New York State Route 370

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New York State Route 370 shield
NYS Route 370
Length: 35.23 mi[1] (56.70 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
West end: NY 104 / NY 104A near Red Creek
East end: US 11 in Syracuse
Counties: Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 369 NY 371 >
Interstate – U.S. – N.Y. (former) – Reference

New York State Route 370 is a predominantly east–west state highway in central New York, United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 104 and NY 104A south of Red Creek, Wayne County. Its eastern terminus is located at US 11 in Syracuse, Onondaga County. NY 370 is 35.23 miles (56.70 km) long and also passes through Cayuga County. The portion of the route in Wayne County is signed north–south.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Wayne and Cayuga Counties

NY 370 begins at an intersection with NY 104A and NY 104 south of the village of Red Creek. The route heads southwest from this spot along old Ridge Road before breaking from the locally historic highway after 0.7 miles (1.1 km) and turning to the southeast. After another 1.7 miles (2.7 km), NY 370 turns directly east as it enters Cayuga County.

Across the county line, NY 370 continues east until the town of Victory, where NY 370 intersects NY 38 and begins to turn to the southeast. Eventually, the route turns to the south-southeast and follows this alignment until it reaches the Victory-Conquest town line, where it overtakes Conquest-Victory Town Line Road and embarks on a slightly northeast alignment as it becomes West Main Street in Cato. The route becomes East Main Street after passing NY 34.

East of Cato, NY 370 turns to the northeast, then to the southeast as it enters Meridian. The route flattens out, traveling to the east once again and intersecting NY 176 just east of town. NY 370 then takes a southeasterly alignment as it changes counties for the final time.

[edit] Onondaga County

As West Genesee Road, NY 370 begins to parallel the Erie Canal two miles (3 km) after entering the county. The path of the canal, which is part of the Seneca River at this point, takes the route into Baldwinsville. On the west side of town, NY 370 connects to NY 690 and NY 31 at NY 690's northernmost grade-separated interchange. NY 31, which overlaps NY 690 north to this point, leaves 690 and joins NY 370 for a two-mile (3 km) concurrency into the center of the town. In the heart of Baldwinsville, NY 31/370 intersects NY 48 before splitting to the east of town. NY 31 heads northeast towards Oneida Lake while NY 370 travels southeast to Syracuse.

Just southeast of the split, NY 370 intersects NY 631 before proceeding to the southeast, crossing over the Erie Canal/Seneca River and entering Liverpool. Past John Glenn Blvd., NY 370 passes over the New York State Thruway near exit 38 and begins to approach the northern shore of Onondaga Lake. In the center of Liverpool, NY 370, now 2nd Street, turns onto Oswego Street for a short distance before turning onto Onondaga Lake Parkway. The route then follows the Onondaga Lake shoreline, as well as the CSX Montreal Secondary, to I-81, where the route meets the freeway at exit 24. Just southeast of the exit and south of Alliance Bank Stadium, NY 370 ends at US 11 northwest of downtown Syracuse.

[edit] History

The portion of NY 370 east of Oswego Street in Liverpool was originally designated as part of NY 20 in 1924.[3] To the west, the section of modern NY 370 from Upton Road west of the hamlet of Victory to NY 34 in Cato was designated as part of NY 40 in the mid-1920s. West of Victory, NY 40 followed Upton Road and Canada Street before terminating at NY 3 (now NY 104A) in Red Creek. The remainder of modern NY 370 west of Liverpool was unnumbered at the time.[4] NY 20 was renumbered to NY 57 in 1927 to eliminate duplication with the newly-assigned U.S. Route 20.[4][5]

In the late 1920s, the east–west roadway linking NY 40 in Cato to NY 31 in Baldwinsville was assigned NY 37.[2][5] The designation proved to be short-lived as it was renumbered to NY 370 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. Meanwhile, NY 40 was split into several different routes as part of the renumbering.[2] From Cato to just east of Red Creek, old NY 40 became part of NY 370, which was also extended southeastward to meet NY 57 in Liverpool. The small segment of former NY 40 from NY 3 to Upton Road was included in NY 3E (later U.S. Route 104).[6]

The portion of NY 370 west of Victory was realigned in the late 1950s to follow its modern alignment to a new terminus at US 104 (Ridge Road) southwest of Red Creek.[7][8] After US 104 (now NY 104) was rerouted to follow a new super two highway through the Red Creek area in the early 1970s,[9][10] the portion of Ridge Road between the super two east of Wolcott and NY 370 southwest of Red Creek became a westward extension of NY 370.[11] The route was altered slightly between 1977 and 1981 to follow Ridge Road northeast to NY 104 instead.[12][13]

In May 1982, the portion of NY 57 north of Liverpool was removed from the state highway system.[14] From Tulip Street to the Onondaga–Oswego county line, NY 57 was redesignated as County Route 91 (but signed as CR 57).[15] The portion of ex-NY 57 between NY 370 in Liverpool and U.S. Route 11 in Syracuse became part of an extended NY 370.[16]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Wayne Town of Wolcott 0.00 NY 104 / NY 104A Southern terminus of NY 104A
Cayuga Victory 5.81 NY 38
Village of Cato 11.21 NY 34
Meridian 14.37 NY 176 Western terminus of NY 176
Onondaga Baldwinsville 22.70 NY 31 west / NY 690 Interchange; western terminus of NY 31 / NY 370 overlap
24.24 NY 48
24.54 NY 31 east Eastern terminus of NY 31 / NY 370 overlap
NY 631 Southern terminus of NY 631
Liverpool 32.13 To I-90 / Thruway via Oswego Street Formerly NY 57
Syracuse I-81 Exit 24 (I-81)
35.23 US 11

[edit] References

New York portal
  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 300. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". New York Times: p. 136. 
  3. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  4. ^ a b Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
  5. ^ a b 1927 Automobile Blue Book, (Automobile Blue Book Inc., Chicago, 1927). This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
  6. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1930)
  7. ^ Esso. New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region [map], 1958 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1958)
  8. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1960)
  9. ^ New York State Thruway Authority. New York Thruway [map], 10th edition. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1971)
  10. ^ Shell Oil Company. New York [map], 1973 edition. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1973)
  11. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
  12. ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977–78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  13. ^ State of New York. I Love New York Tourism Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1981)
  14. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2009) (PDF). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2009%20tour-bk.pdf. Retrieved June 17, 2009. 
  15. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Syracuse West Digital Raster Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000. (1990) Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
  16. ^ Rand McNally. New York [map]. (1985) ISBN 0-528-91040-X.

[edit] External links

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