New York State Route 359
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| North end |  NY 41A in Skaneateles | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Onondaga | |||
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New York State Route 359 (NY 359) is a
NY 26
from 1924 to 1930.
Route description
NY 359 begins in the town of
Skaneateles at an intersection with Heifer Street, a local road, and NY 38A. The route goes north, intersecting with Weeks Road 0.6 miles (1.0 km) north of NY 38A. Here, NY 359 begins to curve to the east with Weeks Road carrying on the northward alignment of NY 359. Upon meeting Lacy Road, the route takes over its east–west routing and heads east. NY 359 comes to an end just under a mile later at NY 41A in the lakeside hamlet of Mandana. East of NY 41A, the roadway continues for roughly 400 feet (120 m) to a boat launch on the western shore of Skaneateles Lake, 1.71 miles (2.75 km) from NY 38A.[4]
Signed as a north–south route, it lies that way at the southern end, but about midway along its length the road turns and thence travels east–west. Excluding its termini, there are only two junctions with other roadways along the entire route.[4] It is the only instance in New York of a route designated without an alphabetic suffix that terminates at both ends at suffixed routes.[5]
History
The origins of NY 359 date back to the assignment of the first state routes in
NY 26, a highway that continued north along what is now NY 41A toward the village of Skaneateles and south on modern NY 38A toward the village of Moravia.[6][7] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 26 was reassigned elsewhere in the state. Its former routing was incorporated into several new routes, including part of NY 38A from Moravia to the modern junction of NY 38A and NY 359 and part of NY 41A from Mandana to Skaneateles. The portion that is now NY 359, however, received no designation and became unnumbered.[8] It was designated as NY 359 in the early 1940s.[2][3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in
Skaneateles, Onondaga County
.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 |  NY 38A – Moravia, Auburn | Southern terminus | ||
| 1.71 | 2.75 | hamlet of Mandana | |||
| 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. 299. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
- ^ a b New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
- ^ a b Google (January 24, 2008). "overview map of NY 359" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- Rand McNally and Company. 1926. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- 1930 renumbering
External links
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