New York State Route 31F

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NY Route 31F
Maintained by NYSDOT, Monroe County, and Village of Fairport
Length: 13.59 mi[1] (21.87 km)
Formed: By 1952[2]
West end: NY 96 in Pittsford
Major
junctions:		 I-490 in Pittsford
East end: NY 31 / NY 350 in Macedon
Counties: Monroe, Wayne
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 31E NY 32 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 31F is an east-west state highway located in the counties of Monroe and Wayne in Western New York. The western terminus of NY 31F is at NY 96 in Pittsford. Its eastern terminus is located at NY 31 in Macedon.

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[edit] Route description

Western terminus of NY 31F at NY 96
Western terminus of NY 31F at NY 96

Upon separating from NY 96 in Pittsford directly in front of Saint John Fisher College, NY 31F becomes Fairport Road, the name that the route dons for its first 3.4 miles (5.5 km). The highway, four lanes wide, heads east, skirting the southern edge of the Saint John Fisher campus for a half-mile (0.8 km) before interchanging with Interstate 490 at exit 25. Past the expressway, NY 31F begins to straddle the boundary line between the village of East Rochester and the town of Pittsford. After intersecting NY 153, the primary roadway linking East Rochester and the village of Pittsford, NY 31F passes to the south of the East Rochester K-12 Campus prior to leaving the vicinity of the village and entering Perinton.

Within Perinton, the route initially passes through residential areas similar to those located in East Rochester and Pittsford but soon enters a heavily commercial area centered around the intersection between NY 31F and Jefferson Avenue. During this stretch, the route passes under the CSX Transportation West Shore Subdivision railroad line, here situated on a large embankment. At the eastern edge of the commercial strip, NY 31F narrows to two lanes and crosses over the Erie Canal into Fairport, where it becomes West Church Street. After crossing NY 250 just south of the village's business district, NY 31F becomes East Church Street and begins to parallel the canal as both exit the village. Now in Perinton once more, NY 31F cuts to the north along Turk Hill Road, crossing the Erie Canal and the CSX Transportation Rochester Subdivision on a large overpass. The route resumes its eastward path at an intersection with High Street in the northeast corner of the village, becoming Macedon Center Road in the process.

East of Fairport, the route becomes predominantly rural in nature in a stark departure from its first 6 miles (9.7 km). NY 31F heads east on a nearly-linear routing through eastern Perinton and the Wayne County town of Macedon to the hamlet of Macedon Center, located at the junction of NY 31F and Canandaigua Road. Not long after, NY 31F encounters NY 350. Here, NY 31F and NY 350 turn south, embarking on an unnamed concurrency for 1.75 miles (2.82 km) to the village of Macedon, where both NY 31F and NY 350 terminate at NY 31. During this final stretch, NY 31F passes under the CSX Transportation Rochester Subdivision and over the Erie Canal once again.

[edit] History

All of NY 31F west of NY 350 in Macedon was originally designated as New York State Route 33B in the 1930s. Past NY 350, NY 33B continued north on modern NY 350 to NY 33 (now NY 441) in Walworth. At the time, NY 350 was confined to the segment it now shares with NY 31F between NY 31 in the village of Macedon and then-NY 33B.[3][4] NY 350 was extended northward to Ontario Center by 1947, overlapping NY 33B from Macedon to Walworth.[5] NY 33B was renumbered to NY 31F and rerouted east of Macedon Center to travel south to Macedon along NY 350 by 1952.[2]

NY 31F originally ran through the center of Fairport, turning north at NY 250 and sharing Main Street with NY 250 on a short concurrency between Church Street and High Street. NY 31F then followed High Street to Turk Hill Road, where NY 31F continued east on its current alignment.[6] The route was realigned onto its current alignment through Fairport on April 1, 1984, as a result of a highway maintenance swap between New York State and the village of Fairport. In the swap, ownership and maintenance of High Street was transferred from New York State to Fairport in exchange for control over the portion of East Church Street between NY 250 and Turk Hill Road.[7] The segment of NY 31F on Turk Hill Road is maintained by Monroe County as part of County Route 50, the designation assigned to the entire length of Turk Hill Road within the county.[8]

Following the reconstruction of I-490 between exits 25 (NY 31F) and 23 (NY 441) in the late 1990s, the reference markers on NY 31F from I-490 east to NY 153 were replaced with NY 253 reference markers, even though NY 253 had left the area 20 years before and, even then, NY 253 never had an alignment that carried it along Fairport Road (31F). These reference markers are still in place today.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Monroe Town of Pittsford 0.00 NY 96
0.63 I-490 Exit 25 (I-490)
East Rochester 1.06 NY 153
Fairport 4.10 NY 250
Wayne Macedon Center 11.86 NY 350 north Northern terminus of overlap
Village of Macedon 13.59 NY 31
NY 350		 Southern terminus of overlap; southern terminus of NY 350

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 23 to NY 32 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
  2. ^ a b Sunoco. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1952)
  3. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  4. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  5. ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1947) Retrieved on 2007-11-20. Note that NY 33B is erroneously shown as NY 338
  6. ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1961) Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  7. ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
  8. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Fairport Quadrangle - New York [map]. (1997) Retrieved on 2008-03-28.