New York State Route 270

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NY Route 270

Campbell Boulevard

Length:

9.53 mi^[1] (15.34 km)

South end:

NY 263 in Getzville

North end:

NY 31 / NY 93 in Pendleton

Counties:

Erie, Niagara

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 269		NY 271 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 270 is a state highway in Western New York, running through rural and wooded areas of the Town of Amherst in Erie north into Niagara County.

Throughout much of its length, it is known as Campbell Boulevard.

1 Route description
2 Communities along the route
3 History
4 Major intersections
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

Route 270's southern terminus is just north of SUNY Buffalo's north campus, at an intersection with Millersport Highway (NY 263) with some office parks and gas stations that marks the center of Getzville. It runs due north, underneath Interstate 990 without an exit, into the still-wooded areas of what is known as North Amherst, and then crosses the Tonawanda Creek and the county line.

In Niagara County it runs past typically deforested fields and some houses, again continuing mostly straight due north, to an intersection with NY 31 and now NY 93. Route 270 formerly did extend down Junction Road to meet NY 93 at Upper Mountain Road. During early 2007, Route 93 was re-routed down NY 31 and then down Junction Road to eliminate truck traffic on Upper Mountain Road while providing additional capacity, resulting in the truncation of NY 270 to its junction with Saunders Settlement Road in Pendleton.^[2]

Executed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh grew up in a house along Campbell in the Town of Pendleton.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] History

Today's NY 270 is the non-concurrent remnant of what was once a route following 263, US 62 and NY 5 to downtown Buffalo. Likewise, it extended north along 93 to terminate instead at NY 104.