New York State Route 414

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New York State Route 414 shield
NYS Route 414
Length: 83.20 mi[1] (133.90 km)
Formed: ca. 1935[2][3]
South end: NY 352 in Corning
Major
junctions:		 NY 14 in Watkins Glen
I-90 / Thruway near Seneca Falls
NY 31 in Clyde
North end: NY 104 in Huron
Counties: Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Wayne
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 413 NY 415 >
Interstate – U.S. – N.Y. (former) – Reference

New York State Route 414 (NY 414) is a north–south state highway in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions of New York, United States. It extends from NY 352 in the city of Corning, Steuben County, to NY 104 in the town of Huron, Wayne County, a distance of 83.20 miles (133.90 km). NY 414 spans five counties and roughly parallels NY 14 between Watkins Glen and Huron. It intersects every major east–west arterial in Upstate New York.

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the portion of modern NY 414 south of Seneca Falls was designated as part of New York State Route 44, a route extending from Caton to Wolcott, while most of what is now NY 414 north of Seneca Falls became part of NY 89. NY 44 was renumbered to NY 414 ca. 1935 to eliminate numerical duplication with U.S. Route 44. NY 414 was shifted onto its current alignment between Seneca Falls and Huron in the late 1950s, placing it on what had been NY 89 north of the hamlet of Magee and New York State Route 89A between Magee and the overlapped routes of U.S. Route 20 and NY 5.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Steuben and Chemung Counties

NY 414 at its southern terminus in the city of Corning

NY 414 begins at an intersection with NY 352 on the Denison Parkway as Cedar Street in Corning, Steuben County. North of this point, NY 414 merges with Centerway, retaining the Centerway name. The route then intersects the southern terminus of NY 415 near the Corning Museum of Glass and just south of an interchange with the Southern Tier Expressway (STE). The composition of the exit ramps of exit 46 on Interstate 86 and NY 17 is unorthodox in that the westbound on-ramp for the STE is a significant distance north of the interchange itself due to a railroad junction near exit 46 that prohibits the ramp from being in its standard position and also due to I-86 / NY 17 itself, which runs in close proximity to NY 414 for a short distance.

After exiting Corning, NY 414 turns to the northeast, an alignment it maintains as it crosses into Chemung County. Past the county line, NY 414 turns to the north, passing through the hamlet of Chambers and running parallel to the county line for 4 miles (6.4 km) before crossing over into Schuyler County.

[edit] Schuyler County

Now in the town of Dix, NY 414 makes a large reverse S-curve, turning to the east, then to the northeast as it enters Montour Falls and subsequently Watkins Glen. In Watkins Glen, NY 414 descends a steep hill to merge with NY 14 at its foot. However, due to the steep angle of the intersection, this is often a dangerous turn for motorists attempting to go from NY 14 north to NY 414 south.

As one road, NY 14 and 414 travel down Franklin Street, the main thoroughfare of Watkins Glen. Just over 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from the start of the overlap, NY 329 ends at an intersection with NY 14 and NY 414. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north of this junction, NY 414 splits from the overlap, traveling east at an intersection that also acts as the eastern terminus of NY 409. NY 14 continues to the north, paralleling Seneca Lake to its east. NY 414, by contrast, follows the east shore of Seneca Lake.

The southern town line of Seneca Falls as seen from NY 414 north

Just outside of Watkins Glen, NY 414 comes to a fork. The left fork carries NY 414 down a slope, bringing it very close to Seneca Lake. The right fork holds NY 79, which travels up this slope. NY 414 continues to parallel Seneca Lake, passing through the town of Hector before entering Seneca County.

[edit] Seneca County

Soon after entering Seneca County, NY 414 turns to the northeast, traveling away from Seneca Lake. It continues on a northeast alignment until the village of Lodi, where it intersects and forms an overlap with NY 96A. The two routes remain merged until an intersection in the village of Ovid. There, NY 96A splits from the concurrency and travels to the west. NY 96, entering Ovid from the east, forms a concurrency with NY 414 north out of the village. This brief overlap of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) comes to an end east of the Seneca Army Depot. NY 96 continues to straddle the eastern border of the depot while NY 414 continues northward.

Now in Fayette, NY 414 acts as the eastern terminus of NY 336 just south of the town center. Continuing to the north, NY 414 enters the town of Seneca Falls and the village of the same name. After crossing the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, NY 414 intersects NY 5 and U.S. Route 20. NY 414 then forms an overlap with the two routes west through the village and into the surrounding town. It splits from the concurrency midway between the villages of Seneca Falls and Waterloo and heads north toward the New York State Thruway.

Approaching NY 318 on NY 414 southbound

NY 414 becomes Mound Road and intersects NY 318 in the hamlet of Magee. The route then becomes Ridge Road. Just north of this intersection, NY 414 intersects the Thruway (Interstate 90) at exit 41. North of the Thruway, NY 414 maintains a constant north-northwest alignment into Wayne County.

[edit] Wayne County

Now nameless for the remainder of its existence, NY 414 turns to the northwest, then to the northeast as it enters the village of Clyde. After crossing over the Erie Canal and the CSX Transportation Rochester Subdivision, Route 414 intersects NY 31. The two routes actually form an extremely short, 150-foot (46 m) concurrency in the village as NY 31 heads through Clyde.

North of Clyde, NY 414 intersects a number of local arterials, passing through North Rose before terminating at NY 104 in Wolcott. The roadway continues north of NY 104 as Lake Bluff Road (County Route 254 south of Ridge Road (CR 143); CR 154 north of Ridge) to the Lake Ontario shoreline.

[edit] History

The portion of NY 414 from Watkins Glen to Ovid was designated as the southern half of NY 78 in the late 1920s.[4][5] This segment of NY 78, as well as the entirety of modern NY 414 south of Seneca Falls, was assigned NY 44 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. NY 44 also extended north along the overlap between U.S. Route 20 and NY 5 and modern NY 89 to Ridge Road (then NY 3 and later U.S. Route 104) in Wolcott[4] and south on the current alignment of NY 225 to then-NY 13 in Caton.[6] Meanwhile, NY 89 was assigned during the renumbering to what is now NY 414 north of the hamlet of Magee, plus the portion of Lake Bluff Road between current NY 104 and Ridge Road. Between Magee and the village of Seneca Falls, NY 89 used what is now NY 318.[7]

U.S. Route 44 was assigned ca. 1935; as a result, NY 44 was renumbered to NY 414 to eliminate numerical duplication with the new U.S. Highway.[2][3] The first alteration of NY 414 came in the late 1940s as it was truncated on its southern end to Corning.[8][9] In the early 1950s, a connector between NY 89 in Magee and a junction with US 20 and NY 5 midway between Waterloo and Seneca Falls was designated NY 89A.[10][11] This route became part of a larger realignment of NY 414 in the late 1950s. In the rerouting, NY 414 was altered to overlap US 20 and NY 5 west out of Seneca Falls, then follow what had been NY 89A and NY 89 north to US 104 (Ridge Road) near the Huron hamlet of Resort. NY 89, meanwhile, was realigned to follow the former alignment of NY 414 to Wolcott.[12][13]

NY 414 was truncated to its current northern terminus in the mid-1960s following the construction of a new super two highway for US 104 between Sodus and NY 414.[14][15] US 104 continued to use the former alignment of NY 414 along Lake Bluff Road to connect to Ridge Road until the remainder of the super two east to Red Creek was completed by 1974.[15][16]

[edit] Corning area

In the city of Corning, NY 44, and later NY 414, originally entered from the north on Baker Street and met NY 17 at Pulteney Street. The two routes then overlapped along Pulteney Street to Centerway, where they crossed the Chemung River via Centerway and Pine Street. At Market Street, NY 17 and NY 44 turned east and remained concurrent to Conhocton Street, where NY 44 headed south to Caton while NY 17 continued east on Market to the hamlet of Gibson.[6][17] When the overlap through Corning was eliminated in the late 1940s, NY 414 was truncated to the western end of the overlap at the intersection of Baker and Pulteney Streets.[8][9]

NY 414 was re-extended across the Chemung River in the mid-1960s after NY 17 was moved onto Denison Parkway, a new divided highway through Corning that bypassed Pulteney Street.[14][15] NY 414 followed its original routing across the river to Market Street, then continued south on Pine Street for an additional block to intersect NY 17.[18][19] The portion of NY 414 south of Pulteney Street was realigned slightly ca. 1979 following the completion of the Briscoe Bridge across the Chemung River. Instead of entering downtown Corning on Pine Street, NY 414 used Cedar Street instead.[20] When the Corning Bypass (part of the Southern Tier Expressway) was built in the mid-1990s,[citation needed] Baker Street was split into two segments. NY 414 was then rerouted onto its current alignment through the city.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Steuben City of Corning 0.00 NY 352
0.63 NY 415 Southern terminus of NY 415
0.80 I-86 / NY 17 Exit 46 (I-86 / NY 17)
Schuyler Watkins Glen 20.46 NY 14 south Southern terminus of NY 14 / NY 414 overlap
20.74 NY 329 Eastern terminus of NY 329
21.11 NY 14 north / NY 409 Northern terminus of NY 14 / NY 414 overlap; eastern terminus of NY 409
22.71 NY 79 Western terminus of NY 79
Seneca Village of Lodi 38.97 NY 96A south Southern terminus of NY 96A / NY 414 overlap
Ovid 43.64 NY 96 south / NY 96A north Northern terminus of NY 96A / NY 414 overlap; southern terminus of NY 96 / NY 414 overlap
46.14 NY 96 north Northern terminus of NY 96 / NY 414 overlap
Fayette 52.49 NY 336 Eastern terminus of NY 336
Village of Seneca Falls 59.48 US 20 east / NY 5 east Eastern terminus of US 20 / NY 5 / NY 414 overlap
Town of Seneca Falls 61.70 US 20 west / NY 5 west Western terminus of US 20 / NY 5 / NY 414 overlap
Tyre 65.73 NY 318 Hamlet of Magee
66.07 I-90 / Thruway Exit 41 (I-90 / Thruway)
Wayne Clyde 74.39 NY 31
Huron 83.20 NY 104

[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. pp. 308–309. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved January 13, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Texas Oil Company. Road Map of New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1934)
  3. ^ a b Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide – New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  4. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". New York Times: p. 136. 
  5. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas [map]. (1926) Retrieved on November 18, 2007.
  6. ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Tourist Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1930) Retrieved on April 4, 2009.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ a b State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947–48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  9. ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Road Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1950) Retrieved on April 4, 2009.
  10. ^ Sunoco. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1952)
  11. ^ Esso. New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region [map], 1955–56 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1954)
  12. ^ Esso. New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region [map], 1958 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1958)
  13. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1960)
  14. ^ a b Sinclair. New York and Metropolitan New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1964)
  15. ^ a b c Esso. New York [map], 1969–70 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1968)
  16. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
  17. ^ United States Geological Survey. New York (Steuben County) Corning Quadrangle [map], 1:62,500. (1914) Retrieved on April 4, 2009.
  18. ^ United States Geological Survey. Corning Quadrangle – New York – Steuben Co. [map], 1:24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1976) Retrieved on April 4, 2009.
  19. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970) (PDF). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf. Retrieved April 4, 2009. 
  20. ^ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed April 4, 2009.

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