New York State Route 261
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| NY Route 261 |
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| Length: | 8.44 mi[1] (13.58 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | By 1947[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  NY 104 in Greece |
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| Major junctions: |
 Lake Ontario Pkwy in Manitou Beach |
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| North end: | Lake Ontario shoreline at Manitou Beach | ||||||||||||
| Counties: | Monroe | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 261 is a north-south state highway located entirely in Monroe County to the west of the city of Rochester. The southern terminus of the route is located at NY 104 in Greece. Its northern terminus is located at the Lake Ontario shoreline just past the Lake Ontario State Parkway in Manitou Beach.
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At NY 104, Manitou Road, Monroe County Route 208 and the highway that NY 261 follows for most of its length, loses the County Route 208 designation and becomes NY 261. Proceeding north from 104, NY 261 maintains a near-perfect north-south alignment until it enters the Manitou Beach area. Along the way, NY 261 joins with NY 18 for a short, 0.4 mile concurrency in West Greece.
Near Manitou Beach, Manitou Road branches into two roads, both of which eventually intersect with the Lake Ontario State Parkway. The left branch, which continues on the same north-south alignment as Manitou Road, becomes Payne Beach Road (Monroe CR 224) while the right branch, which turns to the northeast, becomes Manitou Beach Road and carries NY 261. Shortly afterward, NY 261 interchanges with the Lake Ontario State Parkway. Manitou Beach Road continues as both NY 261 and Monroe CR 272 for less than a mile to a dead end at Lake Ontario and Braddock Bay.[3]
An interesting note is that NY 261 is the westernmost exit on the limited-access portion of the Parkway in Monroe County. After interchanging with Manitou Beach Road, the Parkway becomes a four-lane divided highway until reaching Orleans County, where it reverts to a limited-access highway.
[edit] History
NY 261 was assigned to its current alignment by 1947 and has not been altered since.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Monroe | Town of Greece | 0.00 | NY 104 |
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| West Greece | 2.51 |  NY 18 east |
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| 2.85 | NY 18 west |
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| Manitou Beach | 7.70 | Lake Ontario Pkwy |
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| 8.44 | Dead end at Lake Ontario |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 213 to NY 305 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1947)
- ^ Braddock Heights, NY Quadrangle. New York State Department of Transportation (1997). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
