New York State Route 174

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NY Route 174
Maintained by NYSDOT and Onondaga County
Length:	16.70 mi[1] (26.88 km)
Formed:	1930[2]
South end:	NY 41 in Borodino
Major junctions:	US 20 in Marcellus
North end:	NY 5 in Camillus
Counties:	Onondaga
Numbered highways in New York < NY 173 NY 175 > Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 174 (also known as NY 174) is a state highway in the county of Onondaga, located in Central New York. The highway is 16.70 miles (26.88 km) long and passes through mostly rural regions. Route 174 begins at an intersection with New York State Route 41 in Borodino, a hamlet of Spafford. It heads northward for most of its length, except for short distances in the villages of Marcellus and Camillus. The route ends at a junction with New York State Route 5 west of Camillus, at the west end of the Route 5 Camillus bypass.

Route 174 was first laid out in the early 19th century following the path of Nine Mile Creek, which connected several early settlements in Central New York. The northern half of the route, between the villages of Marcellus and Camillus, was later improved as plank road in 1855 by a private corporation that collected tolls from travelers on the road. The state took over the maintenance of the road by the beginning of the 20th century. The former plank road and an extension south to Otisco Lake and southwest to Skaneateles Lake was first designated as Route 174 in the 1930 state highway renumbering. Since then, several minor realignments have been made in the areas of the villages of Marcellus and Camillus to accommodate newly built bypasses.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 NY 174X 4 Major intersections 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Route description

Route 174 begins its 16-mile (26 km) route through Onondaga County at an intersection with New York State Route 41 in the hamlet of Borodino, on the shores of Skaneateles Lake.^[3] The land here is flat and undeveloped. The road heads north, passing to the east of Hardscrabble Point, to an intersection with Elbert Road (County Route 131) where it turns east. The highway then heads eastward for about a mile (1.6 km) to a turn along the shore of Otisco Lake. It follows the shoreline of the lake northward into the town of Marcellus, soon entering the hamlet of Marietta. North of Marietta, the lake narrows into the Nine Mile Creek, which parallels Route 174 for the rest of the highway's length.^[3]

Within the town of Marcellus, Route 174 intersects and becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 20 for about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) until Sevier Road.^[4] Route 174 continues north along Sevier Road, still paralleling the creek, towards the village of Marcellus. South of the village line, New York State Route 175 joins Route 174 and the two routes are concurrent for about 2 miles (3 km). The two roads go around the southeast border of the village, passing by the county park, then split in different directions just east of the village. Route 175 turns to the east while Route 174 turns to the west along the West Seneca Turnpike, entering the village of Marcellus.^[4]

Route 174 passes through the village center then turns north along North Street and heads out of the village,^[5] twisting and turning its way northward through the hamlet of Marcellus Falls. After Marcellus, the land around the route becomes more developed with residential areas becoming more common.

The road continues north, still paralleling the Nine Mile Creek, into the town of Camillus. In Bennets Corners, Route 174 intersects with Forward Road (unsigned NY 931F), a connector road to New York State Route 321, then changes direction to head northeast. The road passes by Nose Hill before entering the village of Camillus. In the village center, Route 174 makes a sharp turn to the west onto West Genesee Street, where it comes to an end just west of the village line at a junction with New York State Route 5 (where its freeway begins) that includes a jughandle, a slip road onto the freeway.^[5]

[edit] History

The village of Marcellus was first settled in 1794 at the intersection of two transportation routes: an old Iroquois trail running east–west (later to become the Seneca Turnpike) and the north–south Nine Mile Creek.^[6] At the beginning of the 19th century, land travel along the Nine Mile Creek was very difficult and most travel between Marcellus and the settlements along Onondaga Lake was by water.^[6] In 1831 the New York State Legislature authorized the construction of a road to follow Nine Mile Creek from Marcellus towards the town of Salina at Onondaga Lake.^[7] In 1855, the road from Marcellus to Camillus along the Nine Mile Creek route was improved by the Camillus and Marcellus Plank Road Company, which was first chartered in 1853 and authorized to collect tolls from travelers using the road.^[8] The improvement of the road led to it becoming a stagecoach route in the middle of the 19th century.^[9] The former plank road alignment in the village of Marcellus (North Street) and the southward continuation along Cherry Street (now South Street) was paved in 1911 as part of the construction of a new state highway that would pass through the town.^[10][11]

The route from Borodino to Camillus was first designated as Route 174 in the 1930 renumbering.^[2] The segment of the road near its northern end from Forward Road to Camillus was originally part of old Route 26. Route 26 was designated from Ithaca to Syracuse in 1924.^[12][13] Route 26 between Skaneateles and Camillus was renumbered in 1930 to Route 321 resulting in an overlap with Route 174 north of Forward Road to Route 5.^[14] Route 321 has since been relocated to the west on a county road,^[15] and Forward Road is now Route 931F, an unsigned state-maintained route known as a reference route.^[16]

From the 1930s to circa 1962,^[17][18] Route 20N was designated as a northerly alternate route of U.S. Route 20 in the area. Route 20N utilized existing numbered roads, including Route 174 between U.S. Route 20 north to Marcellus. Route 20N left Route 174 as it continued east along Route 175.^[19][20][21]

Route 174 has also had several minor realignments. After Route 5 was realigned onto the expressway that runs from Camillus to Fairmont, Route 174 was extended at its north end to the new Route 5 bypass in Camillus. The new alignment makes a sharp hook west along the former Route 5.^[14][15] Route 174 has also been relocated onto a southeastern bypass that also carries Route 175 around the village of Marcellus. Originally, Routes 174 and 175 entered the village along South Street. The routes were realigned to the bypass between 1976 and 1989.^[19][22] Route 174 now enters downtown Marcellus using several blocks of the historic at-grade Seneca Turnpike between the old and new alignments. This section of the route is maintained by Onondaga County as County Route 41. The former South Street alignment has been redesignated as County Route 83.^[19][22]

[edit] NY 174X

• About .3-mile (0.48 km) north of Marcellus, Route 174 crosses Nine Mile Creek, and the bridge itself is designated as New York State Route 174X. This is an internal designation used by NYSDOT and is not signed as such.^[23]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Onondaga	Borodino	0.00	NY 41
	Town of Marcellus	6.46	US 20 west	Western terminus of overlap
		6.77	US 20 east	Eastern terminus of overlap
		9.09	NY 175 west	Southern terminus of overlap
	Village of Marcellus	10.60	NY 175 east	Northern terminus of overlap
	Village of Camillus	16.70	NY 5

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NY 174 @ State-Ends.com

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