New York State Route 370
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| NY Route 370 |
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| Length: | 35.23 mi[1] (56.70 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| West end: |   NY 104/104A near Red Creek |
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| East end: |  US 11 in Syracuse |
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| Counties: | Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 370 is a predominantly east-west state highway in central New York. Its western terminus is located at NY 104 and NY 104A in Red Creek, Wayne County. NY 370's eastern end is located at US 11 in Syracuse, Onondaga County.
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[edit] Route description
NY 370 is 35 miles long and spans three counties, Wayne, Cayuga and Onondaga. The route is signed north-south throughout Wayne County.
[edit] Wayne County
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NY 370 begins at an intersection with NY 104A and NY 104 south of the village of Red Creek. The route heads southwest from this spot along old Ridge Road before breaking from the locally historic highway after 0.7 miles and turning to the southeast. After another 1.7 miles, NY 370 turns directly east as it enters Cayuga County.
[edit] Cayuga County
Across the county line, NY 370 continues east until the town of Victory, where NY 370 intersects NY 38 and begins to turn to the southeast. Eventually, the route turns to the south-southeast and follows this alignment until it reaches the Victory-Conquest town line, where it overtakes Conquest-Victory Town Line Road and embarks on a slightly northeast alignment as it becomes West Main Street in Cato. The route becomes East Main Street after passing NY 34.
East of Cato, NY 370 turns to the northeast, then to the southeast as it enters Meridian. The route flattens out, traveling to the east once again and intersecting NY 176 just east of town. NY 370 then takes a southeasterly alignment as it changes counties for the final time.
[edit] Onondaga County
As West Genesee Road, NY 370 begins to parallel the Erie Canal two miles after entering the county. The path of the canal, which is part of the Seneca River at this point, takes the route into Baldwinsville. On the west side of town, NY 370 interchanges with NY 690 and NY 31 at NY 690's northernmost grade-separated interchange. NY 31, which overlaps NY 690 north to this point, leaves 690 and joins NY 370 for a two-mile concurrency into the center of the town. In the heart of Baldwinsville, NY 31/370 intersects NY 48 before splitting to the east of town. NY 31 heads northeast towards Oneida Lake while NY 370 travels southeast to Syracuse.
Just southeast of the split, NY 370 intersects NY 631 before proceeding to the southeast, crossing over the Erie Canal/Seneca River and entering Liverpool. Past John Glenn Blvd., NY 370 passes over the New York State Thruway near exit 38 and begins to approach the northern shore of Onondaga Lake. In the center of Liverpool, NY 370, now 2nd Street, turns onto Oswego Street for a short distance before turning onto Onondaga Lake Parkway. The route then follows the Onondaga Lake shoreline, as well as the CSX Montreal Secondary, to I-81, where the route interchanges with the freeway at exit 24. Just southeast of the exit and south of Alliance Bank Stadium (formerly P&C Stadium), NY 370 ends at US 11 northwest of downtown Syracuse.
[edit] History
The portion of NY 370 east of Oswego Street in Liverpool was originally designated as part of NY 20 in 1924.[3] To the west, the section of modern NY 370 from Upton Road west of the hamlet of Victory to NY 34 in Cato was designated as part of NY 40 in the mid-1920s. The remainder of modern NY 370 west of Liverpool was unnumbered.[4] NY 20 was renumbered to NY 57 between 1926 and 1930 to eliminate duplication with U.S. Route 20.[2][4]
NY 40 was truncated to Cato in the late 1920s and replaced with New York State Route 37, an east-west route designated along most of modern NY 370 from Red Creek to Baldwinsville. West of Victory, NY 37 followed Upton Road before terminating at U.S. Route 104 in Red Creek.[2][4] The entirety of NY 37 was renumbered as NY 370 in the 1930 renumbering.[2] By 1947, NY 370 had been extended east to NY 57 in Liverpool.[5]
The portion of NY 370 west of Victory was realigned by 1961 to follow its modern alignment before terminating at then-US 104 (Ridge Road) southwest of Red Creek.[6] When NY 104 (formerly US 104) was rerouted onto its present alignment north of Ridge Road by 1978, NY 370 was extended northeast along Ridge Road to meet the new routing of NY 104.[7]
In May 1982, NY 57 was redesignated as Onondaga County Route 57. The portion of ex-NY 57 between NY 370 in Liverpool and US 11 in Syracuse became part of an extended NY 370.[8]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Wayne | Red Creek | 0.00 | NY 104 NY 104A |
Southern terminus of NY 104A |
| Cayuga | Victory | 5.81 |  NY 38 |
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| Village of Cato | 11.21 |  NY 34 |
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| Meridian | 14.37 |  NY 176 |
Western terminus of NY 176 | |
| Onondaga | Baldwinsville | 22.70 |  NY 31 west NY 690 |
Interchange; western terminus of NY 31/370 overlap |
| 24.24 |  NY 48 |
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| 24.54 | NY 31 east |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
 NY 631 |
Southern terminus of NY 631 | |||
| Liverpool | 32.13 | Oswego Street | Former routing of  NY 57; to   I-90 / Thruway |
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| Syracuse |  I-81 |
Exit 24 (I-81) | ||
| 35.23 | US 11 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 305 to NY 427 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ a b c d Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9.
- ^ a b c Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1947) Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1961) Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Victory, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1978)
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (October 2004). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
