New York State Route 263
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| NY Route 263 |
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| Millersport Highway Grover Cleveland Highway |
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| Length: | 10.47 mi[1] (16.85 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US 62 in Buffalo |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-290 in Amherst I-990 in Amherst |
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| North end: |  NY 78 in Millersport |
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| Counties: | Erie | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 263 is a New York state highway located entirely within the Town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, USA. It extends from just north of the northeast corner of the City of Buffalo in a roughly northeast direction almost straight to just south of the north county line. The road is named Millersport Highway north of Eggert Road in Amherst for the community at its northern terminus. The section between it's southern terminus at US 62 and the Eggert Road intersection is named Grover Cleveland Highway.
While the construction of Interstate 990 has diminished NY 263's importance as the major route for traffic from Buffalo to Lockport, traffic must continue on NY 263 past the northern terminus of I-990 to complete the trip to Lockport.
Its southern portion is also one of Amherst's many commercial strips.
[edit] Route description
The south end of NY 263 is at Bailey Avenue (U.S. Route 62), a short distance north of the Buffalo city line in Amherst. Like US 62, 263 in this area is a busy shopping strip for Eggertsville, the surrounding suburban neighborhood. This section is called the Grover Cleveland Highway after former Buffalo mayor, New York governor and US President Grover Cleveland. It soon crosses two of the northern Buffalo area's important arteries, Sheridan Drive (New York State Route 324) and the Youngmann Expressway (Interstate 290).
The stores that have been almost continuously lining the road abate shortly after the interstate when it makes its only deviation from its straight course, curving around the north campus of SUNY Buffalo, where it was relocated in the early 1970s. Past the campus and a nearby office park, the road narrows to two lanes in the small suburban hamlet of Getzville, where New York State Route 270 heads due north as Campbell Boulevard.
North of Getzville the road continues straight through the much less developed, and more wooded, lands of East Amherst. After several miles, I-990 reaches its current end when both roadways terminate at the west side of the highway. 263's northern terminus at Transit Road (New York State Route 78) approximately a half mile below the county line of Niagara County in an area called Millersport, which straddles the county line and gives the entire highway its name.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Erie | Buffalo | 0.00 | US 62 (Bailey Avenue) |
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| Amherst | 1.36 |  NY 324 (Sheridan Drive) |
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| 1.80 | I-290 (Youngmann Expressway) |
Exit 5 (I-290) | ||
| 4.62 |  NY 270 (Campbell Blvd.) |
Southern terminus of NY 270 | ||
| 5.36 | CR 45 (Dodge Road) | Former routing of  NY 356 |
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| 7.36 | I-990 (Lockport Expressway) |
Exit 5 (I-990); northern terminus of I-990 | ||
| Millersport | 10.47 | NY 78 (Transit Road) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 268–269. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
