New York State Route 104A

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NY Route 104A
Length: 16.17 mi[1] (26.02 km)
Formed: 1930s[2]
West end: NY 104/370 near Red Creek
East end: NY 104 in Southwest Oswego
Counties: Wayne, Cayuga, Oswego
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 104 NY 104B >
Spur of NY 104
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 104A is a state highway in central New York. This highway provides a more northerly route than that of NY 104, to which it connects at each end. The eastern terminus is at NY 104 south of Southwest Oswego, and the western terminus is at NY 104 near Red Creek.

NY 104A runs, in part, parallel to the shore of Lake Ontario between Wayne County and Oswego County.

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[edit] Route description

Communities

NY 104A is a 17.5 mile route that spans three counties and parallels Lake Ontario for much of its length.

[edit] Wayne County

NY 104A begins at an intersection with NY 104 that includes the northern terminus of NY 370 southwest of the village of Red Creek. From its starting point, the route travels to the northeast, entering Red Creek and becoming Wolcott Street, Church Street, and Water Street over a very small distance. NY 104A turns due north at the center of Red Creek, losing the street name in the process. NY 104A continues to the north for 3 1/2 miles before curving to the east to enter Cayuga County. A few years ago, newer 104A signs were installed and they are marked as east and west instead of north and south, although the route still travels north-south in Wayne County.

[edit] Cayuga County

The highway maintains its northeast alignment as it enters the town of Fair Haven and crosses the Cato-Fair Haven Trail. Just after it passes the Fair Haven Beach State Park, NY 104A turns to the east.

After a straight stretch, NY 104A intersects the northern terminus of NY 38 in the town of Sterling at a three-way intersection. NY 38 travels south from this point while NY 104A east heads north. In the village of Sterling, the route curves east again to meet NY 3's western terminus east of Sterling. NY 104A then returns north, swerving to the north and to the northeast, eventually crossing over into Oswego County.

[edit] Oswego County

Now in the town of Oswego, NY 104A maintains a northeast alignment from the county line to its eastern terminus at NY 104 in Southwest Oswego, a distance of roughly 2.8 miles.

[edit] History

All of NY 104A north of Red Creek was originally designated as part of NY 3 in 1924.[3][4] The route was redesignated as NY 104A in the 1930s after NY 3 was largely replaced with US 104 between Rochester and Maple View.[2]

The 104 alignment through most of western and central New York was altered when NY 104 was moved from Ridge Road to a new super-two highway between Williamson and Southwest Oswego between 1961 and 1978. The portion of former 104 between the super-two and Red Creek became part of an extended NY 104A.[5][6]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Wayne Red Creek 0.00 NY 104
NY 370		 Western terminus of NY 370
Cayuga Sterling 8.36 NY 38 Northern terminus of NY 38
9.75 NY 3 Western terminus of NY 3
Oswego Southwest Oswego 16.17 NY 104

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - I-87 to NY 121 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  2. ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  3. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  4. ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  5. ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1961) Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
  6. ^ United States Geological Survey. Victory, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1978)

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