New York State Route 17C

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NY Route 17C
Length:	40.34 mi[1] (64.92 km)
Formed:	1930[2][3]
West end:	NY 34 in Waverly
Major junctions:	NY 96 in Owego NY 26 in Endicott NY 201 in Johnson City
East end:	US 11 in Binghamton
Counties:	Tioga, Broome
Numbered highways in New York < NY 17B NY 17D > Spur of NY 17 Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 17C is a state highway in the Southern Tier of New York. The western terminus is at an intersection with NY 34 in Waverly, Tioga County, and the eastern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 11 in Binghamton, Broome County. It runs concurrently with NY 96 for a block in Owego and for a few blocks with NY 26 in Endicott.

The stretch between Waverly and Owego is the former NY 17, as it was routed prior to the opening of the Southern Tier Expressway. The stretch from Route 96 to Binghamton is the original Route 17C and serves as an alternate route between Owego and the Triple Cities.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Tioga County 1.2 Broome County 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Tioga County

Communities
Waverly Barton Smithboro Owego Endicott Johnson City Binghamton

NY 17C officially runs east from the intersection with Route 34 in the eastern part of Waverly, but there are street signs along Chemung Street that say "Route 17C" as far west as the Shepherd Hills Golf Course, near the Chemung County line. There is little, if any, evidence that New York state ever signed the highway that far west.

From Waverly, the route passes through the Ellistown area and runs parallel to and north of the Southern Tier Expressway. In fact, this part of the highway was Route 17 prior to the opening of the expressway in the 1970s.

Where the expressway crosses the Susquehanna River just south of the Cannon Hole area, NY 17C stays on the north side of the river, bypassing the Cannon Hole neighborhood and the hamlet of Barton. NY 282 runs south from NY 17C about midway between the hamlets of Smithboro and Tioga Center.

In Tioga Center, NY 17C is the southern terminus of Halsey Valley Road (County Road 7), which was New York's first NY 225. That designation was removed some time in the 1940s, then reassigned to the highway between Caton and Corning in Steuben County.

The highway becomes Main Street in Owego, entering the village near the fairgrounds. At the village's main square, NY 17C meets NY 96. The two routes form a concurrency for a short distance along the one-way sections of Court Street (westbound) and Park Street (eastbound) around the Tioga County Courthouse before splitting at Front Street. NY 96 continues across the Susquehanna River to access NY 17 and NY 434 while NY 17C continues east on Front Street through an old residential area. This was where the original Route 17C started, as pre-expressway Route 17 followed Route 96 to a routing (now NY 434) across the river.

In the eastern part of the village, NY 17C breaks from Front Street and continues straight onto Fifth Avenue, following the north bank of the river as it progresses. The highway between the Front Street/Fifth Avenue intersection and the NY 17 access road near Hickories Park is well-developed with retail establishments.

For the next several miles, the highway runs alongside the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, which separate it from the north bank of the river. Near Campville, the highway serves as the northern terminus of NY 962J, a short reference route traversing the Susquehanna River. Although most reference routes are unsigned, NY 962J is one of four within the state that is erroneously signed as a touring route. The route, a connector between Campville and Apalachin over the Susquehanna that opened in 2001, is known locally as the "Millennium Bridge".

[edit] Broome County

After passing through Campville, the highway crosses into Broome County, then enters Endicott as West Main Street, near the En-Joie Golf Course, former site of the PGA's annual B.C. Open until 2005. This section has been rebuilt within the last few years. The highway runs concurrently with NY 26 for a couple of blocks in the village before Route 26 continues to the south.

Between Endicott and Johnson City, NY 17C is split into one-way sections, with each serving as a frontage road for the expressway.

The divided highway comes back together just west of Johnson City and south of the Oakdale Mall. There are arches over the highway at either end of Johnson City commemorating the village's role as home to the former Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corporation.

NY 17C ends at Route 11 in Binghamton, just west of the Chenango River.

[edit] History

In 1924, what is now NY 17C between Waverly and Owego became part of NY 17.^[4] The remaining portion from Owego to Binghamton was initially unnumbered.^[5][6] In the 1930 renumbering, NY 17 remained unchanged while NY 17C was assigned to its current alignment between Owego and Binghamton.^[2][3]

Between 1970 and 1980, NY 17 was rerouted onto the Southern Tier Expressway between Waverly and Owego. NY 17C was then extended westward along the former alignment of NY 17 to its current western terminus in Waverly.^[7][8]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Tioga	Waverly	0.00	NY 34
	E of Smithboro	9.93	NY 282	Northern terminus of NY 282
	Tioga Center	15.30	CR 7 (Halsey Valley Road)	Former southern terminus of NY 225
	Village of Owego	18.74	NY 96 north	Northern terminus of overlap
		18.87	NY 96 south	Southern terminus of overlap
	Campville	27.14	NY 962J	Northern terminus of NY 962J
Broome	Endicott	31.97	NY 26 north	Western terminus of overlap
		33.21	NY 26 south	Eastern terminus of overlap
	Union	35.24	NY 17	Exit 69 (NY 17); a divided NY 17C serves as the frontage/service road for both directions of NY 17
	Binghamton	37.43	NY 201	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		40.34	US 11

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New York Routes - New York State Route 17C