New York State Route 104B
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| NYS Route 104B | |||||||||||||||||
 Map of central New York with NY 104B highlighted in red |
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| Length: | 6.07 mi[1] (9.77 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Formed: | ca. 1935[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
| West end: |  NY 104 in New Haven |
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| East end: |  NY 3 in Mexico |
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| Counties: | Oswego | ||||||||||||||||
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>New York State Route 104B (NY 104B) is a state highway in Oswego County, New York, United States. This highway provides a connection between NY 104, the principal highway along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, in New Haven and NY 3, the principal highway along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Mexico. It acts as a bypass of the village of Mexico, located to the southeast of NY 104B, where NY 3 and NY 104 intersect. Mexico contains several buildings of historic importance and provides a greater variety of services than can be found along NY 104B. NY 104B is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway.
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[edit] Route description
NY 104B is a short, 6.07-mile (9.77 km) long bypass route through central Oswego County, New York. It is two lanes wide for the entirety of its routing and exists primarily for the benefit of lake-bound recreational traffic. It begins at NY 104 in the town of New Haven and travels northeast through the town on a routing parallel to the Lake Ontario shoreline. NY 104B is surrounded on both sides by dense woods and passes through no built-up areas. Its most major intersection, situated about halfway along its routing, is with County Route 1. The route then enters the town of Mexico, where it passes through the small hamlet of Texas before terminating at NY 3.
[edit] History
When NY 3 was first assigned, it extended westward to Niagara Falls, mostly by way of modern NY 31, Ridge Road and NY 104. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 3A through NY 3C and NY 3E were assigned to four spur routes of NY 3 in western and central New York.[4][5] By the following year, a connector linking NY 3 in New Haven to NY 3C (renumbered to NY 3D ca. 1932) in the town of Mexico via the hamlets of New Haven, Demster, and Texas was designated as NY 3D. NY 3D was renumbered to NY 3E ca. 1932.[6][7] U.S. Route 104 was assigned ca. 1935 and extended from Niagara Falls to Maple View. East of Rochester, US 104 mostly followed the routing of NY 3, which was realigned to use NY 3D south of Watertown. Although NY 3E still connected to NY 3, it was renumbered to NY 104B at this time.[2][3] The portion of NY 104B within the town of New Haven was realigned in the late 1940s to follow a new highway that bypassed the hamlets of New Haven and Demster to the north and south, respectively.[8][9] The old alignment of NY 104B is now maintained by Oswego County as part of County Route 6 (CR 6) from NY 104 to CR 1 and as part of CR 1 from CR 6 to where it meets modern NY 104B southwest of Texas.[10][11]
[edit] Major intersections
The entire route is in Oswego County.
| Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| New Haven | 0.00 | NY 104 |
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| Town of Mexico | 6.07 | NY 3 |
Hamlet of Texas |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 241. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ a b Texas Oil Company. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1934)
- ^ a b Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide – New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
- ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1930)
- ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
- ^ Kendall Refining Company. New York [map]. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1931)
- ^ Texas Oil Company. Texaco Road Map – New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1932)
- ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947–48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ Esso. New York Road Map with Pictorial Guide [map], 1950 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1949)
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. New Haven Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1993) Retrieved on January 19, 2010.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Texas Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1993) Retrieved on January 19, 2010.
