New York State Route 48

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 48. For the former alignment of NY 48 in Lewis and Jefferson County, see New York State Route 26.

I-690 in Van Buren
Major intersections NY 31 / NY 370 in Baldwinsville
NY 3 in Fulton
North end NY 104 in Oswego
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesOnondaga, Oswego
Highway system
← NY 47→ NY 49

New York State Route 48 (NY 48) is a 28.20-mile (45.38 km) north–south state highway in Central New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is located at Interstate 690 (I-690) exit 3 near the interchange between I-690 and the New York State Thruway (I-90) in Van Buren, northwest of Syracuse. The northern terminus is located at an intersection with NY 104 in Oswego. In between, NY 48 passes through the riverside communities of Baldwinsville and Fulton and runs alongside both the Seneca River and Oswego River. For most of its route, NY 48 serves as an alternate route of NY 481. The routes share similar alignments along the Oswego River from the Syracuse area to Oswego, with NY 481 following the eastern riverbank between the two locations.

When the route was originally assigned as part of the

New York State Fairgrounds in 1980. Around 1931, a suffixed spur of NY 48, New York State Route 48A was designated as an alternate from Oswego to the town of Minetto
. The route was deleted from the state highway system around 1940.

Route description

NY 48 southbound at NY 31 and NY 370 in Baldwinsville

NY 48 begins at I-690 exit 3 just west of the Geddes town line in Van Buren, Onondaga County. Known as State Fair Boulevard, it proceeds west-northwest, paralleling both NY 690 (the northward continuation of I-690) and the Seneca River as it passes south of the Seneca Golf Club and Community Park. Shortly after passing the park, NY 48 enters the village of Baldwinsville on Syracuse Street and intersects Downer Street, the former routing of NY 31 west of the village. Originally, NY 31 overlapped NY 48 across the Seneca River (here part of the Erie Canal) to Genesee Street; now, however, NY 48 continues alone to Genesee, where it intersects the modern routing of NY 31 (concurrent with NY 370) through Baldwinsville. North of NY 31 and NY 370, NY 48 becomes Oswego Street and turns northwest before traveling south of Lysander Park as it exits the village and becomes Oswego Road.[3]

In the town of

NY 481. Both routes run from the Syracuse area to downtown Oswego. NY 48 runs right along the western side of the Oswego River, while NY 481 runs along the eastern side of the river. Both routes run through downtown Fulton and Oswego which are the two cities along the Oswego River. At several points, all that separates the two routes is the river itself.[3]

Northern terminus of NY 48 at NY 104 in Oswego

Further north in Lysander, NY 48

CR 46 near the hamlet of Hinmansville. NY 48 continues along the riverbank to the city of Fulton, where it gains the name West First Street south of an intersection with NY 176. Like NY 31 in Baldwinsville, NY 48 originally overlapped NY 176 north to NY 3 (Broadway), where NY 176 continued east. Now, however, NY 176 ends here and NY 48 continues solo to NY 3. Past Broadway, NY 48 proceeds north through the remainder of Fulton, now paralleling NY 481 extremely close with just Oswego River separating the two.[3]

Midway between Fulton and the

CR 24,[3] formerly NY 48A.[4] North of the hamlet, NY 48 passes by the Oswego Country Club as it enters the Oswego city limits. Once in the City of Oswego, NY 48 becomes West First Street. At Utica Street, NY 48 briefly turns west before turning back north at West Fifth Street and terminating at NY 104 (Bridge Street). West First Street continues north for an additional six blocks to the Lake Ontario shoreline.[3] NY 48 is city-maintained within the cities of Fulton and Oswego; the rest of the highway is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).[5][6]

History

NY 48 southbound at NY 3 in Fulton

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 48 was assigned to a previously unnumbered roadway between downtown Syracuse and Oswego. From Van Buren north to Oswego, NY 48 roughly followed its modern alignment;[2] south of Van Buren, NY 48 was routed on State Fair Boulevard and Geddes Street to terminate at NY 5, then routed on Erie Boulevard.[7] The route was realigned slightly within Syracuse between 1938 and 1940 to use portions of Hiawatha Boulevard and West Genesee Street (as well as a new portion of State Fair Boulevard) to meet NY 5 at the modern intersection of Erie Boulevard and Genesee Street.[8][9]

The portion of the

limited-access highways, including at Thruway exit 39 and in downtown Syracuse. As a result, NY 48 was truncated to its present southern terminus at the freeway, designated as I-690, in Van Buren.[13]

Following the removal of NY 48 south of the Thruway, the portion of State Fair Boulevard from the Syracuse city line north to I-690 exit 5 in

reference route.[1] The remainder of State Fair Boulevard within Geddes is still designated as CR 80 even though the designation now exists in two parts.[14][15]

NY 48A

Minetto
Existedc. 1931[17][18]–c. 1940[4][9]

NY 48A was a designation assigned to an alternate route of NY 48 between the city of

CR 25) to Oswego, where NY 48A reconnected to its parent by way of Niagara Street.[17][18] The designation was removed c. 1940.[4][9]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
I-90
John Glenn Boulevard
Farrell Road
Southern terminus, exit 3 (I-690); community of Seneca Knolls. Direct access from John Glenn Boulevard westbound traffic only; eastbound access from NY 48 to John Glenn Boulevard via Farrell Road
Baldwinsville4.507.24 NY 31 / NY 370 (Genesee Street)
overlap
6.9211.14 NY 631 (Hencle Boulevard) / NY 690Western terminus of NY 48 / NY 631 overlap; northern terminus of NY 631; northern terminus of NY 690
OswegoFulton16.2326.12
 NY 176 south (Curtis Street)		Northern terminus of NY 176
16.9427.26 NY 3 (West Broadway)
Oswego28.2045.38 NY 104 (West Bridge Street)Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 113–114, 269. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  2. ^
    1930 renumbering
  3. ^ a b c d e Google (February 24, 2008). "overview map of NY 48" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  4. ^
    Standard Oil Company
    . 1939.
  5. ^ "Onondaga County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  6. ^ "Oswego County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  7. Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  8. ^ Thibodeau, William A. (1938). The ALA Green Book (1938–39 ed.). Automobile Legal Association.
  9. ^ a b c New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  10. ^ New York State Thruway Authority. "About Us – Frequently Asked Questions". Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  11. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  12. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
  13. ^ Rochester, New York; United States; Canada (Map). 1:250,000. Eastern United States 1:250,000. United States Geological Survey. 1961. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
  14. ^ a b Camillus Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  15. ^ a b Syracuse West Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  16. ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  17. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  18. ^
    Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.

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