New York State Route 13A
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| NY Route 13A |
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| Floral Avenue, Five Mile Drive | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 2.06 mi[1] (3.32 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |    NY 13/34/96 in Ithaca |
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| North end: |  NY 79 in Ithaca |
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| Counties: | Tompkins | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 13A is a New York state route that runs mainly north and south between the multiplex of Route 13/Route 34/Route 96 in the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County and NY 79 in the City of Ithaca's West End.
In the city, Route 13A is known as Floral Avenue. In the town, it is known as Five Mile Drive, so named because it is five miles from Cayuga Lake.
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[edit] Route description
The south end of the highway is near the former Tutelo village of Coreogonel, at the confluence of Buttermilk Creek and the Cayuga Lake inlet, just south of the entrance to Buttermilk Falls State Park. The highway follows the west bank of the Cayuga Flood Control Channel into the city.
The north end of the highway is at NY 79 and Elm Street in Ithaca's West End, which once was dominated by squatters' villages.[2]
[edit] Communities along the route
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile | Road(s) | Notes |
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| Tompkins | Town of Ithaca | 0.0 | NY 13 NY 34 NY 96 |
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| 2.1 | NY 79 |
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| Crossing, no access | Concurrency termini | Decommissioned | Unconstructed | Closed | |
[edit] History
Until the mid 1990s, the intersection with NY 79 and Elm Street also included routes NY 89 and NY 96 in an often-congested intersection known as "The Octopus."
