New York State Route 31A
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Orleans, Monroe | |||
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New York State Route 31A (NY 31A) is an east–west state highway located in the western part of New York in the United States. It serves as a southerly alternate route of NY 31 from the western part of Orleans County to the far western part of Monroe County. It diverges from NY 31 south of the village of Medina and parallels NY 31 eastward until it reconnects to its parent route southwest of the village of Brockport. While NY 31 passes through the villages of Medina, Albion, and Holley, NY 31A bypasses all three, serving sparsely populated areas to their south instead. The route intersects NY 98 south of Albion and NY 237 in Clarendon.
The origins of NY 31A date back to the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when the section of modern NY 31 between Middleport and Medina was designated as New York State Route 3A. It was renumbered to New York State Route 3B c. 1932 and extended northeastward to Knowlesville via Millville by 1932 before becoming NY 31A c. 1935. The section of modern NY 31 and NY 31A from NY 19 in Brockport to Clarendon was designated as New York State Route 3B in 1930, but was renumbered to New York State Route 3C c. 1932 and the west end was cut back to the Monroe–Orleans county line before becoming New York State Route 31D c. 1935. NY 31A was cut back to its current western terminus in 1949 and extended eastward to NY 19 and NY 31 in Brockport c. 1963, replacing NY 31D. The route was truncated to its current eastern terminus in the early 1980s after NY 31 was altered to bypass Brockport to the southwest.
Route description
NY 31A begins at a four-way intersection in the southern portion of the village of
Past Millville, NY 31A becomes West Lee Road and heads southeastward through farmland to the
The highway retains an east–west alignment for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the outskirts of the hamlet of Clarendon, the largest community on the route since Medina. At this point, NY 31A turns southeast to serve Clarendon, where NY 31A intersects NY 237 in the center of the hamlet. Upon crossing NY 237, NY 31A changes names for the final time, becoming Fourth Section Road. The rural surroundings return outside of Clarendon hamlet as a mix of woodlands and fields, which NY 31A progresses generally northeasterly through to the hamlet of Bennetts Corners. Here, the amount of development along the route begins to increase, a change ushered in by a pair of large housing tracts in the eastern part of the community.[4]
East of Bennetts Corners, the route takes on a more easterly alignment as it crosses into
History
New York State Route 31D | |
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| Location | Orleans county line–Brockport |
| Existed | c. 1935[2][3]–c. 1962[5][6] |
Most of modern
Farther east, the segment of modern NY 31A from Clarendon to Brockport and what is now NY 31 from NY 31A to NY 19 became NY 3B in the 1930 renumbering.[9] Like NY 3A, NY 3B was renumbered to NY 3C c. 1932; however, it was also truncated to consist solely of the Monroe County portion of its routing at this time. The route now began at the Monroe–Orleans county line,[10][11] where state maintenance of Fourth Section Road began,[8] and ended at the junction of NY 63 (now NY 19) and NY 3 (NY 31) south of Brockport.[10][11] NY 3C was redesignated as NY 31D c. 1935 following NY 31's supplantation of NY 3 west of Rochester.[2][3]
On January 1, 1949, NY 31 was rerouted between Middleport and Medina to use NY 31A between the two locations. NY 31A was truncated to its current western terminus in Medina as a result.[12] It was substantially extended c. 1963, however, to a new eastern terminus in Brockport. The highway was rerouted east of Millville to follow a series of previously unnumbered roads through Barre and Clarendon to Monroe County, where it supplanted NY 31D from the county line eastward.[5][6] NY 31A was truncated slightly to its current eastern terminus in the early 1980s after NY 31 was rerouted to bypass Brockport to the west and south on NY 31A and Redman Road.[13][14]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Orleans | Medina | 0.00 | 0.00 |   NY 31 / NY 63 | Western terminus |
Town of Albion | 10.04 | 16.16 |  NY 98 – Albion, Batavia | ||
| Clarendon | 17.85 | 28.73 |  NY 237 – Holley, Byron | ||
NY 19 Truck / NY 31 | Eastern 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. 175. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- ^ Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (July 17, 2015). "overview map of NY 31A" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1962.
- ^ a b New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
- ^ "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
- ^ Standard Oil Company. 1931.
- ^ a b c Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1932.
- ^ "Highway Route Designations Change Jan. 1". Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, NY. Associated Press. December 9, 1948. p. 19.
- State of New York. 1981.
- ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
External links
- New York State Route 31A at New York Routes
