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112-662: New York State Route 179 ( NY 179 ) is a short 4.40-mile (7.08 km) long state highway located south of Buffalo in Erie County, New York , in the United States. It is known as Milestrip Road for most of its length. A small section between U.S. Route 62 (US 62) and NY 5 in Blasdell , is a freeway known as the Mile Strip Expressway . It connects to two major freeways,

224-458: A $ 68.3 million project to replace the viaduct over Columbia Street, Lafayette Streets, and Oriskany Boulevard (NY 5A and NY 5S) in Utica. The nearly one mile stretch had signalized at-grade intersections that had been causing safety concerns and some fatalities. In addition to the replacement of the viaduct, the alignment of the arterial was straightened, a new single point urban interchange

336-540: A bypass of this segment of NY 5 began in the early 1970s and was completed between NY 695 and Genesee Street by 1977. By the following year, the freeway was open to traffic up to Hinsdale Road; however, NY 5 remained on Genesee Street between Hinsdale and the Solvay village limits. The remainder of the Camillus Bypass was completed c.  1979 , at which time NY 5 was realigned to follow

448-534: A jughandle. Crossing into the town of Blasdell , the freeway crosses over three separate railroad grades consecutively before crossing into downtown Blasdell. In Blasdell, another railroad crosses the freeway after an interchange with Jeffrey Boulevard. A short distance later, NY 179 intersects with US 62 (South Park Avenue), where the freeway ends and NY 179 becomes the four-lane surface road known as Milestrip Road. After re-crossing into Hamburg, NY 179 continues eastward as Milestrip Road, entering

560-621: A large interchange with the New York State Thruway ( I-90 exit 56), which connects via trumpet interchange. After bending northeast, the route crosses over the Thruway, passing north and south of several strip malls until an intersection with CR 204 (McKinley Parkway). After CR 204, NY 179 passes north of McKinley Mall , proceeding eastward as a four-lane undivided expressway past several residences before bending northeast, intersecting with CR 4 (Abbott Road) in

672-484: A named route branch) Trans-Canada route marker is co-signed with a numbered provincial sign, with the provincial route often continuing alone outside the Trans-Canada Highway section. However, in the western provinces, the two parallel Trans-Canada routes are consistently numbered with Trans-Canada route markers; as Highways 1 and 16 respectively. Canada also has a designated National Highway System , but

784-482: A northerly routing as it passes KeyBank Center , located directly to the east, and Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park , situated to the west, and meets I-190 at exit 7. Past the interchange, the Skyway ends and the route descends in elevation, becoming an at-grade roadway once more at Church Street in the shadow of Buffalo City Hall . NY 384 begins here, following Delaware Avenue north into

896-530: A population of at least 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the relevant municipalities. The state highway that cross towns or villages with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to authorization from ANAS . State highways in India are numbered highways that are laid and maintained by state governments . Mexico 's State Highway System

1008-561: A rerouted NY 5 and NY 12 . Two portions of Genesee Street, from NY 12 in New Hartford to the Utica city line and from NY 5S to Herkimer Road in Utica, remain state maintained to this day as unsigned NY 921E and NY 921C, respectively. In the Syracuse suburbs of Camillus and Geddes , NY 5 was initially routed on West Genesee Street between the villages of Camillus and Solvay . Construction on

1120-515: A rural intersection controlled by single-head flashing traffic signals west of Avon, NY 5 meets US 20 for the second time. The routes embark on a second concurrency , merging onto the right-of-way of NY 5 as they cross the Genesee River and enter both the town and village of Avon. US 20 and NY 5 become West Main Street upon entering the village, underscoring

1232-748: A small spur of Broadway, travelling underneath US 9 and I-787 . NY 5 ends at the Hudson River . Soon after the end of the American Revolution in 1783, a surge of westward migration into Central and Western New York began. At the time, most travel west of the Albany area was by water. While rudimentary roads were laid out following the Mohawk River , there were no major land routes west of Fort Schuyler (present-day Utica ), except for an old east–west Iroquois trail that

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1344-596: A southeast course into Albany as Central Avenue until it reaches Townsend Park . At this point, NY 5 turns into Washington Avenue and all signage referring to NY 5 ceases. The New York State Department of Transportation recognizes the route, however, as it continues down Washington Ave past the New York State Capitol building, turning south for a short distance as Eagle Street. NY 5 then continues east on State Street to Broadway, where it again turns south-east shortly before returning east on

1456-617: A three-digit number designation, preceded by D . Provincial roads ( Turkish : İl yolu ) are secondary roads, maintained by respective local governments with the support of the KGM. The roads have a four-digit numbering grouped as two pairs, pairs are separated by a dash. First pair represents the license number of that province . State highways are generally a mixture of primary and secondary roads, although some are freeways (for example, State Route 99 in California, which links many of

1568-552: A traffic signal. About three miles (5 km) later, after entering Cayuga County over the Seneca River / Cayuga and Seneca Canal , just north of Cayuga Lake , the two routes meet NY 90 in the town of Aurelius , at a traffic signal. A few miles east of that intersection, the highway meets the Finger Lakes Railway again but crosses it via an overpass . The routes continue eastward through Aurelius to

1680-473: A two-lane road and run parallel to the Cayuga–Seneca Canal . In Waterloo, the concurrency meets NY 96 in the village centre. East of the village, the distance between the canal and the roadway decreases, making US 20 and NY 5 the closest road to the water for the next one and a half miles to NY 414 in the town of Seneca Falls . NY 414 joins US 20 and NY 5, overlapping

1792-750: Is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a densely populated area. The highways in New Zealand are all state highways, and the network consists of SH 1 running the length of both main islands, SH 2–5 and 10–58 in the North Island, and SH 6–8 and 60–99 in the South Island. National and provincial highways are numbered approximately north to south. State Highway 1 runs the length of both islands. Local highways ( Korean :  지방도 ; Hanja :  地方道 ; RR :  Jibangdo ; MR :  Chipangdo ) are

1904-504: Is a 5-mile (8 km) limited-access highway traversing the western suburbs of Syracuse . At one time, the highway was to be extended to West Street in Syracuse, via the current Grand Avenue. The freeway has partial access to NY 173 from westbound NY 5. East of NY 173, the freeway connects to NY 695 at a directional T interchange and passes over NY 297 without access. East of Fairmount, NY 5 alters to

2016-481: Is a short 5.59-mile-long (9.00 km) alternate route of NY 5 between New Hartford and downtown Utica in Oneida County . It was assigned in the mid-1930s. At its eastern end, NY 5A becomes NY 5S at an interchange with Interstate 790 (I-790), NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12. The route is four lanes wide and passes through mostly commercial areas and connects NY 5 to NY 840 and NY 69. NY 5B

2128-490: Is a system of urban and state routes constructed and maintained by each Mexican state. The main purpose of the state networks is to serve as a feeder system to the federal highway system. All states except the Federal District operate a road network. Each state marks these routes with a white shield containing the abbreviated name of the state plus the route number. New Zealand state highways are national highways –

2240-424: Is divided into provinces and territories, each of which maintains its own system of provincial or territorial highways, which form the majority of the country's highway network. There is also the national transcontinental Trans-Canada Highway system, which is marked by distinct signs, but has no uniform numeric designation across the country. In the eastern provinces, for instance, an unnumbered (though sometimes with

2352-424: Is free to choose a different marker, and most states have. States may choose a design theme relevant to its state (such as an outline of the state itself) to distinguish state route markers from interstate, county, or municipal route markers. New York State Route 5 New York State Route 5 ( NY 5 ) is a state highway that extends for 370.80 miles (596.74 km) across the state of New York in

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2464-747: Is no longer commonly used for long-distance travel, NY 5 is still regionally important. NY 5 is named Main Street in Buffalo , Erie Boulevard and West Genesee Street in Syracuse , State Street in Schenectady , and Central Avenue in Albany , the state capital. It is a major local road in many other locations along its path. NY 5 runs concurrent to US 20 twice between its endpoints: for three miles (5  km) between Silver Creek and Irving and for 68 miles (109 km) across western and central New York. At 67.6 miles (108 km) in length,

2576-568: Is not a road class. The Strade Statali , abbreviated SS, is the Italian national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 25.000 km (15.534 mi). The Italian state highway network are maintained by ANAS . From 1928 until 1946 state highways were maintained by Azienda Autonoma Statale della Strada (AASS). The next level of roads below Strada Statali is Strada Regionale ("regional roads"). The routes of some state highways derive from ancient Roman roads , such as

2688-406: Is vested in the federal states of Germany. Most federal states use the term Landesstraße (marked with 'L'), while for historical reasons Saxony and Bavaria use the term Staatsstraße (marked with 'S'). The appearance of the shields differs from state to state. The term Land-es-straße should not be confused with Landstraße , which describes every road outside built-up areas and

2800-564: The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens by way of an interchange. Here, the route becomes the a limited-access highway with exits for Ohio and Tifft streets and Fuhrmann Boulevard. After a quarter-mile, NY 5 passes seamlessly into the city of Buffalo . A short distance past the city line, NY 5 passes over the Union Ship Canal on a span of the elevated road known as the Father Baker Bridge. North of

2912-495: The LaSalle Expressway east of Niagara Falls and the mile-long Mile Strip Expressway. The entire route is in Erie County . State highway Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand ,

3024-487: The New York State Thruway ( Interstate 90 or I-90) and the Southern Expressway ( US 219 ), by way of interchanges. It serves as a connector road between them and three other major routes, NY 5 , US 62 , and US 20 . Thus it is very busy not only at rush hours, but also after Buffalo Bills ' home football games due to its proximity to Highmark Stadium . The Mile Strip Expressway

3136-421: The New York State Thruway through much of the county. The road travels eastward until reaching Livingston County and the village of Caledonia . NY 5 heads southeast from the village of Caledonia, paralleling the former right-of-way of an Erie–Lackawanna Railroad branch line that connected the villages of Caledonia and Avon as it heads through spacious fields containing little more than farmland. At

3248-552: The Preemption Line and entering Seneca County at its midpoint. A mile to the east in East Geneva , just east of a railroad underpass, US 20 and NY 5 meet the northern terminus of NY 96A at a former trumpet interchange that has been converted to an intersection with a traffic signal. From NY 96A east to the village of Waterloo , a distance of roughly four miles, US 20 and NY 5 become

3360-507: The Sauquoit Creek into Utica . NY 5 enters the city of Utica on a concurrency with NY 12 heading in a northeast direction. It shortly picks up NY 8 , and all three cross the city together. NY 5 also intersects with the terminus of NY 840 at this point. Just south of the New York State Thruway , I-790 begins as a short expressway, also including NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12. After crossing out of

3472-626: The Strada statale 7 Via Appia , which broadly follows the route of the Roman road of the same name . Other examples are the Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia ( Via Aurelia ) and the Strada statale 4 Via Salaria ( Via Salaria ). Since the reforms following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between

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3584-414: The city of Auburn where it turns into a divided four-lane highway again. On the western edge of the city, just after passing Finger Lakes Mall, US 20 and NY 5 meet the eastern terminus of NY 326 , which is also a four-lane divided highway for a short stretch. In downtown Auburn, US 20 and NY 5's east and west lanes split apart from each other for a short distance as an arterial over

3696-568: The Buffalo Skyway, became part of a rerouted NY 5 by 1956. Visually, the Skyway cuts off the city from the Buffalo inner harbor. In 2008 there was momentum to tear it down, but the momentum passed. In 2019 a plan to remove part of the Skyway and close the rest to motorized traffic was proposed as part of a competition. This plan has drawn strong opinions both for and against the removal. Farther east in Utica, construction began in

3808-688: The Buffalo to Albany section of NY 5 was relocated onto the Genesee Road alignment, replacing NY 5A. NY 5's former, more southerly alignment was redesignated as NY 7 . In 1927, the establishment of the U.S. Highway System created more numbering changes. US 20, which mainly followed the Yellowstone Trail elsewhere in the country, was designated in New York along NY 5 southwest of Hamburg and east of Albany and along old NY 7 from Skaneateles to Albany. Between

3920-607: The Genesee River. Four years later, another legislative act authorized the extension of the Genesee Road to Buffalo . By the end of the 18th century, while the Genesee Road had been greatly improved and saw heavy traffic, many portions were still substandard and some sections had still not been completed. Partly because of this, and also because of the success of the Lancaster Turnpike in Pennsylvania ,

4032-531: The Genesee Road to Buffalo soon followed suit and also became an improved Macadam toll road, the Ontario and Genesee Turnpike, in 1805. The Seneca Road Company was authorized to create a more northerly alternate route of the Seneca Turnpike in 1806. This branch left the original turnpike east of Seneca Falls and crossed more level terrain through Elbridge , Geddes , and Fayetteville before rejoining

4144-657: The Mohawk River to the settlement of Canawaugus on the Genesee River , in as straight a line as the topography of the land would allow. This road was officially known as the "Great Genesee Road" and is one of the earliest state roads in New York, intended to provide access to the New Military Tract . As planned, it generally followed the old Iroquois trail through Oneida , Manlius , Onondaga Valley (south of modern Syracuse ), Skaneateles , Auburn , Seneca Falls , Geneva , and Canandaigua before ending at

4256-537: The United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo , Syracuse , Utica , Schenectady , and several other smaller cities and communities on its way to downtown Albany in Albany County , where it terminates at U.S. Route 9 (US 9), here routed along the service roads for Interstate 787 (I-787). Prior to

4368-547: The Yellowstone Trail, which ran through the cities of Syracuse and Utica, was assigned the number NY 5A. The portion of the Yellowstone Trail southwest of Buffalo and east of Albany became part of NY 5, which bypassed Syracuse and Utica to the south. The Buffalo to Albany portion of NY 5's original alignment used a new road, Broadway Road, from Buffalo to Avon and the old Cherry Valley Turnpike alignment from Skaneateles to Albany. In between Avon and Skaneateles, NY 5 and NY 5A overlapped. By 1926, however,

4480-544: The alignments of Clark Street, Franklin Street, and Grant Avenue. The arterial runs concurrent with NY 38 for 0.2 miles (0.3 km). NY 38 then splits from the concurrency and joins NY 34 . A quarter-mile to the east, US 20 separates from NY 5 at the northern terminus of NY 38A . NY 5 continues after the split as the four-lane Grant Avenue passing by a high number of shopping areas. From NY 174 in Camillus to Fairmount , NY 5

4592-443: The canal, through the city of Little Falls as Main Street, where two more concurrencies occur, with NY 167 and NY 169 . NY 5 continues to parallel the canal, and in some instances again, the Thruway, through Amsterdam , becoming Amsterdam Road all the way to Scotia , where it crosses the canal into Schenectady as Mohawk Avenue, turning into State Street upon entering the city limits. It continues fairly straight on

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4704-644: The cities of the Central Valley , Route 128 in Massachusetts, or parts of Route 101 in New Hampshire). Each state has its own system for numbering and its own marker. The default marker is a white circle containing a black sans serif number (often inscribed in a black square or slightly rounded square), according to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). However each state

4816-490: The city and rejoining its modern routing in East Geneva. The overlap was eliminated c.  1931 when NY 5 was moved onto a new roadway located along the edge of Seneca Lake . NY 5 was realigned again in the 1960s to use a new divided highway built midway between the lake shore road and Border City Road. Border City Road is now maintained by Seneca County as CR 110 . In April 2014 work began on

4928-473: The city limits. Upon exiting the city, the establishments become a pair of shopping plazas centred around the intersection with the northern terminus of NY 364 . Across the town line in Hopewell a quarter-mile to the east, a third plaza, anchored by Runnings , formerly a Walmart , dominates the northeast corner of CR 10 and Eastern Boulevard. On the adjacent parcel is another plaza containing

5040-799: The city line (except of the Goodell Street portion, which is state-maintained); in Syracuse between the western city line and just west of NY 635 ; in Utica from Leland Avenue east to the city line; in Amsterdam between Division and West Main streets; in Schenectady from Washington Avenue to the eastern city line; and the entirety of NY 5 within Albany . At the New York–Pennsylvania border in Ripley, PA 5 becomes NY 5 upon entering New York. It very closely follows

5152-697: The city of Buffalo . NY 179 begins at an interchange with NY 5 (Lake Shore Road) near the shores Lake Erie in Woodlawn Beach State Park . NY 179 proceeds eastward through the town of Hamburg as the Mile Strip Expressway, running north as a four-lane freeway north of a stamping plant, operated by the Ford Motor Company . Just after the stamping plant, NY 179 enters its first interchange, Milestrip Road, which connects to NY 179 east via

5264-416: The city, US 20 and NY 5 intersect NY 14 by way of a pseudo-interchange on the bank of Seneca Lake . US 20 and NY 5 turns into a divided highway again at this point. At the interchange, NY 14 Truck joins US 20 and NY 5, bypassing a sharp turn on NY 14 downtown. US 20 and NY 5 continues as a divided highway around the northern tip of Seneca Lake, crossing

5376-449: The city, they meet the Thruway, with NY 8 and 12 continuing northeast, while I-790 and NY 5 turns to the east-south-east, picking up the tail-end of NY 49 . These three, still as an expressway, straddle each side of the Thruway for a short way, with I-790 technically ending at the ramps for I-90. NY 5 continues to the end of the expressway, only a few hundred feet later, dropping to Leland Avenue. A few hundred feet to

5488-426: The companies were dissolved by 1852, causing the roads to revert to public control. The Seneca Road Company dissolved in 1852. The old, southern path of the Seneca Turnpike is now Franklin Street and Old Seneca Turnpike from Auburn to Marcellus , NY 175 between Marcellus and Onondaga Hill , and NY 173 from there east to Chittenango. The improvement of the road from Buffalo southwest to Pennsylvania in

5600-426: The construction of the New York State Thruway , it was one of two main east–west highways traversing upstate New York , the other being US 20 . West of New York, the road continues as Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) to Erie . NY 5 overlaps with US 20 twice along its routing. The second, a 68-mile (109 km) overlap through western and central New York, is the second-longest concurrency in

5712-423: The current Walmart. At the entrance to the second plaza, US 20 and NY 5 intersect Lakeshore Drive, the former routing of US 20 and NY 5 to the south of the bypass. Past the junction, the divided highway comes to an end and, after another half-mile, narrows to two lanes. Deeper into Hopewell, the area surrounding US 20 and NY 5 become rural once more. Roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from

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5824-609: The downtown area to DeWitt , NY 5 is divided. At the Syracuse–DeWitt boundary, NY 5 intersects NY 635 and eastward, it curves to a southeast course. Near the former Shoppingtown Mall , NY 5 turns east onto Genesee Street to begin an overlap with NY 92 . Less than a mile east of the mall, NY 5 and NY 92 intersect I-481 at a cloverleaf interchange . NY 5 and NY 92 remain concurrent up to Highbridge Road, where NY 92 splits from NY 5 and heads southeast to Manlius . The segment of

5936-528: The early 1950s on a new arterial highway—known as the North–South Arterial—through the city center. The new roadway bypassed NY 5, which was initially routed on Genesee Street and Herkimer Road through Utica. The first portion of the highway to open was the segment north of River Road, which was completed by 1956. It was extended southward to Oriskany Street ( NY 5A ) by 1961 and completed entirely by 1964, at which time it became part of

6048-421: The east at Whalen Road, NY 64 separates from US 20 and NY 5, following the road, and US 20A , which has its eastern terminus at this intersection, south toward Bristol . US 20 and NY 5 continue through rural Ontario County before splitting from its easterly alignment at an intersection four miles (6  km) east of US 20A and NY 64 in the town of Canandaigua . West Avenue,

6160-421: The east of the junction, but now follows US 20 and NY 5 along the east–west leg of the bypass. Past Bristol Street, the bypass widens from two to four lanes and, after meeting two local streets, enters the city of Canandaigua as the limited-access Western Boulevard, albeit with no exits. The route loses this distinction before intersecting South Main Street, where US 20, NY 5 and NY 21 meet

6272-544: The east, NY 5 (which forms the southern boundary of the city) meets NY 46 before crossing over Oneida Creek and into Oneida County . Just past the county line in Oneida Castle , NY 5 intersects NY 365, a route leading northward to the New York State Thruway in Verona . NY 5 presses on, passing through the city of Sherrill and the village of Vernon (briefly overlapping NY 31 ) and

6384-482: The east. US 20 and NY 5, now named Avon–Lima Road, intersects NY 15 two miles (3 km) to the east in East Avon, a community based around the intersection and the streets comprising it, and connects to I-390 at exit 10 a half-mile from NY 15. Continuing, the road intersects several county routes over the next four miles (6  km) before becoming West Main Street once more, this time for

6496-630: The eastern overlap between US 20 and NY 5 is the second-longest surface-road concurrency in New York state, behind only the concurrency of I-86 and NY 17 in the Southern Tier . Maintenance of the majority of NY 5's 371 miles (597 km) is performed by the New York State Department of Transportation . However, locally owned and maintained sections exist in six cities. The city-maintained sections of NY 5 are in Buffalo from NY 16 north to

6608-495: The end of the 1980s, and in some states, some less important National Routes were downgraded to State Routes. Each state has or had its own numbering scheme, but do not duplicate National Route numbers in the same state, or nearby routes in another state. As with the National Routes and National Highways, State Routes are being phased out in most states and territories in favour of alphanumeric routes. However, despite

6720-410: The end of the bypass, US 20 and NY 5 meet NY 247 . After 10.3 miles (16.6 km) of eastward progression through open land, the routes meet the northern terminus of both NY 14A and NY 245 , concurrent at this location, in the town of Geneva . A half-mile past NY 14A and NY 245, US 20 and NY 5 enter the city of Geneva and widens into a four-lane road. In

6832-440: The expressway east of US 62 providing direct access to New York State Thruway exit 56 was opened to traffic as an extension of NY 179 at some point in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The junction between the expressway and Milestrip Road was initially a four-way intersection, with Milestrip Road passing east–west through the intersection and NY 179 entering from the south to connect to Thruway exit 56 to

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6944-508: The fact that Victoria has fully adopted alphanumeric routes in regional areas, state route numbers are still used extensively within the city of Melbourne as a part of its Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme . Brazil is another country that is divided into states and has state highways. For example, the longest highway in the state of São Paulo , the Rodovia Raposo Tavares , is designated as SP-270 and SP-295 . Canada

7056-408: The foot of a small hill, joins the two routes eastward on a triple overlap, entering the village of Bloomfield and intersecting the southern terminus of NY 444 south of the portion of Bloomfield once known as Holcomb. Near the junction with NY 444, US 20, NY 5 and NY 64 take-ups on a due east alignment, absorbing the routing used by Gauss Road west of this point. A mile to

7168-532: The former routing of US 20 and NY 5 into downtown Canandaigua , continues east from the junction while US 20 and NY 5 turn south onto a bypass around Canandaigua. Half a mile from the start of the bypass and a short distance before the arterial makes a turn eastward to traverse Canandaigua Lake to the southeast, US 20 and NY 5 meets NY 21 at a four-way intersection. Like US 20 and NY 5, NY 21 once continued directly into downtown, in this instance via Bristol Street to

7280-457: The freeway. Genesee Street is now largely maintained by Onondaga County as CR 98; however, two portions of the street remain state maintained. Near the western end of the expressway, the former routing of NY 5 became part of an extended NY 174 . Between the Camillus town line and the eastern end of the bypass, Genesee Street is unsigned NY 930W. This particular expressway

7392-532: The heart of downtown, while NY 5 turns east onto Church. At Main Street, Church Street splits into a pair of one-way streets and becomes North and South Division Street. The route follows South Division eastward for two blocks to an intersection with Ellicott Street located one block north of Sahlen Field . At the junction, which includes the northern terminus of NY 16 , NY 5 turns northward, rejoining NY 5 westbound one block later at North Division. The route continues on Ellicott for nine blocks to

7504-432: The interchange, NY 179 proceeds eastward between several strip malls, soon intersecting with US 20 (Southwestern Boulevard), where NY 179 terminates. CR 460 continues eastward along Milestrip Road to NY 187 . The Mile Strip Expressway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) highway extending from NY 5 to US 62 , was constructed in the mid-1960s and designated as NY 179 by 1968. A short continuation of

7616-624: The lake shore and goes through steadily more heavily developed areas, particularly the Ford Stamping Plant and the Bethlehem Steel plant in the city of Lackawanna . There the road becomes the Hamburg Turnpike and eight wind-powered turbines, which provide power to the national grid, are visible. Near the northern edge of the city, NY 5 begins to ascend onto an elevated roadway as it connects to Ridge Road and

7728-541: The main cities; in 1865 the Lanza law introduced the classification of roads between national, provincial and municipal (see Annex F, art.10) and the Royal Decree of 17 November 1865, n. 2633 listed the first 38 national roads. Italian state highways are identified by a number and a name. In road signs and maps the number is preceded by the acronym SS, an acronym for strada statale ("state road"). The nomenclature of

7840-413: The mid-1950s, a new bypass was built north of Lakeshore Drive from South Main Street to Hopewell. It became part of a realigned NY 5 by 1956. The remainder of the bypass around the southwestern extents of the city was built in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The former routing of NY 5 on South Main Street remains state maintained as NY 942T ; until 1996, the portion of West Avenue between

7952-415: The mid-19th century soon allowed for continuous travel across the entire state of New York. With the advent of the automobile , the state began to take over and pave major thoroughfares at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1908, the state legislature created a statewide system of unsigned legislative routes . One of the routes assigned at this time was Route 6, an Albany–Buffalo highway that followed

8064-482: The next important roads under the National highways . The number has two, three, or four digits. Highways with two-digit numbers routes are called State-funded local highways. State roads ( Turkish : Devlet yolu ) are primary roads, mostly under the responsibility of General Directorate of Highways (KGM) except in metropolitan city centers where the responsibility falls into the local government. The roads have

8176-512: The north of the Thruway, NY 5 turns eastward again to continue down Herkimer Road. It closely parallels the Thruway to Herkimer , where NY 5 moves slightly northward through the centre of the village, becoming State Street, while I-90 crosses the Erie Canal and goes south for a short distance. There is a short concurrency with NY 28 in the village. After exiting Herkimer, NY 5 continues east, closely paralleling this time

8288-464: The north. The entirety of Milestrip Road east of US 62 was initially maintained by Erie County as CR 460. The intersection between NY 179 and US 62 was originally planned as an overpass, but was later constructed as an at-grade intersection. By 2001, the junction between NY 179, Milestrip Road, and the Thruway was reconfigured into its current design and NY 179 was extended east to its current terminus at US 20 . CR 460

8400-411: The old path at Chittenango . As the city of Syracuse developed, traffic patterns changed and the northern branch route became more heavily used than the original road. The construction and opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 along the same alignment as the Albany to Buffalo route began to eat away at the revenues of these turnpike companies. In time, the turnpike business had become unprofitable and

8512-464: The old road following the Mohawk River between Utica and Schenectady also became a turnpike, known as the Mohawk Turnpike. With the road leading from Albany northwest to Schenectady having been already established as a turnpike (the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike) in 1797, an all-turnpike route over good quality roads was now available from Albany to Canandaigua. The western extension of

8624-448: The overlap with NY 92 between I-481 and the eastern split is the busiest area of NY 5 in the Syracuse area and in all of Onondaga County. Past the split, NY 5 continues east through Onondaga and Madison counties, passing Fayetteville , Chittenango , and Canastota before entering the vicinity of Oneida . West of the city, NY 5 intersects NY 365A , a spur route of NY 365 leading directly into downtown. To

8736-444: The path of the Genesee Road and the Seneca Turnpike from Buffalo to Utica, the Mohawk Turnpike between Utica and Schenectady, and the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike from Schenectady to Albany. From Auburn to Chittenango, Route 6 utilized most of the newer, northern branch of the Seneca Turnpike. The automobile allowed people to quickly travel long distances and a way to mark routes became needed. One early means of marking routes

8848-476: The remainder of its length in Buffalo, cutting through the city diagonally from southwest to northeast until it enters the town of Amherst at the intersection of Bailey Avenue ( US 62 ) at the south campus of the University at Buffalo . Once leaving the city of Buffalo, NY 5 heads east through the densely populated suburban town of Amherst , including the hamlets of Snyder and Eggertsville and

8960-694: The road for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) into the hamlet of Seneca Falls . At Cayuga Street, NY 414 turns south, crossing the water body that is the canal and the Seneca River and becoming Ovid Street while US 20 and NY 5 turn north onto Cayuga, following the street around the small Van Cleef Lake , through the Finger Lakes Railway grade crossing, and exiting the hamlet. Three miles from NY 414, just west of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge , US 20 and NY 5 meet NY 318 and NY 89 at intersections just 0.1 miles (0.16 km) apart. The intersection with NY 89 has

9072-572: The road's status as the primary east–west highway through the town. The route continues southeast from the Genesee, passing through the forested but sparsely populated western area of the village. As the route approaches the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL) grade crossing , the number of homes increases rapidly, only to be replaced by businesses in the area surrounding the LAL mainline. Located on

9184-548: The shore of Lake Erie through all of Chautauqua County . Once reaching the village of Silver Creek it briefly overlaps US 20 until entering Erie County at the Cattaraugus Reservation and NY 438 where the roads once again split. Once in Erie County, it pulls slightly inward from the lake shore from Brant to the hamlet of Wanakah . Once past Wanakah, the road once again closely borders

9296-558: The south before turning east onto West Genesee Street and converting to grade-level intersections . In Syracuse, NY 5 is parallel to I-690 for much of its routing but never encounters the highway, thus making the north–south streets that intersect NY 5 entry points to and from I-690. In downtown Syracuse, West Genesee Street becomes James Street. At the southern tip of the interchange between I-690 and I-81 , NY 5 transfers onto Erie Boulevard and intersects State Street ( US 11 ), but passes under I-81 without access. From

9408-540: The south on Fuhrmann Boulevard and Michigan Avenue and followed South Park Avenue and Main Street through the city before rejoining its modern alignment at Goodell Street. In the mid-1950s, a new limited-access highway was constructed along Fuhrmann Boulevard from Lackawanna to the Buffalo River . At the river, the new roadway broke from Fuhrmann and continued directly into downtown, returning to grade level two blocks south of Niagara Square. The expressway, known as

9520-465: The southern terminus of NY 332 . NY 21 departs the bypass, following NY 332 into downtown, while US 20 and NY 5 continue onto the four-lane, median separated Eastern Boulevard, the original section of the US ;20 and NY 5 bypasses of Canandaigua. The roadway acts a centre of commerce for the city, sporting restaurants , hotels , and supermarkets along its length within

9632-523: The southern terminus of NY 65 . Exiting the hamlet, US 20 and NY 5 head through another area dominated by open land, intersecting Elton Road before passing seamlessly into East Bloomfield . A mile and a half from the town line, US 20 and NY 5 intersect NY 64 , a road running northwest–southeast from the Monroe County line south to US 20 and NY 5. NY 64, whose right-of-way ends at US 20 and NY 5 at

9744-640: The state highways managed by ANAS generally follows the SS n scheme, where n is a number ranging from 1 ( Aurelia ) up to 700 (of the Royal Palace of Caserta ) depending on the date of establishment of the state highway. Newly built ANAS roads, not yet classified, are identified by the acronym NSA, an acronym for nuova strada ANAS ("new ANAS road"). State highways can be technically defined as main extra-urban roads (type B road) or as secondary extra-urban roads (type C road). State highways that cross towns with

9856-495: The state outsourced the task of improving and maintaining the Genesee Road to a private company. On April 1, 1800, the Seneca Road Company was chartered for this purpose and the portion of the Genesee Road from Utica to Canandaigua was improved and operated as a toll road known as the Seneca Turnpike, which was 157 miles (253 km) long and, at the time, the longest turnpike in the state. Three days later,

9968-672: The state, stretching from Avon in Livingston County east to the city of Auburn in Cayuga County . The concurrency is known locally as "Routes 5 and 20". As the route proceeds across the state, it also directly or indirectly meets every major north–south highway in upstate New York , including all three north–south Interstate Highways ( I-390 in Avon , I-81 in Syracuse via US 11 , and I-87 in Albany). NY 5

10080-468: The system is completely unsigned, aside from the Trans-Canada routes. This makes Canada unique in that national highway designations are generally secondary to subnational routes. In Germany , state roads ( Landesstraßen or Staatsstraßen ) are a road class which is ranking below the federal road network ( Bundesstraßen ). The responsibility for road planning, construction and maintenance

10192-536: The town of Orchard Park . After CR 4, NY 179 proceeds east through Orchard Park intersecting the northern terminus of CR 461 (California Road). After crossing under another railroad, NY 179 passes south of several strip malls in Orchard Park. The route soon becomes a four-lane divided expressway , entering a cloverleaf interchange with US 219 (the Southern Expressway). After

10304-464: The town of Westmoreland to the town of Kirkland , where NY 5 intersects NY 233 , crosses over Oriskany Creek , and meets the western terminus of NY 5B. The spur of NY 5 later rejoins its parent yards from where NY 5A departs NY 5 to serve western Utica . NY 5 itself continues eastward through New Hartford , meeting NY 12B before merging with NY 12 at Genesee Street. Both routes continue eastward across

10416-420: The towns of Hamburg and Avon, the new US 20 used an even more southerly alignment, running via East Aurora and Warsaw. This truncated both ends of NY 5 to Athol Springs (south of Buffalo in the town of Hamburg) in the west, and to Albany in the east. In the 1930 state highway renumbering , NY 5 was truncated even further to begin in downtown Buffalo. The portion between Buffalo and Athol Springs

10528-402: The unidirectional East Tupper Street, where NY 5 westbound separates from the route once more. NY 5 eastbound, however, continues north on Ellicott for an additional block to the one-way Goodell Street. NY 5 heads west on Goodell for two blocks before turning north onto Main Street, rejoining NY 5 westbound at the intersection. The route continues along Main Street throughout

10640-465: The village of Lima . At an intersection with NY 15A in the village centre, US 20 and NY 5 become East Main Street, retaining the name to the Ontario County line at Honeoye Creek . In the town of West Bloomfield , US 20 and NY 5 go unnamed as they proceed eastward. Roughly one mile from the county line in the hamlet of West Bloomfield, US 20 and NY 5 meet

10752-473: The village of Williamsville and is heavily developed through the entire length of the town, particularly at the intersection with Transit Road ( NY 78 ). In the town of Clarence , the road dips into a significant depression known as Clarence Hollow . Once leaving Clarence, NY 5 goes through predominantly rural areas until reaching the city of Batavia in Genesee County , closely paralleling

10864-422: The village. In the centre of Avon, West Main feeds into Park Place, a large traffic circle providing access to two local streets from US 20 and NY 5. The routes follow the circle counterclockwise , departing the roundabout on East Main Street. The street proceeds east, passing through four blocks of densely populated neighbourhoods before exiting the village and abruptly entering vast, barren fields to

10976-480: The waterway, the elevated section of NY 5 gains a frontage road named Fuhrmann Boulevard. Both the service road and NY 5 run parallel to Lake Erie until the northern end of the Buffalo Outer Harbor. Here, the frontage roads end while NY 5 turns to the northeast, crossing the Buffalo River on the bridge called The Skyway, and entering downtown. On the north bank, the Skyway returns to

11088-541: The west end of the bypass and the Canandaigua city line was maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) as NY 942W. Even though maintenance of the road had been transferred to the town of Canandaigua in 1996, the designation remained in NYSDOT documents until 2007. In Geneva , NY 5 was initially routed on East North Street and Border City Road, overlapping NY 14 through

11200-464: The western edge of this transition is NY 39 , which terminates at this junction. Past the tracks, West Main intersects Rochester Street, a locally important north–south two-lane arterial that continues north of the village to the Rochester suburb of Brighton as East River Road. Shortly after this intersection, the homes return, following US 20 and NY 5 as West Main enters the heart of

11312-530: The word "state" in this sense means "government" or "public" (as in state housing and state schools ), not a division of a country. New Zealand's state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the North Island and the South Island . As of 2006, just under 100 roads have a "State Highway" designation. The NZ Transport Agency administers them. The speed limit for most state highways

11424-578: The word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. Australia 's important urban and inter-regional routes not covered by the National Highway or National Route systems are marked under the State Route system. They can be recognised by blue shield markers. They were practically adopted in all states by

11536-534: Was a simple footpath. By the late 1780s, many companies began to set up their operations in the new settlements in the Central and Western New York. As a result, there was a clamour for the building of the main road running west from Utica. On March 22, 1794, the New York State Legislature passed a law calling for the laying out and improvement of a public road from old Fort Schuyler on

11648-517: Was assigned as part of NY 62 . Southwest of Buffalo, Southwestern Boulevard, an alternate route of US 20 between Irving and Big Tree (east of Athol Springs) became NY 20B . Further southwest, another alternate route of US 20 between the Pennsylvania line and Silver Creek , running along the shore of Lake Erie, was designated as NY 20A. The NY 20A and NY 20B designations proved to be short-lived. US 62

11760-476: Was assigned in 1924 as a true cross-state highway, extending from the Pennsylvania state line in the west to the Massachusetts state line in the east, mostly by way of modern US 20. At the time, modern NY 5 between Buffalo and Albany was designated as New York State Route 5A . By 1926, NY 5 was moved onto the routing of NY 5A while the old routing of NY 5 became NY 7 . It

11872-492: Was built at Court Street, and a pedestrian bridge was built across the roadway. The pedestrian bridge was opened by December 2014, and the remainder of the project was completed by October 2017. NY 5 has three suffixed routes, all located in Oneida County, with NY 5S extending eastward into three other counties. The NY 5A designation was also used in the past for two other routes. The current NY 5A

11984-417: Was extended into New York c.  1932 , causing NY 62 to be renumbered. Around the same time, US 20 was realigned to follow NY 20B from Irving to Big Tree. NY 5 was extended along part of old NY 62 to Athol Springs, from where it continued to the Pennsylvania state line by way of US 20's old routing to Irving and all of NY 20A. Originally, NY 5 entered Buffalo from

12096-636: Was first constructed in the 1960s from NY 5 in Hamburg to US 62 in Blasdell. By 1968, it received its NY 179 designation. This was extended to the Thruway in the next decade and by 2001, was extended to its current eastern terminus at US 20 in Orchard Park. Although never constructed as such, the Mile Strip was intended to be a portion of the Belt Expressway , an outer loop for

12208-444: Was meant to link Downtown Syracuse to Auburn , but was never completed past Camillus or Fairmount. Several incomplete ramps mark both ends of this expressway section. Smaller realignments also took place in other cities along the route. In Canandaigua , NY 5 originally entered the city on West Avenue and followed South Main Street and Lakeshore Drive through the city limits before rejoining its current routing in Hopewell . In

12320-766: Was the establishment of various auto trail associations in the 1910s. These associations selected good quality roads and marked them with symbols or colors on telephone poles. Most of legislative Route 6 eventually became part of the Yellowstone Trail , a cross-country auto trail established in 1912 that ran from Washington to Massachusetts . In New York, the trail used modern US 20 from Pennsylvania to Silver Creek , most of modern NY 5 from Silver Creek to Albany, and modern US 20 again from Albany to Massachusetts. In 1924, following what other states did, New York began to assign route numbers to its main thoroughfares. The Albany to Buffalo portion of

12432-399: Was then truncated to US 20 on its western end, transferring maintenance of Milestrip Road from the Thruway to US 20 to the New York State Department of Transportation . The Mile Strip Expressway was to be part of the Belt Expressway , an outer loop connecting Buffalo and Niagara Falls . This plan was ultimately cancelled. The only two portions of the loop that were constructed are

12544-437: Was truncated in 1927 to Athol Springs in the west and Albany in the east following the assignment of US 20, and again in 1930 to downtown Buffalo. NY 5 was reextended to the Pennsylvania state line c.  1932 by way of its old routing to Athol Springs, an old alignment of US 20, and a lakeside spur route of US 20 that had been assigned in 1930. Only local realignments have occurred since. Although it

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