New York State Route 34

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"NY 34" redirects here. The term may also refer to New York's 34th congressional district.
This article is about the current alignment of NY 34. For the former alignment of NY 34 in Erie and Niagara County, see
New York State Route 34 (1924–1930)
.

Southern Tier Expressway / PA 199 at the Pennsylvania state line in Waverly
Major intersections
North end NY 104 in Hannibal
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesTioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cayuga, Oswego
Highway system
← NY 33A→ NY 34B

New York State Route 34 (NY 34) is a north–south

I-86/NY 17. Its northern terminus is at NY 104, outside the village of Hannibal
.

Route description

NY 34 and NY 96 northbound in Spencer

Tioga and Chemung counties

The highway begins at exit 61 of the Southern Tier Expressway,

New York state, and Tioga County, on Cayuta Avenue in Waverly. Little more than half a mile into the state, Cayuta Street (NY 34) comes to a T-intersection with NY 17C
. NY 34 makes a sharp left and, shortly thereafter, a sharp right turn. NY 17C was formerly NY 17, and the aforementioned second sharp turn was once NY 34's southern terminus. NY 34 continues north along the east bank of
Van Etten, Chemung County
.

In that village, NY 34 turns east at the eastern terminus of NY 224. Less than a mile from NY 224, NY 34 exits Chemung County and reenters Tioga County. NY 34 continues east to Spencer, where it meets up with NY 96. The routes converge from each end of Tioga Street and continue north together on Main Street. After exiting the village, NY 34 and NY 96 continue northward through the county, entering Tompkins County five miles (8 km) from Spencer.

Tompkins County

A few miles south of

freeway in the northern part of the city. In Ithaca, NY 34 passes the Ithaca Farmers Market, the Sciencenter, and Stewart Park
.

Between NY 13 and Cayuga Heights Road in the Village of Lansing, NY 34 ascends a hill, offering a view down Cayuga Lake. The highway is close to the lake shore itself for an approximately two mile stretch prior to the hill. Descending the hill, one is offered a view of the city. Easily seen is the West and East Dormitory Towers of Ithaca College, located on NY 96B.

In the

town of Lansing, the highway intersects with NY 34B, a loop that serves the small communities along the ridge to the west of NY 34. NY 34 and NY 34B also form a short overlap at this point. Six miles due north of the NY 34/NY 34B intersection, NY 34 passes into Cayuga County
.

Cayuga and Oswego counties

Like NY 34B to the west, NY 34 serves a handful of small communities in southern and central Cayuga county, including

T-intersection
.

NY 34 northbound crossing the New York State Thruway in Weedsport

In downtown Auburn, NY 34 is co-signed with NY 38 from the southern edge of the city north to U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and NY 5, where NY 38 turns west. Within downtown Auburn, NY 34 passes by the Harriet Tubman Home and the William Seward House.

From Auburn, NY 34 continues north to Weedsport, where the route meets the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90 or I-90) at exit 40. Farther north, NY 34 enters Cato and meets NY 370 in the village center. Six miles to the north, NY 34 changes counties for the final time, entering Oswego County.

Of the 100 miles (161 km) of NY 34, only four miles of the route exists in Oswego County. NY 34 intersects only six roads in the county, the most notable of which is NY 104, located south of Hannibal.

History

Origins

In 1908, the

overlap between NY 34 and NY 13 south of Ithaca, which became NY 13 at this time.[7][8]

By 1926, what is now NY 34 from Ithaca north to

NY 15 (now NY 96) at the intersection of State and Aurora Streets, one block east of NY 13. NY 40 followed Aurora, Falls, and Lake Streets through the city before joining the current alignment of NY 34 at the southeastern edge of Cayuga Lake.[9]

Designation and extensions

In the

Capital District. Its former alignment became part of two new routes, namely NY 370 west of Cato and NY 34 south of Cato.[10] Unlike NY 40 before it, NY 34 continued south to Chemung Street (then NY 17) in Waverly, utilizing the post-1921 alignment of legislative Route 9 between Ithaca and Waverly.[2][3] NY 34 was extended south to the Pennsylvania state line in the early 1970s following the completion of the Southern Tier Expressway through Waverly.[11][12]

NY 34 at the end in Hannibal with NY 104; CR 34, a former alignment of NY 34, continues north

NY 34 was extended north from Cato to the

County Route 21 (CR 21) to serve Hannibal Center;[11][14] however, it was moved onto its current alignment between Cato and Hannibal by 1977.[15] The portion of NY 34 north of Cato was county-maintained until the early 1980s when the state of New York acquired ownership of the highway as part of two highway maintenance swaps with Oswego and Cayuga counties. The section of NY 34 between the Cayuga County line and NY 104 became state-maintained on April 1, 1980, while the segment between NY 370 and the Oswego County line was turned over to the state on April 1, 1981.[16] The county-maintained continuation of NY 34 to NY 3 in Hannibal is designated and signed as CR 34.[17]

Ithaca area

NY 34 has been realigned through Ithaca at least three times since the 1930s. By 1948, NY 34 was shifted westward to follow Albany, Court, and Cayuga Streets through downtown.

reference route.[22] Lastly, in 1996, ten blocks of southbound NY 34 was diverted from Meadow Street to Fulton Street as part of the Octopus elimination project.[23]

Suffixed routes

Lansing
Existedc. 1932[24]–mid–1960s[21][25]

NY 34 has had two suffixed routes; one has since been removed.

  • NY 34A was an alternate route of NY 34 between the
    town of Lansing. It split from NY 34 at the intersection of Court and Cayuga streets in downtown Ithaca, where NY 34 turned north to follow Cayuga Street. From here, NY 34A was routed along Court and Linn streets, University Avenue, Willard Way, and Stewart Avenue to the Ithaca city line. In Lansing, the route followed Cayuga Heights Road to the top of Esty Hill, where it rejoined its parent.[18] The route was assigned c. 1932[24][26] and eliminated in the mid-1960s.[21][25]
  • Lansing, NY 34B is an east–west route; past Lansing, NY 34B follows a north–south routing that largely parallels NY 34.[27] It was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[10]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
TiogaWaverly0.000.00
 PA 199 south – Sayre		Continuation into Pennsylvania
parclo interchange
0.721.16
 NY 17C east		Western terminus of NY 17C
hamlet of Van Etten
overlap
TompkinsTown of Ithaca31.6650.95
 NY 13 south – Elmira		Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 34 overlap
32.1651.76
 NY 327 north (Enfield Falls Road)		Southern terminus of NY 327
33.2353.48
NY 13A
(Five Mile Drive)
City of Ithaca
35.3456.87
 NY 96B south (West Clinton Street) – Ithaca College		Western terminus of NY 96B
35.4457.04
 NY 79 east (West Green Street) – Downtown, Cornell University		Southern terminus of NY 34 / NY 79 overlap (southbound)
35.5657.23
 NY 79 west (West Seneca Street)		Northern terminus of NY 34 / NY 79 overlap (southbound)
35.6457.36

 NY 89 north / NY 96 north (West Buffalo Street)		Northern terminus of NY 34 / NY 96 overlap; southern terminus of NY 89
NY 930F
(East Shore Drive)		Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 34 overlap; northern terminus of unsigned NY 930F
Town of Lansing
42.9269.07
 NY 34B north – King Ferry		Western terminus of NY 34 / NY 34B overlap; hamlet of South Lansing
43.4069.85
 NY 34B south – Groton, Freeville		Eastern terminus of NY 34 / NY 34B overlap; hamlet of Terpening Corners
CayugaGenoa53.6386.31 NY 90
Fleming67.46108.57
 NY 34B south – King Ferry		Eastern terminus of NY 34B
Auburn71.88115.68
 NY 38 south		Southern terminus of NY 34 / NY 38 overlap
72.80117.16

 US 20 east / NY 5 east – Syracuse
72.84117.22


 US 20 west / NY 5 west / NY 38 north – Seneca Falls, Port Byron		Northern terminus of NY 34 / NY 38 overlap
Weedsport81.02130.39Brutus StreetFormerly NY 31B
81.55131.24 NY 31 – Jordan, Port Byron
I-90 Toll / New York Thruway – Buffalo, Albany
Exit 40 (I-90 / Thruway)
Village of Cato89.72144.39 NY 370 – Victory, Meridian
Town of Hannibal
99.33159.86 NY 104 – Oswego, RochesterNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 100–102. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1929.
  3. ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
  4. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 58. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  5. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 517–518, 520. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  6. ^ 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, 53. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  7. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  8. ^
    Rand McNally and Company
    . 1926. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  9. ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 3. Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1929. p. 20. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  10. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  11. ^
    Gulf Oil Company
    . 1972.
  12. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1974.
  13. Newspaperarchive.com.[permanent dead link] Open access icon
  14. State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State
    (PDF). Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  15. Exxon
    . 1977.
  16. ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  17. ^ Hannibal Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1993. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  18. ^ a b Map of Ithaca, NY (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1948. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
  19. ^ New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map) (1962 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
  20. ^ New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
  21. ^ a b c New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Sinsabaugh, Mark. "New York State Route 13". New York Routes. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
  24. ^
    Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  25. ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Mobil. 1965.
  26. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  27. ^ New York State Map (Map). Cartography by Map Works. I Love New York. 2009.

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