New York State Route 317
Route information | ||
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Maintained by NYSDOT | ||
Length | 3.12 mi[1] (5.02 km) | |
Existed | April 1, 2003[2]–present | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | NY 5 in Elbridge | |
North end | NY 31 in Jordan | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New York | |
Counties | Onondaga | |
Highway system | ||
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New York State Route 317 (NY 317) is a 3.12-mile (5.02 km) long
The route was once part of the
The alignment of NY 317 south of Jordan was originally County Route 105 (CR 105), a highway maintained by Onondaga County. The highway paralleled Valley Drive, which was designated as New York State Route 31C in the 1930s and located on the opposite (western) side of Skaneateles Creek. In 2002, heavy flooding of the creek washed out a portion of Valley Drive. A bill to transfer maintenance of most of Valley Drive from the state of New York to local governments in exchange for maintenance of CR 105 was subsequently passed by the New York State Legislature and took effect April 1, 2003, at which time the NY 31C designation was removed. The former CR 105 and the portion of former NY 31C in Jordan were designated as NY 317 at the same time.
Route description
NY 317 begins at an intersection with
After a short distance in the village, NY 317, known as Jordan Road, continues northwest into the surrounding
A short distance to the northwest, Valley Drive resumes near Crego Road. On NY 317, the highway passes Maple Grove Cemetery, a small graveyard located in Elbridge. After this comes the intersection with Crego Road, one of two connectors between Valley Road and NY 317. NY 317 then intersects with Whiting Road (
In Jordan, NY 317 becomes Elbridge Street and turns west to intersect the northern terminus of Valley Drive. The highway proceeds through the southern portion of the village and crosses Skaneateles Creek to reach a junction with South Main Street. NY 317 turns north onto Main Street and has intersections with Mechanic Street (
History
Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road
The modern routing of NY 317 was originally the northern part of the Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road. Chartered in 1855,[4] the Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road Company was set to provide a plank road from Jordan southward to Skaneateles. This plank road was constructed in the 1850s in place of the Syracuse and Auburn Railroad and a small railroad from Skaneateles to Skaneateles Junction, two crude railroads that were in the area which had ended service in 1836 and 1850 respectively.[5] On March 25, 1853, the New York State Assembly proposed an additional toll gate to be constructed in Elbridge along the plank road.[6] On June 15, 1853, the bill was passed by the Legislature and went into effect.[7]
Although the plank road company lasted less than two decades, it had its share of controversy. In the January 1853 case of Wilson v. Rochester and Syracuse Railroad Company, Wilson, the plaintiff, was traveling southbound along the plank road through
On April 17, 1866, the plank road company was bought out by the Skaneateles Railroad Company. The state chartered the bill, the railroad was constructed and tolls were to be collected by the railroad company rather than the plank road company.[5][11]
Designation
In 1908, Valley Drive, a narrow, winding road along the western bank of Skaneateles Creek in the
Valley Drive received its first posted designation in the mid-1920s when it was designated as NY 31A, a spur route of NY 31 that linked NY 31 in Jordan to NY 5 in Elbridge.[15][16] The designation was short-lived, however, as the route became the northernmost portion of NY 41 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[17] NY 41 was truncated to its present northern terminus in Skaneateles c. 1933. Its former routing between Elbridge and Jordan was redesignated as NY 31C.[18][19]
NY 31C remained unchanged until 2002 when part of Valley Drive was washed out by flooding from the nearby creek.[20] A bill (S6534, 2002) was introduced in the New York State Senate on March 18, 2002,[21] that would transfer ownership and maintenance of CR 105, an alternate route between Jordan and Elbridge on the eastern bank of Skaneateles Creek, from Onondaga County to the New York State Department of Transportation and give Valley Drive to the town of Elbridge and the villages of Jordan and Elbridge.[22] S6534 was passed by the State Senate on April 29 and by the Assembly on June 20. It was signed into law by Governor George Pataki on August 6, 2002,[21] and took effect April 1, 2003.[23]
On April 1, 2003, NY 31C was effectively renumbered to NY 317[2] and rerouted south of the intersection of Valley Drive and Elbridge Street in Jordan to follow the former CR 105 to Elbridge. The washed-out section of Valley Drive was never repaired, leaving Valley Drive as two separate dead end streets.[24] The New York State Department of Transportation has made plans to remove the bridge carrying Valley Drive (former NY 31C) over Skaneateles Creek in the town of Elbridge. Demolition of the structure is scheduled to begin in mid-2014 and cost $300,000.[25] Once removed, the bridge, built in 1921,[26] will not be replaced.[25]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Onondaga County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Village of Elbridge | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 5 – Auburn, Camillus, Syracuse | Southern terminus | |
CR 183 ) | |||||
Jordan | 3.12 | 5.02 | NY 31 – Weedsport, Baldwinsville | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 292. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (January 2017). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (July 17, 2015). "overview map of NY Route 317" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ Gillett, T.S.; New York State Assembly (1859). "General index of the laws of the state of New York". 1859. Weed, & Parsons Corporation: 745. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b Bruce, Dwight H. (1896). Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Company. pp. 977–1015.
- ^ Journal (1853 ed.). New York State Assembly. 1853. pp. 402. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road.
- ^ Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York (1853 ed.). New York State Assembly. 1853. p. 1342. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ Barbour, Oliver Lorenzo; Supreme Court of New York (1853). Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Vol. 1853. Gould, Banks & Gould. pp. 168–169. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Vol. 23. BiblioBazaar. 1867. pp. 552–553. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Laws of the State of New York. Vol. 2. Francis Childs and John Swaine. 1866. pp. 1372–1373. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 60. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 226, 278, 308. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ Jordan Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1989. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- 1930 renumbering
- Texas Oil Company. 1932.
- ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933.
- ^ National Climatic Data Center (2002). "Onondaga County Event Details: Flash Flood". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
- ^ a b New York State Legislature. "Bills of New York State – bill number-based search". Retrieved April 24, 2009.
- ^ "Senate Passes DeFrancisco Bill For Exchange Of Ownership And Maintenance Of Selected Elbridge Roads And Bridges" (Press release). Office of Senator John DeFrancisco. April 30, 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
- ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ Google (January 24, 2008). "Valley Drive, Elbridge, NY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
- ^ a b "Former Rt 31C Over Skaneateles Creek, Elbridge, Onondaga Co". New York State Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2008). "Structure 1022070". National Bridge Inventory. United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 12, 2009.[permanent dead link]
External links
- New York State Route 317 at New York Routes
- New York State Route 31C at New York Routes