New York State Route 31E

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New York State Route 31E marker

New York State Route 31E

Map
Map of Niagara and Orleans counties with NY 31E highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of NY 31
Maintained by NYSDOT, Niagara County, and the village of Medina
Length5.29 mi[1] (8.51 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1949[2]–present
Major junctions
West end NY 31 / NY 271 in Middleport
East end NY 31 / NY 63 in Medina
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesNiagara, Orleans
Highway system
←
NY 31D
→ NY 31F

New York State Route 31E (NY 31E) is a 5.29-mile (8.51 km)

overlap with NY 271 in Middleport. Most of NY 31E parallels the Erie Canal, and parts of the route run adjacent to the waterway. Outside of the two villages at each end, NY 31E traverses mostly rural areas of the towns of Royalton and Ridgeway
.

The origins of the route date back to 1914 when its routing was included as part of a spur route of Route 30, a cross-state, unsigned legislative route. The spur route was eliminated in 1921, and the road went unnumbered until 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when it became part of NY 3. Most of NY 3 west of Rochester was replaced by NY 31 in the mid-1930s, and NY 31 was realigned onto its present, more southerly alignment between Middleport and Medina in 1949. Its former canalside alignment became NY 31E at this time. Most of NY 31E is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); however, two sections in Niagara County and Medina are locally maintained.

Route description

Looking north along Main Street (NY 31E and NY 271) in Middleport. NY 31E leaves NY 271 in the background at State Street.

NY 31E begins at an intersection with

overlapping with NY 271 (which also begins at NY 31) through the mostly residential village. Just south of the Erie Canal, NY 31E and NY 271 enter Middleport's small business district, centered on the junction of Main and State Streets. Here, NY 31E and NY 271 split, with NY 31E following State Street eastward through the eastern portion of the community. Along this stretch, the route serves Royalton–Hartland High School and Royalton-Hartland Middle School before exiting Middleport and entering a slightly more open area of the town of Royalton. NY 31E runs past undeveloped land to the north and a smattering of homes to the south on its way into the Orleans County town of Shelby New York|Ridgeway]].[3]

East of the county line, NY 31E becomes Telegraph Road and continues across increasingly less developed areas of Ridgeway. The Erie Canal is visible from most of this section of NY 31E, and about 1 mile (1.6 km) of the highway runs directly alongside the waterway, which curves several times between Middleport and

village's post office and enter the Main Street Historic District, where NY 31E terminates at NY 31 and NY 63.[3]

NY 31E eastbound in Medina

Maintenance along the route varies by location. From the Niagara–Orleans county line to the Medina village line, NY 31E is maintained by NYSDOT.[4] All of the route within Niagara County, excluding the state-maintained overlap with NY 271 in Middleport, is county-maintained as the unsigned County Route 143 (CR 143).[5] In Medina, NY 31E is entirely maintained by the village, though between the village line and Prospect Avenue (former NY 63), it was NYSDOT-maintained for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to its terminus at NY 31 until 2010.[4]

History

In 1914, the

Lockport on current NY 31.[8] On March 1, 1921, most of Route 30's Medina–Lockport spur route was supplanted by an extended Route 20. The lone exception was from Medina to Middleport, where Route 20 utilized modern NY 31 instead.[9] When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 20 west of Rochester became part of NY 3.[10][11]

reference markers
remain posted along the road, as seen here.

NY 3 remained on what is now NY 31 between Middleport and Medina until the

U.S. Route 104 was assigned to all of Ridge Road c. 1935, replacing then-NY 31 west of Rochester. As a result, NY 31 was shifted southward onto most of NY 3 from Niagara Falls to Rochester, including between Middleport and Medina.[13][14] NY 31 was realigned on January 1, 1949, to follow its current alignment between the two villages. The former routing of NY 31 was redesignated as NY 31E, a northerly alternate route of NY 31.[2]

The alignment of NY 31E has not changed since that time; however, ownership of parts of the route has changed hands over the years. Until 1998, NY 31E was state-maintained from its western terminus in Middleport to the Medina village line.

co-designated, but not signed, as CR 143 by Niagara County.[5]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
overlap
; southern terminus of NY 271
0.510.82
 NY 271 north		Northern terminus of NY 31E / NY 271 overlap
OrleansMedina5.058.13
 NY 63 north		Western terminus of NY 31E / NY 63 overlap
5.298.51
 NY 31 / NY 63 south		Eastern terminus; eastern terminus of NY 31E / NY 63 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  • List of county routes in Niagara County, New York (126–143)

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 174. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Highway Route Designations Change Jan. 1". Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, NY. Associated Press. December 9, 1948. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b Microsoft; Nokia (November 28, 2010). "overview map of NY 31E" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Medina Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1996. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Niagara County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  6. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1913). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company. pp. 80–81. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  7. ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1919). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 82–84. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  8. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 545. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  9. ^ New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 42, 58–59, 64–66. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  10. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  11. ^ Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
  12. 1930 renumbering
  13. Texas Oil Company
    . 1934.
  14. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  15. ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved November 28, 2010.

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