New York State Route 36

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New York State Route 36 marker

New York State Route 36

Map
Map of New York with NY 36 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length95.17 mi[1] (153.16 km)
Existedmid-1920s[2][3]–present
Major junctions
South end PA 249 at the Pennsylvania state line in Troupsburg
Major intersections
North end NY 31 in Ogden
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesSteuben, Livingston, Monroe
Highway system
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NY 36A

New York State Route 36 (NY 36) is a north–south

I-86, U.S. Route 20A (US 20A), US 20, and I-490 as it heads north. At its south end, NY 36 connects to Pennsylvania Route 249
(PA 249).

The origins of NY 36 date back to 1908 when most of modern NY 36 between Jasper and Mumford was assigned a legislative route designation by the New York State Legislature. NY 36 was assigned in the mid-1920s to an alignment extending from Hornell north to Avon, utilizing its modern alignment south of Mount Morris and what is now NY 63 and NY 39 from Mount Morris to Avon. It was truncated in 1927 to end in Geneseo, but was subsequently realigned and extended as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to continue north from Mount Morris to Ogden. NY 36 was extended again, this time southwestward to Andover, in the early 1940s, but was realigned just a decade later to continue southeast from Hornell to the Pennsylvania state line.

Route description

Steuben County

NY 36 begins at the

town of Canisteo. Across the town line, NY 36 turns toward the northwest and serves the hamlet of South Canisteo, which marks the southern end of both Colonel Hills Creek and a valley formed by the waterway.[5]

NY 36 north at NY 21 in Hornell

The route continues generally northerly through the creek valley to the outskirts of the

divided highway built c. 1979 to bypass Hornell along its western edge.[6] (Prior to construction of this arterial and the new Canisteo-Hornell route, NY 36 followed Dineen and McBurney Roads north of Canisteo, along an abandoned and unenlargeable stretch along the Canisteo River, entering Hornell via Canisteo Street.) NY 36 heads north through the residential southern half of the city to Hornell's commercial central district, the site of a junction with Main Street and NY 21.[5]

For the next 2.5 miles (4.0 km), NY 21

Interstate 86 (I-86) and NY 17. (Prior to the construction of the arterial, these routes ran along Seneca Street in Hornell and Seneca Road in North Hornell.) NY 21 breaks from NY 36 and proceeds to the northeast along an unnamed road; NY 36, however, continues along the bypass to I-86 and NY 17, where the two roads meet at I-86 and NY 17 exit 34 via a full cloverleaf interchange. Past the interchange, the divided highway narrows into a two-lane, undivided highway that continues through lightly populated areas of the town to the village of Arkport.[5]

In Arkport, NY 36 intersects the eastern terminus of

reference route erroneously signed as a touring route, at West Avenue.[5] Formerly, this intersection hosted the southern terminus of NY 70, which originally followed what is now NY 961F northwest to Canaseraga.[7] North of Arkport, the Canisteo River makes a turn to the west while NY 36 continues to the northeast, running along the eastern edge of both a marshy area and an extension of the Canisteo River valley. In the town of Dansville, NY 36 intersects the current eastern terminus of NY 70 at an intersection located 5 miles (8 km) north of Arkport and due east of Canaseraga. From here northward, the highway takes on a more northeasterly routing as it crosses the northwest corner of the county, where it runs along the west side of Stony Brook State Park and briefly enters the park before emerging from the area just south of the Livingston County line.[5]

Livingston County

The eastern terminus of NY 436 at NY 36 in Dansville

Across the county line, NY 36 enters the town of North Dansville and the village of Dansville located within. At the southern village line, NY 36 meets the southbound entrance and exit ramps for I-390 at exit 4 and gains the name Clara Barton Street. Due to the angle at which I-390 crosses NY 36 here, the northbound entrance and exit ramps are located another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north. The route follows Clara Barton Street north into the village center, where it gradually curves northeastward ahead of a junction with Main Street (NY 63) in Dansville's business district. NY 36 turns northwest here, following NY 63 along Main Street for two blocks before returning west on Ossian Street. The highway turns again just six blocks later to follow Dock and Franklin streets northwest toward Dansville Municipal Airport. Ossian Street, meanwhile, continues west as NY 436, which passes under I-390 a short distance to the west.[5]

Between NY 436 and I-390 exit 6 near Groveland, NY 36 closely parallels I-390, remaining within 0.5 miles (0.8 km) or less of it for the entire distance. Just outside Dansville in the shadow of Dansville Municipal Airport, NY 36 connects to I-390 a second time by way of McWhorter Road and exit 5. Outside of Dansville, the highway heads northwestward across gradually less developed areas as it traverses the west side of a wide, flat valley known locally as the flats. After 8 miles (13 km), it intersects the western terminus of NY 258 (named Flats Road) at an intersection situated 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the hamlet of Groveland on the West Sparta–Groveland town line. Not far to the northwest is I-390 exit 6, the third and final meeting between I-390 and NY 36.[5]

NY 408 joins NY 36 for one block in Mount Morris, beginning in the foreground at State Street and ending in the background at Chapel Street.

NY 36 continues on, passing through the hamlet of

Leicester. As the route heads north into Leicester, it begins to leave the flats in favor of a more northwesterly alignment that leads it into the village of Leicester.[5]

Now named Mount Morris Road, NY 36 enters the east side of the small village, intersecting with

Fraser. The route continues on, eventually reaching the sprawling village of Caledonia, where the route joins with NY 5 for three blocks along Main Street. At the village's center, NY 36 turns north onto North Street, which carries the highway through the northern fringe of the village and into Monroe County.[5]

Monroe County

Northern terminus of NY 36 at NY 31 in Ogden

Across the county line from Caledonia is the Wheatland hamlet of Mumford, where NY 36 crosses over the Rochester and Southern Railroad—which the highway has loosely paralleled since Dansville—and Oatka Creek prior to meeting the southern terminus of NY 383. While the railroad, the creek, and NY 383 all head east to Scottsville, NY 36 continues to the north on Riga–Mumford Road, passing through isolated areas of the towns of Wheatland and Riga. Along this stretch, it passes over the New York State Thruway (I-90) a short distance south of the Wheatland–Riga town line. The route continues into the hamlet of Riga, where it intersects and briefly overlaps with NY 33A westward along Chili–Riga Center Road. At Churchville–Riga Road, NY 36 leaves NY 33A to resume its northward trek toward the village of Churchville.[5]

About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village center, NY 36 meets

County Route 212 to serve Adams Basin and the nearby Erie Canal.[5]

History

Like many New York State highways, NY 36 was not designed at one time as a single route; it consists of pieces of various projects later cobbled together and relabeled or renumbered.

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 15, an unsigned legislative route that initially extended from Hornell in the south to Caledonia in the north via Dansville and Mount Morris. Also assigned at this time was Route 16, which went from Cuba to Rochester via Le Roy and Caledonia. Much of Route 15 followed modern NY 36; however, from Dansville to Mount Morris, it used what is now NY 63 and NY 408 instead. Route 16, meanwhile, followed current NY 36 from Caledonia to Mumford. From Jasper to Hornell, modern NY 36 was part of the cross-state Route 4.[8][9] In 1911, special legislation routed a new Buffalo–Elmira–Binghamton–New York City route, to be built by the state, along what is now NY 36 between Hornell and Canisteo, and from there to Addison.[10] On March 1, 1921, Route 16 was truncated to end in Le Roy. Its former routing north of Caledonia became part of Route 15.[11]

Southbound on NY 36 at NY 258 in the flats of Livingston County

NY 36 was assigned in the mid-1920s[2][3] to an alignment extending from Hornell in the south to Avon in the north.[3][12] The route utilized the routing of legislative Route 15 from Hornell to Dansville and from Mount Morris to Shakers Crossing, the modern junction of NY 63 and NY 408 northeast of Mount Morris. Between Dansville and Mount Morris, NY 36 followed its current alignment. Past Shakers Crossing, NY 36 continued northward through Geneseo to Avon on modern NY 63 and NY 39.[3] The Geneseo–Avon segment of NY 36 became part of US 20 when that route was assigned in 1927.[13] South of Hornell, what is now NY 36 from Hornell to Jasper became part of NY 17 when that route was assigned to most of legislative Route 4 in 1924.[2] The remaining sections of contemporary NY 36—from Jasper to the Pennsylvania state line and north of Mount Morris—were state-maintained but unnumbered.[3]

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the segment of modern NY 36 from Hornell south to the Pennsylvania state line became the southernmost portion of NY 21.[14] At the same time, NY 36 was realigned north of Mount Morris to follow the path of former legislative Route 15 north through Caledonia to Mumford. Past Mumford, NY 36 continued north on its modern alignment to a new terminus at NY 3 (now NY 31) south of Adams Basin.[15] In the early 1940s, NY 36 was extended south through Hornell and Almond to Andover, replacing part of NY 17F.[16][17] The routings of NY 36 and NY 21 south of Hornell were swapped in the early 1950s, placing both routes on their current alignments south of the city.[18][19]

On June 8, 2017, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo announced that they would upgrade the intersection of NY 531 and NY 36. This would improve the connection between NY 531 and NY 31 for safety purposes. Instead of the abrupt end at NY 36, a new road would be constructed to connect NY 531 and NY 31. NY 31 would be widened from Gallup Road to NY 531; a center median would be added and a portion of NY 31 between NY 531 and NY 36 would become a cul-de-sac for the residences in the area. NYSDOT projects that the job would be completed by the end of 2018.[20]

NY 36A

New York State Route 36A marker

New York State Route 36A

LocationDansville–Mount Morris
Existed1930[15]–December 1940[21]

NY 36A was an alternate route of NY 36 between Dansville and Mount Morris. The route began at NY 36 in Dansville and passed through Groveland on its way to the vicinity of Mount Morris, where it ended at a junction with NY 63 northeast of the village. NY 36A was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York[15] and supplanted by a realigned NY 63 in December 1940.[21]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
SteubenTroupsburg0.000.00
 PA 249 south		Continuation into Pennsylvania
overlap
10.6217.09
Jasper
Village of Canisteo22.6136.39
 NY 248 south		Northern terminus of NY 248
Hornell27.9344.95
 NY 21 south – Almond		Southern terminus of NY 21 / NY 36 overlap
Hornellsville30.4549.00
 NY 21 north – Wayland		Northern terminus of NY 21 / NY 36 overlap
31.0449.95
Southern Tier Expressway – Binghamton, Jamestown
Exit 34 (I-86 / NY 17)
Arkport33.0753.22
 NY 961F west		Eastern terminus of NY 961F; former routing of NY 70
NY 70A
I-390 – Corning, Rochester
Exit 4 (I-390)
45.2772.86
 NY 63 south		Southern terminus of NY 36 / NY 63 overlap
45.4073.06

 NY 63 north to NY 256		Northern terminus of NY 36 / NY 63 overlap
45.8673.80
 NY 436 west – Nunda		Eastern terminus of NY 436
I-390
Exit 5 (I-390); hamlet of Cumminsville
West Sparta–Groveland
town line		54.6988.02
 NY 258 east		Western terminus of NY 258
I-390 – Rochester, Corning
Exit 6 (I-390)
I-390
NY 408 overlaps with NY 36 for one block
US 20A east / NY 39 east – Geneseo
Eastern terminus of US 20A / NY 36 / NY 39 overlap
64.15103.24
US 20A west / NY 39 west – Warsaw, Perry
Western terminus of US 20A / NY 36 / NY 39 overlap
Town of York
68.19109.74 NY 63Hamlet of Greigsville
74.07119.20
Fraser
Village of Caledonia78.49126.32
 NY 5 west		Western terminus of NY 5 / NY 36 overlap
78.87126.93
 NY 5 east – Avon		Eastern terminus of NY 5 / NY 36 overlap
MonroeWheatland80.56129.65
 NY 383 north – Scottsville		Southern terminus of NY 383; hamlet of Mumford
Riga86.04138.47
 NY 33A east – Rochester		Eastern terminus of NY 33A / NY 36 overlap
86.27138.84
 NY 33A west		Western terminus of NY 33A / NY 36 overlap
Churchville87.92141.49 I-490 – RochesterExit 3 (I-490)
88.69142.73
 NY 33 west		Western terminus of NY 33 / NY 36 overlap
89.52144.07
 NY 33 east		Eastern terminus of NY 33 / NY 36 overlap
Ogden95.11153.06
 NY 531 east		Western terminus of NY 531
95.17153.16 NY 31Northern 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. pp. 103–104. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  3. ^
    State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Microsoft; Nokia (July 17, 2015). "overview map of NY 36" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Hornell Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1977. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  7. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1974.
  8. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 54–55, 59–60. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  9. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 502–505, 523–525. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  10. Buffalo Courier
    . April 19, 1911. p. 6.
  11. ^ 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 May 10, 2010.
  12. ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 3. Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1929. p. 22. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  13. ^ Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927. This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
  14. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  15. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  16. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  17. ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  18. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  19. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  20. ^ "Governor Cuomo Announces Route 531 Intersection Upgrades in Monroe County" (Press release). Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  21. ^ a b "Highway Route Changes Made in This Area". Dansville Breeze. December 11, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

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