New York State Route 64
New York State Route 64 | ||||
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 Map of the Finger Lakes region with NY 64 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 31.06 mi[1] (49.99 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 21 in South Bristol | |||
  US 20 / NY 5 in East Bloomfield | ||||
| North end |   NY 96 / NY 252 in Pittsford | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Ontario, Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 64 (NY 64) is a north–south
.The majority of what is now NY 64 was originally designated as part of Route 14, an unsigned
NY 15. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York
, NY 15 was realigned to follow a new routing to the east while the Mendon–Pittsford segment of its former routing became the basis for NY 64, a new route that extended southward over the post-1921 routing of legislative Route 14 to South Bristol.
Route description
NY 64 begins at an intersection with
Bristol Valley, a lowland created by a pair of imposing mountain ranges to the east and west that is home to the Bristol Mountain Ski Resort. At the hamlet of Bristol Center (in the town of Bristol), roughly 7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Bristol Springs, the western mountains give way to flat farmland while the eastern range continues on, although to a lesser extent and a lower elevation than before. The elevation of NY 64 remains virtually unchanged, however, as it progresses northward. 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Bristol Center, the route meets US 20A.[3]
US 20A joins NY 64 here, following the latter for about 4 miles (6 km), allowing US 20A to terminate at its parent,
NY 20C,[4] US 20, NY 5, and NY 64 continue into the village of Bloomfield before NY 64 breaks from NY 5 and US 20 and turns northward toward Rochester once again.[3]
A mere 50 yards (46 m) north of US 20 and NY 5, NY 64 meets the west end of Bloomfield's West Main Street at a rural intersection that was the western terminus of NY 20C.[3][4] North of West Main Street, the highway curves to the northwest as it exits East Bloomfield and enters the adjacent town of West Bloomfield. In the northeast corner of the town, NY 64 passes through the hamlet of Ionia. Northwest of the community, the route breaks to the north, taking a due north alignment as it passes into Monroe County and becomes Mendon–Ionia Road. The road stays on a relatively straight path northward as it heads through the rural southern portion of the town of Mendon to the hamlet of Mendon, where NY 64 meets NY 251 in the center of the community.[3]
On the opposite side of NY 251, NY 64 becomes Pittsford–Mendon Road. Outside of the hamlet, the highway maintains a consistent northerly alignment as it runs through slightly more populated areas of the town of Mendon and passes over the
town of Pittsford a short distance north of the Thruway, at which time NY 64 becomes Mendon Road. Within Pittsford, NY 64 passes through increasingly more populated areas as it approaches the village of Pittsford. Directly south of the village, the highway enters an intersection with South Main Street, Stone Road and Mendon Center Road at a sharp angle.[3] NY 253 once entered this junction on Mendon Center Road and followed NY 64 into Pittsford;[5] however, today, NY 64 continues alone onto South Main Street. The route ends just under 1 mile (1.6 km) later at the junction of South Main Street and Jefferson Road, where it meets NY 96 and NY 252.[3]
History
In 1908, the
overlaps with US 20 and NY 5 was included in Route 6, a cross-state highway connecting Albany to Buffalo.[6][7] On March 1, 1921, Route 14 was altered to bypass Holcomb to the south on what is now NY 64.[8]
When the first set of posted routes in
NY 7 by 1926,[9][10] which in turn was replaced by US 20 in 1927.[11] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 15 was realigned to bypass Mendon to the northeast by way of the current alignment of NY 96 between Victor and Pittsford. The former alignment of NY 15 from Pittsford to Mendon became part of NY 64,[2] a new route that extended south to South Bristol over the post-1921 routing of legislative Route 14.[12] The 4-mile (6.4 km) portion of NY 64 between Vincent and South Bloomfield became part of US 20A c. 1939, allowing the route to reconnect to US 20 at South Bloomfield.[13][14]
NY 64 briefly extended north of the village of Pittsford during the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-1950s,
Bushnell's Basin to NY 31F near East Rochester. From there, NY 96 followed modern NY 31F west to East Avenue, where it rejoined its original alignment. The portion of NY 96's original surface routing between the village of Pittsford and what is now NY 31F became part of an extended NY 64.[15][16] A northwest extension of the freeway to what is now the Can of Worms was completed c. 1957 as a realignment of NY 96, resulting in another extension of NY 64 along East Avenue to the eastern edge of Rochester.[16][17] NY 64 and NY 96 were restored to their pre-1950s alignments c. 1961 when the Eastern Expressway was designated as I-490.[18][19]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bristol Springs | |||||
overlap ; hamlet of Vincent | |||||
US 20A west | Eastern terminus of US 20 / NY 5 / NY 64 overlap; northern terminus of US 20A / NY 64 overlap; eastern terminus of US 20A | ||||
| 14.62 | 23.53 |   NY 20C | |||
| 16.43 | 26.44 |  US 20 west / NY 5 west | Western terminus of US 20 / NY 5 / NY 64 overlap | ||
| 16.46 | 26.49 | West Main Street | Former western terminus of NY 20C | ||
| Monroe | Mendon | 24.70 | 39.75 |  NY 251 | |
NY 943C (Mendon Center Road) | Former eastern terminus of NY 253; eastern terminus of unsigned NY 943C | ||||
| Village of Pittsford | 31.06 | 49.99 | NY 96 / NY 252 west | Northern terminus, eastern terminus of NY 252 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 125. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
- ^ a b c d e f g Microsoft; Nokia (July 13, 2015). "overview map of NY 64" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-882488-45-8.
- Rand McNally and Company. Mobil. 1985.
- ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 57, 59. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 511, 522. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ New York State Legislature (1921). "Tables of Laws and Codes Amended or Repealed". Laws of the State of New York passed at the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Session of the Legislature. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 42, 55–56. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ 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.
- Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
- Standard Oil Company. 1939.
- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
- ^ a b New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
- H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1957.
- Gulf Oil Company. 1960.
- ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map) (1961–62 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
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