New York State Route 441
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
Length | 12.55 mi[1] (20.20 km) | |||
Existed | January 1, 1949[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | NY 96 in Brighton | |||
I-490 in Brighton NY 250 in Penfield | ||||
East end | NY 350 in Walworth | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Monroe, Wayne | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 441 (NY 441) is an east–west
NY 441 was originally routed on Penfield Road between Brighton and Penfield when it was assigned in 1949. It remained on Penfield Road through Penfield and into Wayne County to Marion, where the highway ended at NY 21. The entirety of this routing had previously been part of NY 33, which was truncated westward to downtown Rochester as part of NY 441's assignment. NY 441 was cut back to NY 350 in Walworth by 1970. The divided highway that now carries NY 441 through Brighton and western Penfield was constructed during the late 1960s and opened as a realignment of NY 441 by 1971.
Route description
West of Penfield
NY 441 begins at an intersection with NY 96 (East Avenue) in the Monroe County town of Brighton. This portion of NY 441 is named Linden Avenue; the road continues west of Route 96 as Elmwood Avenue. Just east of Route 96, Route 441 meets I-490 at exit 23. Past the interchange, NY 441 turns southeastward and becomes a divided highway.[3] The portion of NY 441 from East Avenue to the Wayne County line is designated as the "Korean War Memorial Highway" by the state of New York.[4]
Linden Avenue separates from NY 441 roughly 0.4 miles (0.6 km) from I-490 and follows a routing parallel to NY 441 on the opposite side of the nearby
Although this portion of NY 441 is surrounded by woodlands, it is actually located in a largely developed area of Penfield known locally as Panorama. The woods cease as NY 441 approaches an interchange with Panorama Trail (
Penfield and Wayne County
In Penfield, Route 441 passes through the commercial town center and intersects Five Mile Line Road at the Four Corners of Penfield.[3] The junction with Five Mile Line Road was once the northern terminus of NY 253.[5] As NY 441 heads east through the town of Penfield, the businesses are largely replaced by residences. The one exception to this is in the immediate vicinity of Lloyd's Corners—the intersection of NY 441 and NY 250—where three of the four corners of the junction are occupied by large strip malls. The level of development along NY 441 begins to decline 0.75 miles (1.21 km) east of NY 250, where the road narrows to two lanes. The surroundings become largely undeveloped by the point where NY 441 enters Wayne County.[3]
Now in the town of
History
Origins and designation
The portion of NY 441 from where Penfield Road leaves NY 441 in Penfield to Walworth was originally designated as part of NY 33 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. West of the Four Corners of Penfield, NY 33 remained on Penfield Road through Penfield and Brighton to the modern intersection of Penfield Road and NY 96 (East Avenue). The route turned west to follow East Avenue into Rochester. On its eastern end, NY 33 continued on to Marion, where it ended at NY 21.[6] NY 33 was truncated to its current eastern terminus at NY 31 in downtown Rochester on January 1, 1949. The portion of former NY 33 east of NY 96 was redesignated as NY 441.[2]
Like NY 33 before it, NY 441 officially ended at NY 21 in Marion when it was first assigned.[2] By 1970, the east end of the route was moved to NY 350 in Walworth.[7] The change in NY 441's alignment had no effect on the maintenance of the Walworth–Marion highway, however, as the Wayne County portion of NY 441 was entirely county-maintained. On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 441 from the Monroe County line to NY 350 was transferred from Wayne County to the state of New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. In return, the county received a part of NY 21 in Williamson that connected to a state highway at only one end.[8][9]
Brighton–Penfield divided highway
Construction on a new
In 2007, ownership and maintenance of the county-maintained portion of NY 441 near its west end was transferred to the state of New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state and Monroe County. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly on June 20. The act was signed into law by Governor Eliot Spitzer on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007.[14] The entirety of NY 441 is now maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation.[15]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Monroe | Brighton | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 96 (East Avenue) | Western terminus |
0.20 | 0.32 | I-490 | Exit 23 (I-490) | ||
Penfield | 2.01 | 3.23 | NY 153 south (Panorama Trail) | Diamond interchange; northern terminus of NY 153 | |
2.96 | 4.76 | Five Mile Line Road | Four Corners; former northern terminus of NY 253 | ||
4.74 | 7.63 | NY 250 (Fairport–Nine Mile Point Road) – Webster, Fairport | Lloyd's Corners | ||
Wayne | Walworth | 12.55 | 20.20 | NY 350 – Ontario | Eastern terminus |
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. 315. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Highway Route Designations Change Jan. 1". Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, NY. Associated Press. December 9, 1948. p. 19.
- ^ a b c d e f Google (April 28, 2009). "overview of NY 441" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ 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 (Monroe County) – Webster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. United States Geological Survey. 1952.
- 1930 renumbering
- State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State(PDF). Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
- ^ Rochester East Quadrangle – New York – Monroe Co (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1978. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
- ^ Rochester East Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1997. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "County Roads Listing – Monroe County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. July 26, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
- ^ New York State Legislature. "Bills of New York State – bill number-based search". Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (March 2, 2009). "Region 4 Inventory Listing". Retrieved April 28, 2009.
External links
- New York State Route 441 at New York Routes