New York State Route 31
Length | 208.74 mi[1] (335.93 km) | |||
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Existed | mid-1920s[2][3]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | NY 104 in Niagara Falls | |||
East end | Vernon | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Oneida | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 31 (NY 31) is a
Much of NY 31 west of
NY 31 was truncated westward to NY 365 in Verona in the early 1940s, moving the eastern terminus of NY 31 to the same junction that also had served as the northern terminus of New York State Route 234, a north–south route that extended southeastward to Vernon Center, since the early 1930s. The two routes continued to share a terminus until 1981, when ownership and maintenance of part of NY 234 was transferred from the state of New York to Oneida County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. In return, the state acquired a pair of county roads that followed a routing parallel to that of the transferred section of NY 234. The new state highways and the remainder of NY 234 became an extension of NY 31.
Route description
Most of NY 31 is owned by the state of New York and maintained by the
As of 2009, the most heavily trafficked segments of NY 31 lie in and around the city of Rochester. The busiest of these, from
Western New York
NY 31 begins at an intersection with
West of Lockport, NY 31 crosses NY 270 and NY 93. Continuing into the city, NY 31 meets NY 78 (Transit Road) at an intersection partially located over the Erie Canal. NY 31 heads eastward through Lockport, intersecting the northern terminus of NY 77 at the eastern edge of the city. While NY 77 continues along the right-of-way of NY 31, NY 31 exits, following a northeasterly alignment through Gasport to Middleport, where it acts as the western and southern terminus of NY 31E and NY 271, respectively. Just east of town, NY 31 crosses the first of nine county lines along its routing, entering Orleans County.[8][9]
At an intersection south of
Rochester area
Western suburbs and downtown
Just inside the Monroe County line, the road traverses the
Outside of Spencerport, NY 31 becomes Spencerport Road as it heads eastward into the town of
NY 31 follows Lyell Avenue through the city to West Broad Street, where it turns to follow Broad Street southeastward past
East of the waterway, NY 31 follows East Broad Street to South Avenue, where it turns south for two blocks to a junction with Woodbury Boulevard. It turns east here, following Woodbury Boulevard for two blocks to Chestnut Street, at which point NY 31 turns southward to follow Chestnut Street. Westbound NY 31 in the area, however, follows one block of Woodbury Boulevard and two blocks of South Clinton Avenue to reach East Broad Street. At the Inner Loop, Chestnut Street becomes Monroe Avenue, the name NY 31 retains to Pittsford.[11] Over this stretch, NY 31 maintains a constant southeasterly progression as it passes through southeastern Rochester and the town of Brighton. As the route exits downtown Rochester, it intersects I-490 at exit 18. The route continues onward, passing Cobbs Hill Park and entering Brighton, where it traverses areas more commercial in nature[12] and meets the former routing of NY 47 a second time in an area of town known as Twelve Corners.[13]
Eastern suburbs and Wayne County
In the eastern portion of Brighton, NY 31 meets
East of the mall, the route passes through increasingly rural areas, with the exception of the hamlet of Egypt midway between NY 250 and the
From Palmyra east, the route parallels the Erie Canal for a considerable distance. Between Palmyra and
Central New York
Shortly after entering Cayuga County, NY 31 crosses and begins to parallel the
Continuing into
On the north bank of the river, NY 31 exits NY 690 but joins
East of Bridgeport, NY 31 moves closer to Oneida Lake, eventually coming to within 200 yards (180 m) of the lakeshore at points. Near the eastern edge of Oneida Lake, NY 31 intersects
Past NY 365, NY 31 passes over the Thruway (I-90) for the final time. The route continues southeast into the
History
Early designations
In 1908, the
Two spur routes were added to the definition of Route 30 in 1914.
Assignment
The first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. At this time, all of legislative Route 20 west of Rochester became part of
East of Rochester, NY 31 continued eastward to Jordan, utilizing the Rochester–Pittsford portion of legislative Route 14, the Perinton–Jordan segment of Route 20, and its current alignment between Pittsford and Perinton. From Weedsport to Jordan, NY 31 used a slightly different routing. It initially exited the village on Clinton Road and followed that road to Jordan, where NY 31 turned north and followed modern NY 317 and NY 31 north and east to modern CR 84. NY 31 turned north here, using what is now Old Route 31, current NY 31, and Downer Street to reach Baldwinsville. Within the village, NY 31 followed Downer Street and what is now NY 48 along Syracuse Street between Downer and Genesee Streets. Outside of Baldwinsville, NY 31 remained on its current routing to Cicero, where it followed a more northerly alignment along Lakeshore Road. It rejoined its modern alignment near the eastern town line, and followed it east to what is now NY 316 in Lenox. From here, NY 31 went southeastward to NY 5 in Oneida by way of modern NY 316 and NY 46.[3]
Truncations and extensions
In the late 1920s, NY 31 was rerouted west of what is now NY 429 to follow Ridge Road to
What is now NY 31 from
NY 31 was truncated to NY 365 in Verona in the early 1940s; as a result, NY 31 and NY 234 now had a common terminus.
Realignments
Several small-scale realignments of NY 31 have occurred over the years. NY 31 was altered c. 1938 to follow its modern alignment through Cicero, bypassing Lakeshore Road to the south.
Around the same time as the Baldwinsville realignment, NY 31 was moved onto its current alignment southwest of Brockport, bypassing the village on Redman and Fourth Section Roads and eliminating an overlap with
Rochester
The portion of NY 31 in downtown Rochester between Brown Street and South Avenue runs along the old path of the
From West Main Street to South Avenue, the bridge supports were largely built with concrete while the supports on the section between Brown Street and West Main Street were mostly built with steel. Unlike the concrete supports, the steel supports flexed throughout the year, creating holes and gaps in the pavement on the deck above.[48] The city of Rochester, which owns and maintains the section of NY 31 within the city,[5] closed the outer northbound lane of West Broad Street (westbound NY 31) between Brown and Main Streets in June 2008 for this reason.[48]
In February 2010, work began on a $17.5 million project to either demolish or rehabilitate the Broad Street bridge between Brown Street and Exchange Boulevard (NY 383).[49] As part of the project, the section of the bridge between Brown and West Main Streets would be removed—allowing for the canal bed to be filled in and the road to be rebuilt—while the segment between West Main Street and Exchange Boulevard would be rehabilitated.[45] The portion of Broad Street between Allen and Main Streets was closed to all traffic in February[49] and was originally scheduled to open on October 30.[45] It finally reopened to traffic on December 3.[50]
Farther north, work on the segment between Brown and Allen Streets was performed on one side at a time, keeping one side of Broad Street open at all times. The northbound lanes of this segment were closed on April 7,[45] and one direction of the segment was closed until November.[49] It fully reopened on December 3 along with the West Main Street–Allen Street segment. Rehabilitation of Broad Street from West Main Street to Exchange Boulevard was expected to be completed in mid-to-late 2011.[50] The entire project, which also calls for landscape improvements to the area surrounding West Broad Street, was tentatively scheduled to be finished in February 2012.[45]
Spencerport
On June 8, 2017, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo announced that they would upgrade the intersection of NY 531 and NY 36. This would improve the connection between NY 531 and NY 31 for safety purposes. Instead of the abrupt end at NY 36, a new road would be constructed to connect NY 531 and NY 31. NY 31 would be widened from Gallup Road to NY 531; a center median would be added and a portion of NY 31 between NY 531 and NY 36 would become a cul-de-sac for the residences in the area. NYSDOT projects that the job would be completed by the end of 2018.[51]
Suffixed routes
NY 31 has had as many as eight suffixed routes using six different designations; all but three have been eliminated or renumbered.
- The NY 31A designation has been used for three distinct highways, two of which briefly co-existed:
- The first NY 31A was a connector between NY 31 in Jordan and NY 5 in the village of Elbridge. It was assigned in the mid-1920s[2][3] and absorbed by NY 41 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[19]
- The second NY 31A was an alternate route of NY 31 between Niagara Falls and Cambria via Sanborn. It was assigned in the late 1920s[20][21] and mostly supplanted by a realigned NY 31 c. 1935.[26][27]
- The current NY 31A (22.89 miles or 36.84 kilometres) is an alternate route of NY 31 between the villages of Medina and Brockport. The route bypasses Medina, Albion, and Holley to the south via Clarendon.[1] It was assigned c. 1935.[26][27]
- The NY 31B designation has been used for two distinct highways:
- NY 31C was a connector between NY 31 in Jordan to NY 5 in Elbridge.[55] It was assigned c. 1933[25][52] and partially replaced by NY 317 in 2003.[30]
- NY 31D was a spur that extended from the Orleans County line to NY 31 south of Brockport in Monroe County. The route was assigned c. 1935[26][27] and became the easternmost portion of NY 31A c. 1963.[47][56]
- NY 31E (5.29 miles or 8.51 kilometres) is an alternate route of NY 31 between the villages of Middleport and Medina.[1] It was assigned in 1949.[40]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Niagara | Niagara Falls | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 104 | Western terminus |
Niagara Falls–Niagara city/town line | 1.02 | 1.64 | NY 61 | ||
Niagara | 2.12 | 3.41 | I-190 – Canada, Buffalo | Exit 24 (I-190) | |
2.71 | 4.36 | NY 265 | |||
hamlet of Sanborn | |||||
Lewiston–Cambria town line | 9.19 | 14.79 | NY 429 north | Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 429 overlap; hamlet of Sanborn | |
Cambria | 11.43 | 18.39 | NY 425 – North Tonawanda, Wilson | ||
Cambria–Lockport town line | 15.84 | 25.49 | NY 270 south – North Tonawanda, Buffalo NY 93 west – Youngstown | Northern terminus of NY 270; western terminus of NY 31 / NY 93 overlap | |
Town of Lockport | 17.60 | 28.32 | NY 93 east | Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 93 overlap | |
City of Lockport | 19.09 | 30.72 | NY 78 | ||
Town of Lockport | 22.02 | 35.44 | NY 77 south | Northern terminus of NY 77 | |
Middleport | 30.84 | 49.63 | NY 31E east / NY 271 north – Business District | Western terminus of NY 31E; southern terminus of NY 271 | |
Orleans | Medina | 35.33 | 56.86 | NY 31A east NY 63 south | Western terminus of NY 31A; southern terminus of NY 31 / NY 63 overlap |
36.29 | 58.40 | NY 31E west NY 63 north | Eastern terminus of NY 31E; northern terminus of NY 31 / NY 63 overlap | ||
Village of Albion | 46.50 | 74.83 | NY 98 | ||
Murray | 51.71 | 83.22 | NY 387 north | Hamlet of Fancher; southern terminus of NY 387 | |
Holley | 55.91 | 89.98 | NY 237 | ||
Monroe | Sweden | 60.79 | 97.83 | NY 31A west | Eastern terminus of NY 31A |
61.99 | 99.76 | NY 19 – Brockport, Bergen | |||
64.22 | 103.35 | NY 260 north | Southern terminus of NY 260 | ||
Ogden | 66.73 | 107.39 | NY 531 east NY 36 south | Western terminus of NY 531; northern terminus of NY 36 | |
Spencerport | 69.35 | 111.61 | NY 259 to NY 531 | ||
Town of Gates | 73.05 | 117.56 | NY 386 to I-490 | ||
75.31 | 121.20 | Howard Road ( NY 940L) | Northern terminus of unsigned NY 940L; hamlets of North Gates and Gates Center | ||
75.72 | 121.86 | Exit 21 (NY 390) | |||
NY 940K ) | |||||
78.81 | 126.83 | I-490 west (Western Expressway) | Entrance only | ||
78.94 | 127.04 | Allen Street to I-490 east (Western Expressway) | Entrance only | ||
79.22 | 127.49 | NY 33 west (West Main Street) | Eastern terminus of NY 33 | ||
79.50 | 127.94 | To NY 942G ) | |||
79.64 | 128.17 | NY 383 south (Exchange Boulevard) | Northern terminus of NY 383 | ||
NY 15 south (South Avenue) | |||||
NY 15 north (South Clinton Avenue) | Northern terminus of NY 15 | ||||
80.39 | 129.38 | Inner Loop | |||
81.46 | 131.10 | I-490 (Eastern Expressway) | Exit 18 (I-490) | ||
I-590 – Irondequoit | Exit 2 (I-590) | ||||
84.32 | 135.70 | NY 65 | No eastbound access to NY 65 north | ||
Village of Pittsford | 86.50 | 139.21 | NY 96 | ||
Perinton | 88.27 | 142.06 | I-490 to New York Thruway – Victor, Rochester | Exit 26 (I-490) | |
90.55 | 145.73 | NY 250 | |||
Town of Macedon | 98.02 | 157.75 | NY 31F west / NY 350 north – Ontario Center | Eastern terminus of NY 31F; southern terminus of NY 350; hamlet of Macedon | |
Village of Palmyra | 101.51 | 163.36 | NY 21 south to New York Thruway | Western terminus of NY 21 / NY 31 overlap | |
102.13 | 164.36 | NY 21 north – Marion | Eastern terminus of NY 21 / NY 31 overlap | ||
Newark | 110.16 | 177.29 | NY 88 | ||
Town of Lyons | 116.14 | 186.91 | NY 14 to New York Thruway – Sodus Point, Geneva | Hamlet of Lyons | |
Clyde | 123.59 | 198.90 | NY 414 | ||
Town of Savannah | 129.98 | 209.18 | NY 89 north | Northern terminus of NY 31 / NY 89 overlap; hamlet of Savannah | |
133.21 | 214.38 | NY 89 south – Seneca Falls | Southern terminus of NY 31 / NY 89 overlap | ||
Cayuga | Montezuma | 135.42 | 217.94 | NY 90 | Northern terminus of NY 90 |
Port Byron | 139.55 | 224.58 | NY 38 north | Northern terminus of NY 31 / NY 38 overlap | |
139.95 | 225.23 | NY 38 south | Southern terminus of NY 31 / NY 38 overlap | ||
Weedsport | 143.34 | 230.68 | Brutus Street to NY 5 | Former western terminus of NY 31B | |
143.89 | 231.57 | ||||
Onondaga | Jordan | 148.33 | 238.71 | NY 317 south – Jordan Business District | Northern terminus of NY 317 |
Ionia | |||||
158.78 | 255.53 | I-90 – Syracuse | Interchange; southern terminus of NY 31 / NY 690 overlap | ||
Lysander | 159.68 | 256.98 | NY 690 north – Fulton | Interchange; northern terminus of NY 31 / NY 690 overlap | |
160.16 | 257.75 | NY 370 west – Meridian | Western terminus of NY 31 / NY 370 overlap | ||
Baldwinsville | 161.70 | 260.23 | NY 48 | ||
162.00 | 260.71 | NY 370 east | Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 370 overlap | ||
Lysander | 162.99 | 262.31 | NY 631 south | Western terminus of NY 31 / NY 631 overlap | |
163.48 | 263.10 | NY 631 north – Radisson | Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 631 overlap; community of Radisson | ||
CR 91) | Formerly NY 57; hamlet of Moyers Corners | ||||
167.23 | 269.13 | NY 481 – Oswego, North Syracuse | Exit 12 (NY 481) | ||
Cicero | 173.06 | 278.51 | US 11 | ||
173.24 | 278.80 | Exit 30 (I-81) | |||
Bridgeport | 181.07 | 291.40 | NY 298 south | Northern terminus of NY 298; roundabout | |
Madison | Lenox | 192.26 | 309.41 | NY 13 – Sylvan Beach, Canastota | Roundabout; hamlet of South Bay |
194.14 | 312.44 | NY 316 south – Oneida | Northern terminus of NY 316; hamlet of Oneida Valley | ||
Town of Verona | 196.52 | 316.27 | NY 46 – Rome, Oneida | Hamlet of State Bridge | |
201.65 | 324.52 | Hamlet of Verona | |||
Village of Vernon | 205.68 | 331.01 | NY 5 west – Sherrill | Western terminus of NY 5 / NY 31 overlap | |
206.41 | 332.18 | NY 5 east – Utica | Eastern terminus of NY 5 / NY 31 overlap | ||
Town of Vernon | 208.74 | 335.93 | NY 26 – Oriskany Falls | Eastern terminus; hamlet of Vernon Center | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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External links
- New York State Route 31 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes