New York State Route 384

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NY Route 384

Delaware Avenue

Length:

21.67 mi^[1] (34.87 km)

West end:

NY 5 in Buffalo

Major
junctions:

I-290 in Kenmore

I-190/Thwy in Niagara Falls

East end:

NY 104/Robert Moses in Niagara Falls

Counties:

Erie, Niagara

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 383		NY 385 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

New York State Route 384 is a state highway in the western part of New York in the USA. NYS 384 is a north-south route extending from Erie County to Niagara County, where it is one of several routes directly connecting the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Through its entire course in Erie County, it is known as Delaware Avenue for the street it follows in the city. Concurrent with NY 265, 384 follows the Niagara River in southern Niagara County.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Erie County
- 1.2 Niagara County
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Erie County

The highway's southern terminus is the intersection of Delaware and Main Street (NY 5) in downtown Buffalo. In the late 19th century, when Buffalo was a prosperous and booming industrial city, many local businessmen built lavish houses for themselves in various Victorian styles along Delaware, making it the city's most fashionable street. The striking houses remain today although most of the industries are long gone, and many are local landmarks.

A few miles north of downtown, Delaware passes the final resting place of many who built the houses, Forest Lawn Cemetery. Former President Millard Fillmore and funk legend Rick James are among those buried there. It then goes through some S-curves, difficult to drive during the city's winter snowstorms, and has an exit at the Scajaqauada Expressway (NY 198).

Past the Scajaquada, Delaware continues in a straight northward course trending slightly westward through outlying regions of the city and into the village of Kenmore, where it becomes the main street. North of Kenmore, it crosses the busy Sheridan Drive (NY 324) and then Interstate 290), the Youngmann Expressway. It then narrows to two lanes and enters the city of Tonawanda. At the north end of the city it reaches Tonawanda Creek and crosses the county line.

[edit] Niagara County

In North Tonawanda 384 joins with NY 265 and becomes Main Street, then River Road as the two highways run along the Niagara River after NY 429 splits off. The concurrency ends just short of the North Grand Island Bridge, with 384 continuing along the riverside as it provides the southernmost Niagara County exit for Interstate 190 (This is also, technically, where NY 324 ends).

384 enters the city of Niagara Falls as Buffalo Avenue, passing the old Nabisco Shredded Wheat plant and the southern segment of the Robert Moses State Parkway on the way to its northern terminus at NY 104, also that highway's western end and a route to the Rainbow Bridge. This point is also where it links to the northern segment of the Robert Moses State Parkway (this is in fact the route designated to bridge the interruption in the parkway made when part of the parkway was closed).

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Erie	Buffalo	0.0	NY 5
		0.5	NY 5
		3.6	NY 198
	Kenmore	7.5	NY 324
	Town of Tonawanda	6.2	I-290	Exit 1 (I-290).
Niagara	North Tonawanda	10.3	NY 265	Southern terminus of concurrency.
	North Tonawanda	10.7	NY 429	Southern terminus of NY 429.
	Niagara Falls	15.8	NY 265	Northern terminus of concurrency.
		17.6	I-190/Thruway Robert Moses Pkwy LaSalle Expy	Exit 21 (I-190). Southern terminus of RMSP (southern split). Western terminus of the LaSalle Expy.
		19.1	NY 61	Southern terminus of NY 61.
		21.5	Robert Moses Pkwy	Northern terminus of RMSP (southern split).
		21.7	NY 104 Robert Moses Pkwy	Western terminus of NY 104. Southern terminus of RMSP (northern split).