New York State Route 426

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Southern Tier Expressway in Mina
North end PA 426 at the Pennsylvania state line in Mina
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesChautauqua
Highway system
← NY 425→ NY 427

New York State Route 426 (NY 426) is a state highway located entirely within Chautauqua County, New York, in the United States. It runs just over 13 miles (21 km) from one section of the Pennsylvania state line to another, passing through two small hamlets and providing the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 or I-86 and NY 17) with its westernmost exit in New York. NY 426 is the westernmost north–south state highway in New York.

At both crossings of the state line it continues as Pennsylvania Route 426 (PA 426). It is the only other state highway besides NY 440 that can claim the distinction of being a middle segment of another state's similarly-numbered highway. The New York alignment has remained virtually unchanged since it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, while the designations of the roads it connects to in Pennsylvania have varied over the years. The two segments of PA 426 were established at different times in the 1940s.

Route description

NY 426 north from NY 474 in French Creek

NY 426 begins where the southern segment of

French Creek. The route follows the brook to where it converges with the creek, then parallels French Creek northward toward the waterside hamlet of French Creek. The creek and NY 426 split south of the community, with the creek continuing along French Creek–Mina Road to the hamlet while NY 426 bypasses French Creek to the west. The route enters the town of Mina upon intersecting Harrington Hill Road a mile (1.6 km) to the north.[4]

A half mile (0.8 km) into Mina, NY 426 comes within view of Findley Lake, a body of water 2 miles (3.2 km) long from south to north and as wide as one-half mile (0.8 km) at points. The route follows the eastern edge of the lake north to the hamlet of Findley Lake, situated at the northern tip of the lake. Here, NY 426 overlaps

I-90 near Erie, Pennsylvania, as I-86. Past the expressway, NY 426 continues northwest for another 2 miles (3.2 km) through nondescript terrain to the Pennsylvania state line, where it becomes the northern segment of PA 426.[3]

History

The entirety of NY 426 was assigned as part of the

PA 189, a short route leading south to Corry, Pennsylvania. Originally, NY 426 broke from its modern alignment at French Creek–Mina Road to serve the hamlet of French Creek via French Creek–Mina and King roads before rejoining its current route west of the hamlet.[2] The route was realigned onto its present alignment west of French Creek c. 1936.[5][6] In the early 1940s, the 426 designation was extended southward into Pennsylvania as PA 426.[7][8] It was also extended northwestward into Pennsylvania in the mid-1940s, effectively making NY 426 the missing segment of an otherwise discontinuous PA 426.[8][9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Chautauqua County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
French Creek0.000.00
 PA 426 south – Corry		Continuation into Pennsylvania
2.083.35
overlap
2.193.52
Cutting
; western terminus of NY 426 / NY 474 overlap
Mina10.3616.67
 NY 430 east		Hamlet of Findley Lake; eastern terminus of NY 426 / NY 430 overlap
10.6217.09
Erie, PA
Western terminus of NY 426 / NY 430 overlap
11.4618.44
Erie, PA, Jamestown, Binghamton
Exit 4 (I-86 / NY 17)
13.3221.44
 PA 426 north		Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 313. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  2. ^
    Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930. Retrieved March 25, 2008.[permanent dead link
    ]
  3. ^ a b Google (March 25, 2008). "New York State Route 426" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  4. ^ Clymer Quadrangle – New York – Chautauqua Co (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1954. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  5. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  6. Standard Oil Company
    . 1936.
  7. Gulf Oil Company
    . 1940.
  8. ^ a b New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  9. Texas Oil Company
    . 1946.

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