New York State Route 89
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| NY Route 89 |
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| Length: | 62.25 mi[1] (100.18 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |     NY 13/34/79/96 in Ithaca |
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| Major junctions: |
   NY 5/US 20/NY 318 in Seneca Falls |
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| North end: |  NY 104 near Wolcott |
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| Counties: | Tompkins, Seneca, Wayne | ||||||||
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New York State Route 89 is a major north-south running route in central New York. The southern terminus of NY 89 is located at routes 13, 34, 79 and 96 near the Octopus in the Tompkins County city of Ithaca and its northern terminus is at NY 104 in Wolcott, Wayne County.
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[edit] Route description
NY 89 is 62 1/4 miles in length, spanning three counties as it links the northern portion of the Southern Tier with Upstate New York.
[edit] Tompkins County
Route 89 begins at an intersection that contains NY 96 and NY 79 just west of the NY 13/NY 34-occupied Octopus in downtown Ithaca. Proceeding north, NY 89 crosses over the extreme southern tip of Cayuga Lake and runs along the western shore of the waterbody for the entire length of the lake.
After passing through Taughannock Falls State Park, NY 89 enters Seneca County.
[edit] Seneca County
Throughout its run through Seneca County, NY 89 is relatively isolated in relation to other state routes, likely caused by the presence of Cayuga Lake along its east side. The first touring routes that NY 89 intersects in Seneca County are NY 5 and US 20 at the northern tip of Cayuga Lake near Seneca Falls. NY 318 is also present at this junction.
North of Seneca Falls, NY 89 passes over the New York State Thruway, traverses the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and crosses the Erie Canal before entering Wayne County.
[edit] Wayne County
Just inside the Wayne County limits, NY 89 leaves its northern alignment and turns east onto Armitage Road, which straddles the Seneca-Wayne county line. Just over a mile to the east, NY 89 intersects NY 31. While NY 31 east travels to the southeast, entering Seneca County, NY 31 west joins NY 89 northbound toward Savannah.
In Savannah, Routes 31 and 89 pass over the CSX Rochester Subdivision before the two routes split in the center of town. NY 31 heads west toward Rochester while NY 89 continues northward.
Between Savannah and Wolcott, a distance of 10.5 miles, NY 89 endures another stretch where it does not meet any other touring routes. Instead, the route makes its way north toward Wolcott, intersecting a number of local and county roads before terminating at an interchange with the NY 104 super-2 south of the village of Wolcott.
[edit] Communities along the route
Major locales along NY 89:
[edit] Major intersections
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| County | Location | Mile | Road(s) | Notes |
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| Tompkins | Ithaca | 0.0 | NY 13 NY 34 NY 79 NY 96 |
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| 0.1 | NY 13 NY 34 |
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| 0.2 | NY 96 |
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| Seneca | Seneca Falls | 41.8 | NY 5 US 20 NY 318 |
Eastern terminus of NY 318. |
  I-90/Thruway |
NY 89 passes over I-90. | |||
| Wayne | Savannah | 48.4 |  NY 31 |
Southern terminus of duplex. |
| 51.6 | NY 31 |
Northern terminus of duplex. | ||
| Wolcott | 62.3 | NY 104 |
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| Crossing, no access | Concurrency termini | Decommissioned | Unconstructed | Closed | |
[edit] History
Prior to the construction of the 104 Super-2 highway between Union Hill and Southwest Oswego, NY 89 continued north from its current northern terminus into the village of Wolcott, where it terminated at Ridge Road, then NY 104 (and formerly US 104). NY 89 was truncated to its current northern terminus in the early 1970s when the Super-2 was completed.
[edit] Miscellanea
Since the realignment of NY 104 onto the Super-2, traffic on NY 104 west can no longer directly access NY 89. Likewise, traffic on NY 89 north can no longer directly access NY 104 eastbound. To compensate for this shortcoming, traffic on NY 104 westbound is directed to make a right on Countryman Road, the last intersection prior to NY 89, to access route 89 by way of a TO NY 89 sign assembly at the intersection. Although no such assembly exists on NY 89 northbound, the same routing (former NY 89 north to Countryman Road east to NY 104) can be used for NY 89 northbound traffic destined for NY 104 east.
