New York State Route 266

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NY Route 266
Niagara Street, River Road
Length: 11.13 mi[1] (17.91 km)
South end: I-190/Thruway in Buffalo
Major
junctions:
I-190 in Town of Tonawanda
North end: NY 265 in City of Tonawanda
Counties: Erie
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 265 NY 268 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 266 runs along the Niagara River, in Erie County, from the city of Buffalo to North Tonawanda.

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Route 266 starts near the Peace Bridge as Niagara Street. It continues upriver, closely paralleling the New York State Thruway's Niagara Section (Interstate 190). After the Scajaquada Expressway (NY 198), NY 265 forks off to the northeast.

Leaving the city, entering an industrial area of the Town of Tonawanda, it becomes River Road. Shortly afterwards, the short western connector end of Sheridan Drive, NY 325, splits off in the same direction. After that it crosses under 190 and stays with the river past the tank farm. It crosses under the interstate, this time with an exit, just on the mainland side of the South Grand Island Bridge. Finally the river takes it into the city of Tonawanda, where it ends at another junction with 265 a short distance south of Tonawanda Creek and the Erie Canal, which share the water channel that forms the border between Tonawanda, Erie County and North Tonawanda, Niagara County.

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County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Erie Buffalo 0.00 I-190/Thruway Exit 8 (I-190/Thruway)
2.78 NY 198
NY 265
Southern terminus of NY 265
I-190/Thruway south via Hamilton Street Exit 12 (I-190/Thruway)
3.69 I-190/Thruway south via Hertel Avenue Exit 13 (I-190/Thruway)
4.00 I-190/Thruway Exit 14 (I-190/Thruway)
Town of Tonawanda 5.58 I-190/Thruway south
NY 325
Southern terminus of NY 325
7.97 I-190/Thruway/NY 324 Exit 17 (I-190/Thruway/NY 324)
City of Tonawanda 11.13 NY 265 Former western terminus of NY 356

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