New York State Route 255

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NY Route 255
Stagecoach Road
Length: 5.85 mi[1] (9.41 km)
Existed: 1930[3] – October 25, 1995[2]
South end: NY 256 in Sparta
North end: NY 15 in Conesus
Counties: Livingston
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 254 NY 256 >
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New York State Route 255 was a state highway located in Livingston County, New York. The southern terminus of the route was at NY 256 south of the community of Scottsburg in Sparta. The northern terminus was at NY 15 in Conesus. NY 255, known locally as Stagecoach Road, was maintained by Livingston County from 1983 onward as County Road 71. The concurrent state highway designation was removed in 1995.

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[edit] Route description

NY 255 began at NY 256 southeast of the hamlet of Scottsburg in the town of Sparta. While NY 256 headed northwest into a valley surrounding the Conesus Inlet, NY 255 headed due north as Stagecoach Road and ran along the top of the valley. East of Scottsburg, NY 255 intersected County Route 1A (Springwater Road) and County Route 38 (Liberty Pole Road), the former connecting to Scottsburg, before crossing into Conesus. Within Conesus, NY 255 continued along the upper edge of the valley to the hamlet of Conesus, located near the southeastern tip of Conesus Lake, where it terminated at NY 15.

[edit] History

NY 255 was assigned in the 1930 renumbering to a previously unnumbered roadway between NY 36 and NY 39 (now NY 63) in Dansville and NY 2 (now NY 15) in Conesus.[3] The route was truncated to Sparta in the mid-1930s and replaced with an extended NY 256 between Dansville and Scottsburg.[4]

On April 1, 1983, ownership and maintenance of NY 255 was transferred from New York State to Livingston County as part of a large highway maintenance swap between the two entities.[5] Although the road was now maintained by Livingston County as County Road 71, the road initially remained signed as NY 255 as well.[6] The NY 255 designation was removed from the road on October 25, 1995.[2]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1][7] Roads intersected Notes
Livingston Sparta 0.00 NY 256
1.81 CR 1A / CR 38 Eastern terminus of CR 1A; western terminus of CR 38
Conesus 5.85 NY 15

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b National Highway Planning Network GIS data. FHWA (version 2005.08). Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
  2. ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (October 2004). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  5. ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  6. ^ NYSDOT. Conesus, NY Quadrangle [map]. (1984) Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  7. ^ Yahoo Maps - Sparta, New York. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.