New York State Route 90
Route information | ||
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Maintained by NYSDOT | ||
Length | 53.05 mi[1] (85.38 km) | |
Existed | 1930[2]–present | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | US 11 / NY 41 in Homer | |
NY 34 in Genoa US 20 / NY 5 in Montezuma | ||
North end | NY 31 in Montezuma | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New York | |
Counties | Cortland, Cayuga | |
Highway system | ||
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New York State Route 90 (NY 90) is a north–south state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. All but five of the route's 53 miles (85 km) are located in Cayuga County, with the remaining 5 miles (8 km) situated in Cortland County. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and NY 41 in the village of Homer. Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 31 in the town of Montezuma. Although the route is signed as north–south, the portion of NY 90 from King Ferry to Homer follows an east–west alignment.
It is not to be confused with Interstate 90 (I-90), which also passes through Montezuma. The two 90s in fact cross, the only time when two same numbered highways intersect in the state, but there is no access between them.
Route description
Homer to Ledyard
NY 90 begins at an intersection with
Now in the town of
Now in the town of
Soon turning to the northwest, the route climbs the hills towards the hamlet of Goosetree. Just east of Goosetree, the route turns northward at a junction with Goose Street (
Crossing west through the town of Genoa, NY 90 crosses a junction with Indian Field Road (
Ledyard to Montezuma
Continuing northwest, NY 90 crosses past the western terminus of Ledyard Road (
Turning northeast out of Levanna, NY 90 parallels the Cayuga Lake shoreline as a two-lane rural roadway. Just north of Great Gully Cove Road, the route enters the town of Springport, winding northward through the hamlet of Farleys before reaching the village of Union Springs. Through Union Springs, NY 90 gains the moniker of South Cayuga Street, becoming a two-lane residential/commercial street through the village. Passing east of a pond, the route continues north through Union Springs, now boasting the North Cayuga Street moniker until a junction with the western terminus of NY 326 and back into the town of Springport. Continuing north through Springport, NY 90 becomes a rural roadway along Cayuga Lake again, reaching the hamlet of Cross Roads.[3]
Soon crossing into the town of
Continuing northward as the county line approaches, NY 90 parallels it on a northeastward trek through Montezuma. Turning northward, the route comes within feet of the
History
The earliest predecessor to NY 90 was the fifth segment of the Great Western Turnpike, chartered in 1814 to run from Homer to Cayuga Lake.[4] At its western terminus, ferries took travellers to points opposite on the lake.[5]
NY 90 was assigned as part of the
In the early 1980s, the state of New York assumed maintenance of an east–west highway connecting NY 90 in Virgil to the village of Dryden.[6] Around the same time, NY 90 was truncated on its southern end to its junction with US 11 and NY 41 in Homer. The Dryden–Virgil highway and NY 90's former routing from Virgil to Messengerville became NY 392; from Virgil to Cortland, old NY 90 was redesignated as NY 215.[7][8] Today, at least two signs showing NY 90 signed concurrently with US 11 and NY 41 still exist in the village of Homer as remnants of its former southward extension.[citation needed]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Cortland | Village of Homer | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 11 / NY 41 | Southern terminus |
0.63 | 1.01 | I-81 | |||
Cayuga | Locke | 13.52 | 21.76 | NY 38 (Main Street) | |
Hamlet of Genoa | |||||
24.82 | 39.94 | NY 34B – Ithaca | Hamlet of King Ferry | ||
Union Springs | 40.77 | 65.61 | NY 326 east | Western terminus of NY 326 | |
Montezuma | 48.58 | 78.18 | US 20 / NY 5 (Clark Street Road) to New York Thruway – Seneca Falls, Auburn | ||
53.05 | 85.38 | NY 31 to New York Thruway | Northern terminus; hamlet of Montezuma | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 149. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 90" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ York (State), New; Strong, Elisha B. (1815). Laws of the State of New-York: Revised and Passed at the Thirty-sixth Session of the Legislature : with Marginal Notes and References. H.C. Southwick & Company.
- ^ "Early Transportation Trivia by Richard F. Palmer". www.crookedlakereview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
- State of New York. 1981.
- ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
External links
- New York State Route 90 at New York Routes