New York State Route 89

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Seneca Falls
North end NY 104 near Wolcott village
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesTompkins, Seneca, Wayne
Highway system
←
NY 89A

New York State Route 89 (NY 89) is a north–south

Seneca Falls and NY 31 in Savannah. NY 89 runs along the western edge of Cayuga Lake
from Ithaca to Seneca Falls.

NY 89 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to a significantly different alignment than it follows today. At the time, the route began in Varick and passed through Seneca Falls and Clyde before ending near North Rose. It was extended south to Ithaca c. 1933 and rerouted north of Seneca Falls on April 30, 1959 to serve Savannah and Wolcott instead. The latter change supplanted part of NY 414, which was subsequently moved onto NY 89's original routing from Seneca Falls to North Rose. NY 89 originally extended into the village of Wolcott; however, it was cut back to its current northern terminus after the NY 104 super two was constructed in the early 1970s.

Route description

Maintenance of NY 89 is split between the

Seneca Falls, and Union Springs.[6]

Tompkins County

NY 89 begins at the intersection of North Meadow and West Buffalo Streets (the former carrying northbound

overlaps NY 89 westward along Buffalo Street. The two routes intersect North Fulton Street (NY 13 and NY 34 southbound) and cross over a branch of the Cayuga Lake inlet before separating at Taughannock Boulevard.[1][citation needed] While NY 96 continues west on Buffalo Street, NY 89 heads north on Taughannock Boulevard, crossing over the inlet and running along the western shore of Cayuga Lake as it exits the city and enters the town of the same name.[citation needed
]

Outside of Ithaca, NY 89 heads generally northwestward along the western side of a valley surrounding Cayuga Lake. Due to the steep terrain of the surrounding area, this portion of the route passes through sparsely populated and mostly forested areas. In Ulysses, the northernmost town that NY 89 passes through in Tompkins County, the highway serves Taughannock Falls State Park, a mostly linear park that follows Taughannock Creek west to the village of Trumansburg. NY 89 crosses the northernmost portion of the park on its way into Seneca County.[citation needed]

Seneca County

In Seneca County, NY 89 remains relatively isolated in relation to other state routes, even though it leaves the lake valley at the southern county line for an alignment that takes it along the western lip of the gully. For its first 11 miles (18 km) in the county, NY 89 closely parallels NY 96, the latter of which is located on slightly higher ground a short distance to the west. While NY 96 serves several

Ovid and traverses little more than farmland. The routes diverge at the Romulus town line, where NY 96 turns west toward the village of Ovid.[citation needed
]

NY 89, meanwhile, continues northward into Romulus, where it gradually moves closer to the western lake shore as it descends back into the lake valley. It reaches the shoreline near the hamlet of Elm Beach, from where the route continues along Cayuga Lake for 7 miles (11 km) into the town of

town of Seneca Falls.[citation needed
]

NY 89 southbound from US 20/NY 5 at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

The route proceeds generally northward through Seneca Falls, serving

hamlet of Seneca Falls. NY 318 ends at US 20 and NY 5 just 0.1 miles (0.16 km) west of this junction. NY 89 continues on, in the town of Tyre, passing over the New York State Thruway and traversing part of the refuge before crossing the Erie Canal and entering Wayne County.[citation needed
]

Wayne County

Just inside the Wayne County limits, NY 89 leaves its northern alignment and turns east onto Armitage Road, which runs along the Seneca–Wayne county line. Just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east, NY 89 intersects NY 31 at a commercialized intersection in an otherwise rural area of the town of Savannah. While NY 31 eastbound travels southeast into Seneca County and the nearby Montezuma Marsh, NY 31 westbound joins NY 89 northbound through Savannah. The routes initially pass by farmland; however, the open fields gradually give way to homes and businesses as the road approaches the hamlet of Savannah.[citation needed]

NY 31 and NY 89 westbound through Savannah

NY 31 and NY 89 enter Savannah on High Street, which carries both routes northeastward over the

Wolcott. Here, the route ends just south of the village of Wolcott at a partial diamond interchange with NY 104. The junction provides access to NY 104 westbound and from NY 104 eastbound; the other connections are made by way of Countryman Road, an east–west highway located just north of the interchange.[citation needed
]

History

The former alignment of NY 414 and later NY 89 at Lock 25 in Mays Point

NY 89 was assigned as part of the

US 104) north of North Rose. At the time, the current routing of NY 89 north of Seneca Falls and the continuation of NY 89 along Auburn Street to Ridge Road in Wolcott was part of NY 44 while the section from Ithaca to Varick had yet to be constructed.[2]

The lakeside highway was completed from Varick to

NY 15 (now NY 96) at its south end via Blew, Potter, and Footes Corners Roads. The segment south of Trumansburg was initially designated as NY 325;[8][9] it became part of NY 89 when the remainder of the lakeside highway south of Ovid was completed c. 1933.[9][10]

U.S. Highway.[11][12] Both NY 89 and NY 414 went unchanged until April 30, 1959 when the alignments of both routes north of Seneca Falls were swapped, placing NY 89 on its current alignment from Seneca Falls to Wolcott.[13][14][15] NY 89 was truncated southward to its current northern terminus in the early 1970s following the construction of the US 104 super two highway south of Wolcott.[16][17] The former routing of NY 89 along Auburn Street is now maintained by the village.[5]

NY 89A

Seneca Falls town
Existedearly 1950s[18][19]–late 1950s[13][14]

hamlet of Magee, where it ended at a junction with NY 89. NY 89A was assigned in the early 1950s[18][19] and replaced by a realigned NY 414 in the late 1950s.[13][14]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
overlap
0.100.16
 NY 13 / NY 34 south
0.200.32
 NY 96 north		Western terminus of NY 89 / NY 96 overlap
Hamlet
of Halsey Corners
Savannah
town line
48.3077.73
 NY 31 east – Port Byron, Syracuse		Southern terminus of NY 31 / NY 89 overlap
Town of Savannah
51.5382.93
 NY 31 west		Northern terminus of NY 31 / NY 89 overlap; hamlet of Savannah
Butler62.35100.34
 NY 104 west – Rochester		Half-diamond interchange
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. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  2. ^
    1930 renumbering
  3. ^ "Seneca County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "Tompkins County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Wayne County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  8. Kendall Refining Company
    . 1931.
  9. ^
    Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  10. ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933.
  11. ^ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
  12. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  13. ^ a b c New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
  14. ^
    Gulf Oil Company
    . 1960.
  15. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  16. ^ New York and Metropolitan New York City (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by Diversified Map Corporation. Sun Oil Company. 1969.
  17. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map) (1972 ed.). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1972.
  18. ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  19. ^ a b New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.

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