New York State Route 242
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| NY Route 242 |
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| Length: | 31.96 mi[1] (51.43 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| West end: |  NY 394 in Randolph |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 219 in Ellicottville |
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| East end: |  NY 16/CR 37 in Machias |
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| Counties: | Cattaraugus | ||||||||||||||||
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New York State Route 242 is a state highway that runs across Cattaraugus County, USA. Although signed as an east-west route, it takes a more northeast-southwest course. The western end between Randolph and Little Valley was the western half of the short-lived New York State Route 17H. (The eastern half of NY 17H was the southern end of NY 353 from Little Valley to Salamanca).
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Its western end is a junction with NY 394 at Stillson Pond east of Randolph. From there it crosses Napoli en route to Little Valley, the county seat, where it merges briefly downtown with NY 353.
Continuing northeast, it takes a circuitous course through valleys and over a ridge to Ellicottville, where it is also called Washington Street and again overlaps through the village, this time with US 219, and intersects Elizabeth Street twice. (By turning onto Elizabeth Street at the first intersection and returning to NY 242 at the second intersection, cars traveling in either direction can reduce their travel distance slightly, and avoid congestion at the intersection of Jefferson Street and NY 242; however, through trucks are prohibited from using Elizabeth Street.) After Ellicottville, it follows the Great Valley Creek northeast to Ashford, where NY 240 leaves to the north. It continues from there up into the swampy headwaters of the creek, until finally reaching its eastern terminus at NY 16 in Machias.
[edit] History
What is now NY 242 west of Little Valley was originally designated as New York State Route 17A in the mid-1920s. NY 17A then continued southeast to Salamanca on modern NY 353.[3] All of NY 17A was renumbered to NY 17H in the 1930 renumbering[4] while NY 242 was assigned to a new roadway under construction between Little Valley and Ellicottville.[2] NY 242 was extended west to Randolph over the former routing of NY 17H and east to Machias on a previously unnumbered roadway by 1938.[5]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Cattaraugus | Town of Randolph | 0.00 | NY 394 |
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| Village of Little Valley | 9.53 |  NY 353 north |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| 10.74 | NY 353 south |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Village of Ellicottville | 17.80 | US 219 south |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| Town of Ellicottville | 18.79 | US 219 north |
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| 22.46 |  NY 240 |
Southern terminus of NY 240 | ||
| Machias | 31.96 | NY 16 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 213 to NY 305 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
- ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
