New York State Route 96
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North end | East Main Street in Rochester | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca, Ontario, Monroe | |||
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New York State Route 96 (NY 96) is a 126.01-mile-long (202.79 km) northwest–southeast
All of NY 96, except from
Route description
Most of NY 96's 125 miles (201 km) are maintained by the
Tioga County
NY 96 begins at the eastbound ramps for
From NY 17 (Future I-86) to the split with NY 38 in Owego, NY 96 is signed with reference markers as NY 38, even though full signage for NY 96 appears just before the Court Street Bridge.
Now on North Avenue, NY 96 passes through the heart of Owego before leaving the village and following Owego Creek into a long stretch of rural country. Just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Owego village in the
Tompkins County
The two routes remain
One block north of NY 79, NY 96 splits from NY 13 and NY 34 and heads to the west at Buffalo Street. NY 89 begins here, and NY 96 overlaps with NY 89 toward the West End of Ithaca. After crossing southbound NY 13 and NY 34, NY 89 and NY 96 run parallel to and a few feet to the north of NY 79. NY 89 turns north onto Taughannock Boulevard at the next intersection while NY 96 continues west across the lake outlet as Cliff Street, paralleling NY 79.[citation needed] They do not intersect in this area—known locally as The Octopus—though they once did. At one time, NY 96, NY 79, NY 89, NY 13A and Elm Street met at an intersection that gave the area its name.[7] Today, only NY 13A and NY 79 intersect there while the stub of former NY 89 is now a park access road that intersects with NY 96, which continues north out of the Cayuga Lake valley as Trumansburg Road.[citation needed]
Unlike NY 89, which runs along the base of the valley and parallels the west shore of Cayuga Lake, NY 96 heads away from the lake, increasing the distance between itself and the water body as it proceeds northwestward to the highlands overlooking the lake. The route heads across open fields and past isolated pockets of homes toward Trumansburg, where NY 96 crosses over Taughannock Creek and serves Taughannock Falls State Park southeast of the village. In Trumansburg itself, the highway becomes Main Street and meets the northern terminus of NY 227 in the center of the community. NY 96 continues on, exiting Trumansburg just 250 yards (229 m) before crossing the Seneca County line.[citation needed]
Seneca County
NY 96 proceeds northwest through a lightly populated section of Seneca County and the town of
Midway between the village of Ovid and the
In the southern half of the village, the highway follows a zig-zag routing as it leaves Fayette Street at River Road before returning to the north at Washington Street one block to the east. While on Washington Street, the route passes over the
Ontario County
Although NY 96 travels mostly in an east–west direction throughout
4 miles (6 km) to the west in the
From this point northwestward to
The section of NY 96 between exit 29 and
Monroe County
Roughly a quarter of a mile (0.4 km) from the county line, the commercial surroundings end as NY 96 intersects the southern terminus of NY 250 in the town of Perinton. 0.75 miles (1.21 km) to the northwest, NY 96 meets I-490 once again, this time at exit 28. West of the exit, NY 96 parallels I-490 for roughly 1.25 miles (2.01 km), serving several office parks and Powder Mills Park before reconnecting to the freeway at exit 27, located on the southern edge of
West of Mitchell Road, NY 96 takes a more southerly alignment than the canal as it enters the densely populated village of Pittsford and meets the northern and eastern termini of NY 64 and NY 252, respectively, at the intersection of Jefferson Road and South Main Street. NY 64 heads to the south along South Main Street and NY 252 continues along Jefferson Road to the west while NY 96 turns north, proceeding into the heart of the village along South Main Street.[citation needed] In the village center, NY 96 intersects Monroe Avenue and State Street, which carry NY 31 east–west through Pittsford. The route continues on, becoming North Main Street as it crosses the Erie Canal and passes under the CSX Transportation-owned West Shore Subdivision. Just north of the railroad overpass is a junction with the southern terminus of NY 153, the most direct route between Pittsford and nearby East Rochester.[citation needed]
Past NY 153, NY 96 exits the village of Pittsford and becomes East Avenue, a name the route retains to its terminus in
At the Brighton town–Rochester city line, NY 96 passes through the center of the Can of Worms, a complex interchange that links I-490 to I-590. Here, I-590 passes under NY 96 while I-490 flies over NY 96. On the other side of the interchange in Rochester, East Avenue becomes a commercial strip once again, but to a lesser extent than in Victor. At North Winton Road, NY 96 is signed for the last time by way of a "North 96" reassurance assembly directing traffic to stay on East Avenue.[citation needed] Despite this fact, the route officially continues northwestward toward downtown Rochester.[1]
West of Winton, NY 96 passes through the
History
In 1908, the
By 1926,
In the
The NY 96 designation was originally assigned to present-day
In the 1950s, NY 96 was temporarily moved onto the
Suffixed routes
- NY 96B (19.56 miles or 31.48 kilometres) is an alternate route of NY 96 between Candor, Tioga County, and Ithaca, Tompkins County.[1] The route was assigned in November 1952.[33]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Southern Tier Expressway east – Binghamton | Southern terminus; exit 64 (NY 17); eastbound on and off only | ||||
0.58 | 0.93 | Southern Tier Expressway west – Elmira | Western terminus of NY 434 | ||
0.86 | 1.38 | overlap | |||
0.98 | 1.58 | NY 17C west | Northern terminus of NY 17C / NY 96 overlap | ||
Town of Owego | 2.72 | 4.38 | NY 38 north – Newark Valley, Richford | Southern terminus of NY 38 | |
Village of Candor | 10.62 | 17.09 | NY 96B north – Ithaca | Southern terminus of NY 96B | |
11.32 | 18.22 | Mill Street ( NY 960H ) | Southern terminus of unsigned NY 960H; former routing of NY 96B | ||
Village of Spencer | 19.58 | 31.51 | NY 34 south – Waverly, Tioga County, Watkins Glen | Southern terminus of NY 34 / NY 96 overlap | |
Tompkins | Town of Ithaca | 33.53 | 53.96 | NY 13 south – Elmira | Southern terminus of NY 13 / NY 96 overlap |
34.03 | 54.77 | NY 327 north (Enfield Falls Road) – Robert H. Treman State Park | Southern terminus of NY 327 | ||
35.10 | 56.49 | NY 13A north (Five Mile Drive) | Southern terminus of NY 13A | ||
City of Ithaca | 37.21 | 59.88 | NY 96B south (West Clinton Street) – Ithaca College | Northern terminus of NY 96B | |
37.31 | 60.04 | NY 79 east (West Green Street) – Downtown, Cornell University | Southern terminus of NY 79 / NY 96 overlap (southbound) | ||
37.43 | 60.24 | NY 79 west (West Seneca Street) | Northern terminus of NY 79 / NY 96 overlap (southbound) | ||
37.51 | 60.37 | NY 13 north / NY 34 north / NY 89 north (West Buffalo Street) | Northern terminus of NY 13 / NY 34 / NY 96 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 89 / NY 96 overlap; southern terminus of NY 89 | ||
37.71 | 60.69 | NY 89 north (Taughannock Road) | Western terminus of NY 89 / NY 96 overlap | ||
Trumansburg | 48.51 | 78.07 | NY 227 south – Watkins Glen | Northern terminus of NY 227 | |
Seneca | Interlaken | 55.05 | 88.59 | NY 96A west – Lodi | Eastern terminus of NY 96A |
Village of Ovid | 62.61 | 100.76 | NY 96A / NY 414 south – Sampson State Park, Geneva, Watkins Glen | Southern terminus of NY 96 / NY 414 overlap | |
Romulus | 65.11 | 104.78 | NY 414 north – Seneca Falls | Northern terminus of NY 96 / NY 414 overlap | |
Varick–Fayette town line | 71.71 | 115.41 | NY 336 | ||
Village of Waterloo | 78.59 | 126.48 | US 20 / NY 5 | ||
Cloverleaf interchange | |||||
Village of Phelps | 90.85 | 146.21 | NY 88 north | Southern terminus of NY 88 | |
Town of Phelps | 91.88 | 147.87 | NY 488 south | Northern terminus of NY 488 | |
I-90 / New York Thruway – Canandaigua | |||||
Village of Victor | 108.56 | 174.71 | NY 444 south | Northern terminus of NY 444 | |
Town of Victor | 109.92 | 176.90 | NY 251 west – Mendon | Eastern terminus of NY 251 | |
111.75 | 179.84 | I-90 / New York Thruway – Rochester | Exit 29 (I-490); to exit 45 (I-90 / Thruway) | ||
Monroe | Perinton | 113.32 | 182.37 | NY 250 north – Fairport | Southern terminus of NY 250 |
114.03 | 183.51 | I-490 west | Exit 28 (I-490), westbound entrance and eastbound exit only | ||
115.32 | 185.59 | I-490 – Rochester | Exit 27 (I-490) | ||
Village of Pittsford | 118.44 | 190.61 | NY 64 south / NY 252 west | Northern terminus of NY 64; eastern terminus of NY 252 | |
118.77 | 191.14 | NY 31 | |||
119.09 | 191.66 | NY 153 north | Southern terminus of NY 153 | ||
Town of Pittsford | 120.61 | 194.10 | NY 31F east – East Rochester, Fairport | Western terminus of NY 31F | |
Brighton | 121.62 | 195.73 | NY 441 east to I-490 | Western terminus of NY 441; to exit 23 (I-490) | |
Penfield Road to I-490 west | Former western terminus of NY 441 | ||||
122.52 | 197.18 | NY 65 south | Northern terminus of NY 65 | ||
Brighton–Rochester town/city line | 122.94 | 197.85 | I-490 east | Can of Worms; exit 21 (I-490); access to I-490 west via Winton Road | |
Rochester | 123.39 | 198.58 | Winton Road ( To I-490 west) | To exit 21 (I-490) | |
126.01 | 202.79 | East Main Street | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
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- ^ "Monroe County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
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- ^ a b c d New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 513, 522, 529–530, 550. Retrieved May 19, 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.
- ^ 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, 51. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
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- ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
- Standard Oil Company. 1939.
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- ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
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- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
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- ^ "Rt. 96 Changed South of Ithaca". Seneca County News. Waterloo, NY. November 20, 1952. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
External links
- New York State Route 96 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes