New York State Route 370

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NYSDOT and the city of Syracuse
Length35.09 mi[1] (56.47 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Major junctions
West end NY 104 / NY 104A near Red Creek
Major intersections
East end
 US 11 / NY 298 Truck in Syracuse
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesWayne, Cayuga, Onondaga
Highway system
← NY 369→ NY 371

New York State Route 370 (NY 370) is an east–west state highway in Central New York in the United States. It extends for about 35 miles (56.33 km) from an intersection with NY 104 and NY 104A south of the Wayne County village of Red Creek to a junction with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the Onondaga County city of Syracuse. The western and central portions of the route pass through mostly rural areas; however, the eastern section serves densely populated areas of Onondaga County, including the villages of Baldwinsville and Liverpool. NY 370 also passes through Cayuga County, where it connects to NY 34, a major north–south highway in Central New York.

NY 370 was assigned as part of the

NY 40 west of Cato and New York State Route 37 from Cato to Baldwinsville. From Liverpool to Syracuse, modern NY 370 was initially part of NY 57, a route that continued north from Liverpool to Oswego. That route was eliminated in 1982, at which time NY 370 was extended eastward to Syracuse over NY 57's former routing. Other minor changes, namely a series of realignments west of Victory
, have also occurred since NY 370 was assigned.

Route description

Approaching Ridge Road on NY 370 westbound in Wolcott

Maintenance of the route is also split in a similar fashion. West of Syracuse, the route is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Within Syracuse, the highway is city-maintained.[3][4][5]

Red Creek to Baldwinsville

NY 370 begins at an intersection with

US 104 prior to the construction of the super two highway now used by NY 104.[7] After passing 0.7 miles (1.1 km) of open farmland, the route breaks from Ridge Road and travels southeast through the Town of Butler and to the Cayuga County line. The rural surroundings follow NY 370 across the county line and into the town of Victory, where the highway briefly takes on a more easterly alignment as it intersects NY 38 in the town center. Past NY 38, NY 370 gradually curves southward for roughly 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to reach the Victory–Conquest town line. Here, it overtakes the east–west Conquest–Victory Town Line Road and heads eastward along the town line toward the village of Cato.[6]

Just west of Cato village, NY 370 enters nearby

Cato. The route continues along the town line into the small village of Cato, where it becomes Main Street and meets NY 34 in the village center. At this point, NY 370 leaves the town line and heads northeast into Ira at the eastern village line. While in Ira, the highway leaves the village of Cato and passes by Cato–Meridian Central School, located in an otherwise nondescript area of the town dominated by farmland. At the school, the road curves back to the southeast to serve the village of Meridian and reenter the town of Cato. Here, the route reverts to a generally easterly alignment, one that it retains for the next 10 miles (16 km) to Baldwinsville. East of Meridian, NY 370 crosses more cultivated fields as it intersects the south end of NY 176 and crosses into Onondaga County.[6]

Across the county line, NY 370 enters the town of

overlaps with NY 690 south of the junction—leaves the freeway and joins NY 370 for a 2-mile (3.2 km) overlap that takes both routes along the north bank of the canal and into the densely populated village. They remain overlapped through Baldwinsville's central business district, where they meet NY 48 at Oswego Street.[6]

Syracuse area

Running alongside Onondaga Lake on NY 370 westbound near Liverpool

At the eastern edge of the village center, NY 31 and NY 370 split, with NY 31 retaining the Genesee Street name and heading northeast towards

hamlet of Cold Springs, which serves as the beginning of the Syracuse suburbs. After passing through the community, NY 370 crosses over the conjoined Erie Canal and Seneca River and enters the town of Salina. Not far from the canal is a junction with John Glenn Boulevard, a four-lane arterial connecting NY 370 to Interstate 690 (I-690).[6]

Past John Glenn Boulevard, NY 370 passes over the

reference route.[9] Here, NY 370 turns onto Oswego Street for one block before veering southeastward onto Onondaga Lake Parkway, an undivided four-lane expressway running along the northeastern shoreline of Onondaga Lake where commercial vehicles and vehicles over 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) are banned. This section of the route also parallels the CSX Transportation-owned St. Lawrence Subdivision, which crosses the highway by way of a low, 10-foot-9-inch (3.28 m) overpass 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Liverpool.[6]

The parkway ends 2 miles (3.2 km) from Liverpool at the eastern tip of the lake, where the route connects to I-81 at exit 24. NY 370 continues through the interchange, following the two-lane Park Street into the city of Syracuse. In its first few blocks in the city, the highway passes under the Mohawk Subdivision—CSX's main line across Central New York—and serves both NBT Bank Stadium and the Central New York Regional Market. East of the market, the route continues for one more block through an industrial area of Syracuse to Wolf Street, where NY 370 ends at US 11 and NY 298 Truck 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of downtown Syracuse.[6]

History

NY 370 west at NY 631 in Baldwinsville

The portion of NY 370 east of Oswego Street in

NY 40 in the mid-1920s. West of Victory, NY 40 followed Upton Road and Canada Street before terminating at NY 3 (now NY 104A) in Red Creek.[13][15]

Although the portion of what is now NY 370 from Cato to Liverpool was state-maintained by 1926,

US 104).[16]

The portion of NY 370 west of Victory was realigned in the late 1950s to follow its modern alignment to a new terminus at US 104 (Ridge Road) southwest of Red Creek.[17][18] After US 104 (now NY 104) was rerouted to follow a new super two highway through the Red Creek area in the early 1970s,[7][19] the portion of Ridge Road between the super two east of Wolcott and NY 370 southwest of Red Creek became a westward extension of NY 370.[20] The route was altered slightly at some point in the late 1970s or early 1980s to follow Ridge Road northeast to NY 104 instead.[8][21]

In May 1982, the NY 57 designation was eliminated after the portion of the route north of Liverpool was removed from the state highway system.

County Route 91 (CR 91) but signed as CR 57.[22] The portion of NY 57's former routing between NY 370 in Liverpool and US 11 in Syracuse became part of an extended NY 370.[8][23]

Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge collisions

Main article: Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge § Collisions
NY-370 passing under the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge, which is known for frequent truck collisions

On September 11, 2010, a Megabus double-decker bus hit the low 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) railroad bridge along the Onondaga Lake Parkway killing four passengers. An overheight warning system was set up along the Parkway in late 2011 coinciding with the banning of commercial traffic along this stretch.[24][25] Despite the efforts of the NYSDOT to increase warning signage along the parkway, spending as much as $30 million between 2020 and early 2023 towards countermeasures, the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge remains infamous in the Syracuse area as a number of trucks continue to crash into its low deck on a regular basis,[26] as has been for much of its history since the 1950s.[12]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Town of Wolcott
0.000.00
 NY 104 / NY 104A north – Red Creek, Wolcott, Rochester, Oswego		Western terminus; southern terminus of NY 104A
CayugaVictory5.849.40 NY 38 – Port Byron, Fair Haven
I-90 / New York Thruway
Meridian14.3523.09
 NY 176 north / Myers Road – Fulton		Southern terminus of NY 176
overlap
Baldwinsville24.1538.87 NY 48 (Oswego Street)
24.4539.35
 NY 31 east (Genesee Street)		Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 370 overlap
25.0640.33
 NY 631 north – Radisson		Southern terminus of NY 631
CR 91) – Fulton, Oswego
Cypress Street
Formerly NY 57
I-81 south / Park Street / Old Liverpool Road – Syracuse
Exit 23A (I-81); access via NY 936E and NY 936F
35.0156.34


 Hiawatha Road to
NYS Fairgrounds
35.0956.47
 US 11 / NY 298 Truck (Wolf Street) / Park Street		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  3. ^ "Cayuga County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  4. ^ "Onondaga County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "Wayne County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Microsoft; Nokia (July 14, 2015). "overview map of NY 370" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  7. ^
    Rand McNally and Company. New York State Thruway Authority
    . 1971.
  8. ^
    State of New York
    . 1981.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 64. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  11. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 548. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  12. ^ a b Croyle, Johnathan (2022-04-14). "The untold history of CNY's notorious Parkway bridge: Why it's so low, so strong and so stubborn". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  13. ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  14. ^ a b 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.
  15. ^
    State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  16. Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  17. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
  18. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1960.
  19. Shell Oil Company
    . 1973.
  20. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1974.
  21. Exxon
    . 1979.
  22. ^ Syracuse West Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  23. ISBN 0-528-91040-X
    .
  24. ^ O'Brien, John (July 9, 2013). "Megabus settles lawsuits over crash that killed 4 near Syracuse". The Post-Standard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  25. ^ Hall, Sarah (March 10, 2014). "Another truck hits Route 370 bridge". Eagle News Online. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  26. ^ "Trucks are still striking Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge despite DOT efforts, recent data shows". Chittenango News. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-03-30.

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