New York State Route 33A

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I-390 in Gates
East end NY 33 in Rochester
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesGenesee, Monroe
Highway system
← NY 33→ NY 34

New York State Route 33A (NY 33A) is an east–west

town of Bergen in Genesee County and the city of Rochester in Monroe County. While NY 33 heads to Rochester by way of Churchville and northern Gates, NY 33A dips south to pass through Chili and southern Gates. NY 33A was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, but only from Riga
to Rochester. It was extended westward to its current terminus in Bergen c. 1932.

Route description

West of Gates

NY 33A begins at an intersection with

town of the same name. From this point, NY 33 travels to the west and to the northeast while NY 33A heads east. Less than a quarter of a mile (0.4 km) from its western terminus, NY 33A meets Interstate 490 (I-490) at exit 2. In this area, I-490 straddles the border between Genesee County and Monroe County; thus, the westbound portion of the interchange is in Genesee County while the eastbound half is in Monroe County.[3]

The beginning of the concurrency between NY 33A and NY 386 in Chili

Now in the town of

Black Creek and intersects Chili Avenue Extension. At this junction, NY 33A becomes Chili Avenue, the name it retains into the city of Rochester. Locally, the Chili Avenue name is used more in common parlance than the NY 33A designation.[3]

In West Chili, the route meets the southern terminus of NY 259. The route continues on, heading northeastward into more densely populated areas of the town of Chili. About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of West Chili, NY 33A intersects the western terminus of NY 252. Not far to the northeast, the highway meets NY 386, which joins NY 33A for one mile (1.6 km) to Chili Center, Chili's main commercial hub. Here, NY 386 splits off to the north at a junction that also served as the western terminus of NY 252A. Past Chili Center, NY 33A heads northeast through a residential neighborhood and into the town of Gates.[3]

Gates and Rochester

Just across the town line, NY 33A intersects the east end of the

NY 940L and formerly part of NY 47[4][5]) and Brooks Avenue. NY 204 leaves NY 33A at Brooks Avenue to follow the road eastward toward the Greater Rochester International Airport.[3]

Approaching NY 33A on NY 204 westbound

East of Brooks Avenue, NY 33A passes through a small residential area before entering a more industrial neighborhood surrounding the

County Route 162), which directly links NY 33A to the airport a half-mile (0.8 km) to the south. East of I-390, NY 33A crosses the Erie Canal and enters the city of Rochester,[3] at which point maintenance of NY 33A shifts from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to the city of Rochester.[6] On the northern bank of the waterway, the route passes under the Rochester and Southern Railroad. The surroundings become significantly more residential east of the railroad as the route heads northeastward toward downtown Rochester. However, NY 33A ends roughly one mile (1.6 km) west of downtown at a junction with NY 33 (West Avenue). Here, Chili and West Avenues converge and NY 33 continues toward downtown as West Main Street.[3]

History

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 16, an unsigned legislative route extending from the Southern Tier village of Cuba to the city of Rochester just south of Lake Ontario.[7] Route 16 entered the Rochester area on what is now NY 386 and followed modern NY 386, Old Scottsville–Chili Road, and Chili Avenue northeastward to the Rochester city line. From there, the route continued for an additional 1 mile (1.6 km) to the original city limits, where it ended near the intersection of Chili Avenue and Post Street.[8] On March 1, 1921, Route 16 was truncated to end in Le Roy while the portion of its former alignment north of Caledonia became part of an extended Route 15.[9]

When the first set of posted routes in

town of Bergen, where it reconnected to NY 33 southeast of the village of Bergen.[12][13]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
GeneseeVillage of Bergen0.000.00 NY 33Western terminus
LeRoy
Exit 2 (I-490)
overlap
3.165.09
 NY 36 south – Mumford, Caledonia		Eastern terminus of NY 33A / NY 36 overlap
West Chili
9.5715.40
 NY 252 east		Western terminus of NY 252
9.8815.90
 NY 386 south		Western terminus of NY 33A / NY 386 overlap
10.8917.53
Chili Center
Gates13.4621.66

 NY 204 west to I-490		Western terminus of NY 33A / NY 204 overlap
Howard Road (
NY 940L
)		Southern terminus of unsigned NY 940L
14.3123.03
 NY 204 east		Eastern terminus of NY 33A / NY 204 overlap
15.4124.80
I-390 to I-490
Exit 19 (I-390)
Rochester17.1527.60 NY 33Eastern 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. 100. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Google (July 19, 2009). "overview map of NY 33A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
  6. ^ Rochester West Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  7. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 59–60. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  8. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 525. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  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, 56–57. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  10. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  11. State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  12. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  13. Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.

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