New York State Route 488

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Phelps
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesOntario
Highway system
I-487
I-490

New York State Route 488 (NY 488) is a

town of Phelps. Although NY 488 is signed as a north–south highway, most of the route follows an east–west alignment. NY 488 was originally designated as part of NY 88 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York
. NY 88 was truncated to the village of Phelps in August 1972, at which time its former routing between NY 21 and NY 96 was renumbered to NY 488, eliminating an overlap with NY 96.

Route description

NY 488 heading eastbound from its western terminus in Chapin. The Finger Lakes Railway is visible in the distance.

NY 488 begins at an intersection with

right-of-way of the now-defunct Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).[4]

In the western portion of Orleans, NY 488 intersects with the north–south

CR 43. While CR 43 heads north toward Clifton Springs, NY 488 turns to the northeast, following the creek and the old rail bed past the large reservoir serving the village of Newark. At an intersection with Trimble and Griffith Roads, the highway turns back to the north, matching a similar curve in the creek's routing.[3] NY 488 continues on, crossing the former right-of-way of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and passing Midlakes High School on an otherwise nondescript stretch before ending at an intersection with NY 96 west of the village of Phelps.[3][4]

History

NY 488 approaching its eastern terminus, a signalized intersection with NY 96 in Phelps

On May 25, 1915, the state of

hamlet of Orleans to state highway standards. The reconstruction of the highway was 70 percent complete by 1920[5] and finished by 1926, by which time the highway was added to the state highway system[6] as State Highway 1278 (SH 1278).[5] The north–south highway connecting Orleans to the village of Phelps was rebuilt to state highway standards c. 1930[7][8] as SH 1863.[9] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, SH 1278 and SH 1863 became part of the new NY 88, which began in the village of Sodus and extended southward through Phelps to the intersection of West Avenue and Main Street in Canandaigua.[10][11] NY 88 was truncated on its southern end to Phelps c. 1973. Its former routing from NY 21 in the hamlet of Chapin to NY 96 west of Phelps was renumbered to NY 488 as part of a project statewide to eliminate useless overlaps such as NY 88 and NY 96.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Ontario County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Hamlet
of Chapin
Town of Phelps
9.5315.34 NY 96 – Clifton Springs, PhelpsNorthern terminus
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. 318. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (December 14, 2010). "NY 488" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Phelps Quadrangle – New York – Ontario Co (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1953. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  5. ^ a b New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 262, 418. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  6. State of New York Department of Public Works
    . 1926.
  7. Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1929.
  8. ^ Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
  9. ^ Phelps Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  10. State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State
    (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  11. 1930 renumbering

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