of NY 270 were realigned slightly by 1932. In the vicinity of Eggertsville, the route was reconfigured to follow Bailey Avenue and Grover Cleveland Highway between Main Street and Eggert Road. Near Lockport, NY 270 was shifted southward onto Hinman Road and Ohio Street. The latter change was made as part of a larger realignment of NY 3 through central

U.S. Route 62 (US 62) and NY 18 were realigned to follow Bailey Avenue between Main Street and Sheridan Drive (NY 324).[8][9]

Truncations

By 1935, NY 270 was realigned to bypass North Forest and Stahl Roads by way of a new section of Millersport Highway.

US 104 at Warrens Corners. Around the same time, NY 263 was extended southwest to Buffalo over NY 270.[10][11] Initially, NY 263 overlapped with NY 270 along Millersport Highway; however, the overlap was eliminated in the late 1940s after NY 270 was truncated to begin at NY 263 in Getzville.[12][13] Similarly, NY 270 initially overlapped with NY 93 along Junction Road from Lower Mountain Road to US 104. At Lower Mountain Road, NY 93 left NY 270 and proceeded east toward Lockport on Lower Mountain and Gothic Hill Roads.[10][11] NY 270 was truncated to the southern end of the overlap c. 1963.[14][15]

NY 270 reference marker on NY 93 in Cambria

In the late 1970s, NY 93 was realigned to use Junction and Upper Mountain Roads instead. As a result, NY 270 was cut back to its junction with Upper Mountain Road.[16][17] On November 1, 2005, the Niagara County Legislature voted on a measure that, if passed, would allow the county to ask the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to remove the NY 93 designation from Upper Mountain Road, a county-maintained highway, and reassign it to Junction Road (NY 270) and Saunders Settlement Road (NY 31).[18][19] The change was intended to eliminate truck traffic on Upper Mountain Road while providing additional capacity to NY 93.[20] This part of the agenda was passed.[19] NYSDOT obliged to the request in 2006,[20] rerouting NY 93 as proposed and truncating NY 270 southward to NY 31.[21]

Other developments

On December 1, 2008, the bridge carrying NY 270 over

Niagara CR 60) on the north and south approaches to the bridge were reconstructed as part of the $10.9 million project. The new bridge is similar to the former, two-lane structure; however, unlike the old one, it has wide shoulders for bicyclists and includes new sidewalks for pedestrians.[24]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
ErieAmherst0.000.00 NY 263 (Millersport Highway)Southern terminus
0.560.90
Hamlet of Getzville
1.292.08
I-990
NiagaraCambria–Lockport
town line		9.5215.32 NY 31 / NY 93 – Niagara Falls, LockportNorthern 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. 202. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ "Campbell Boulevard". The Buffalo Courier. December 24, 1924. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (July 2, 2012). "overview map of NY 270" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  5. Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  6. ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
  7. ^
    Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  8. Shell Oil Company
    . 1935.
  9. ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
  10. ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  11. ^ a b New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  12. ^ New York Road Map and Pictorial Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1947.
  13. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
    . 1950.
  14. ^ New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map) (1962 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
  15. ^ New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
  16. Exxon
    . 1977.
  17. State of New York
    . 1981.
  18. ^ Prohaska, Thomas J. (October 31, 2005). "Shift in Route 93 designation sought". The Buffalo News.
  19. ^ a b Niagara County, New York (November 1, 2005). "Niagara County Legislature Agenda". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  20. ^ a b Miles, Joyce (October 15, 2008). "What's Your Problem: Truckers' Upper Mountain shortcut spurs rumbling". The Lockport Journal. Lockport, New York. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  21. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2007). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State.
  22. ^ a b "NY Route 270 (Campbell Boulevard) Bridge over Erie Canal and Tonawanda Creek in Towns of Amherst and Pendleton Closed on December 1, 2008" (Press release). New York State Department of Transportation. November 26, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  23. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2009). "Structure 4044050". National Bridge Inventory. United States Department of Transportation.
  24. ^ "Campbell Boulevard over the Erie Canal". New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 28, 2010.

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