New York State Route 394
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NY Route 394 |
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Maintained by NYSDOT and City of Jamestown | |||||||||||||||||
Length: | 52.32 mi[1] (84.20 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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Formed: | 1970s[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
West end: | NY 5 in Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
Major junctions: |
I-90 / Thruway in Westfield NY 430 in Mayville I-86 / NY 17 near Bemus Point NY 60 in Jamestown US 62 in Poland |
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East end: | I-86 / NY 17 in Steamburg | ||||||||||||||||
Counties: | Chautauqua, Cattaraugus | ||||||||||||||||
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New York State Route 394 is a state highway located within Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties in southwestern New York. Its western terminus is located on the shore of Lake Erie, at an intersection with NY 5 in the Westfield hamlet of Barcelona in Chautauqua County. The eastern terminus is located at the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and NY 17) at the Coldspring hamlet of Steamburg in Cattaraugus County. From Mayville to Jamestown, NY 394 follows the western edge of Chautauqua Lake. East of Jamestown, the route straddles the Southern Tier Expressway and interchanges with the highway in four different locations, including at its eastern terminus.
The segments of NY 394 between Westfield and Mayville, as well as east of Jamestown were originally designated as NY 17 in 1924. Six years later, the remainder of current NY 394 gained a pair of designations as part of the 1930 renumbering; however, by 1947, the Mayville–Jamestown stretch was solely NY 17J. In the 1970s, NY 17 was realigned onto the new Southern Tier Expressway east of Jamestown. The former alignment of NY 17 between Jamestown and Steamburg, as well as NY 17J, were redesignated as NY 394. NY 394 was extended westward to Barcelona shortly afterward.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Lake Erie to Mayville
Route 394 begins at an intersection with NY 5 (here part of the Seaway Trail) in Barcelona, on the shore of Lake Erie. The route heads to the southeast, paralleling Chautauqua Creek and interchanging with the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) at exit 60 a quarter-mile (0.4 km) from NY 5. Route 394 crosses over the Thruway and enters the village of Westfield, passing baseball fields and local businesses ahead of an intersection with U.S. Route 20. The road continues through the outskirts of Westfield, passing more local businesses and parks. After the intersection with East Campbell Avenue, Route 394 leaves Westfield and heads into rural regions of Chautauqua County.[4]
After leaving Westfield, Route 394 heads to the southeast towards Mayville through predominantly farmland and open fields. Here, Route 394 is known as South Portage Road as it winds its way southeast through the town of Chautauqua. The highway leaves the vicinity of Chautauqua Creek shortly after entering the town. Roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) from the creek, NY 394 enters the Mayville village limits upon intersecting Beaujean Road. Within the village, Route 394 passes by Mayville High School ahead of a junction with NY 430, a road ultimately leading westward to Erie, Pennsylvania. Past the intersection, both NY 394 and NY 430 begin to parallel Chautauqua Lake as they head southeastward, with NY 394 following the western edge of the water body.[4]
[edit] Chautauqua Lake
Outside of Mayville, the highway reenters the town of Chautauqua and goes along the shore of the lake. Route 394 intersects with some local roads as it approaches the Chautauqua Institution, where it passes the Chautauqua Golf Club just west of the grounds. Just south of the golf club is an access road to a fish hatchery maintained by the state. Route 394 leaves Chautauqua quickly and passes to the east of Willow Run Golf Course. After intersections with County Routes 18 (Magnolia–Stedman Road) and 16 (Stow Road), Route 394 turns southward and interchanges with the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and NY 17) at exit 8 less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Bemus Point.[4]
South of the expressway, Route 394 remains the primary lakeside roadway as it passes through the communities of Quigley Park and Cheney's Point. Route 394 turns back to the southeast at an intersection with County Route 43, passing Edward F. Loomis Park and remaining on the now-southern edge of Chautauqua Lake. As the route approaches Lakewood, it intersects NY 474, a largely rural roadway linking the Jamestown area to Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. NY 394 continues onward through Lakewood and into Jamestown, where the lake comes to an end near an intersection with Jackson Avenue.[4]
[edit] Jamestown area
Route 394, initially known as Sixth Street within the city limits, splits into a one-way pair after crossing the Chadakoin River. At this point, eastbound NY 394 shifts one block south to follow Fifth Street while westbound NY 394 remains on Sixth. Between Washington Street and North Main Street, NY 394 is concurrent with NY 60, with NY 60 south overlapping NY 394 west on Fifth Street and NY 60 north overlapping NY 394 east on Sixth. The one-way pair remains intact through downtown to Prendergast Avenue, where Route 394 comes back together and shifts south onto Fourth Street. Two blocks later, NY 394 veers onto Second Street and passes south of Jamestown Community College before exiting the city.[4] The portion of NY 394 within Jamestown from the western city line to Prendergast Avenue is maintained by the city and is the only section of the route not maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation.[5][6]
In nearby Falconer, the route becomes Main Street and intersects with County Route 380, an extension of former NY 380. The highway heads to the northeast through the village, intersecting with local roads before interchanging with the Southern Tier Expressway again at exit 13. The road parallels the expressway as both head northeast out of Falconer.[4]
[edit] Poland and Cattaraugus County
Outside of Falconer, Route 394 enters the town of Poland and heads northeast to the hamlet of Kennedy, home to a junction with U.S. Route 62. Routes 394 and 62 become concurrent and head through Kennedy to Schermerhorn Corners, where US 62 leaves to the north. Route 394 continues eastward, passing into Cattaraugus County and interchanging with the Southern Tier Expressway at exit 15 by way of Schoolhouse Road.[4] The segment of Schoolhouse Road between NY 394 and the freeway is designated as NY 953A, an unsigned reference route.[7] Route 394 enters the village of Randolph roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) later and intersects with both the Southern Tier Expressway at exit 16 via Main Street[4] (unsigned NY 952M)[7] and NY 241. Outside of the village, Route 394 separates from the expressway and follows a northeasterly routing to the neighboring village of East Randolph. Here, the route meets NY 242 as it turns southward toward the Southern Tier Expressway once again.[4]
Route 394 leaves East Randolph and heads southward through the town of Coldspring, where it rejoins the corridor of the Southern Tier Expressway about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from East Randolph. The two highways follow parallel routings for an additional 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to exit 17 on the expressway, where Route 394 terminates.[4] Past the interchange, the right-of-way of NY 394 continues southward along the Allegheny Reservoir past the Onoville Marina to the Pennsylvania state line (a distance of 12.76 miles (20.54 km)) as unsigned New York State Route 950A.[1]
[edit] History
When state highways in New York were first signed in 1924, what is now NY 394 from Westfield to Mayville, as well as from Jamestown to Steamburg, was designated as part of NY 17, a cross-state highway extending from Westfield to New Jersey across the Southern Tier.[8] In the 1930 renumbering, an alternate route of NY 17 from Mayville to Jamestown was designated as New York State Route 17J from Mayville to Ashville and part of NY 74 from Ashville to Jamestown.[9][10] Route 74 was truncated to Ashville and replaced with an extended Route 17J at some point between 1939 and 1947.[11][12] Route 17, meanwhile, was extended to Barcelona to meet NY 5 by 1947.[12]
Construction began on a new limited-access highway through Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties (part of the modern Southern Tier Expressway) in the 1960s.[13][14] The initial section of the highway, extending from Kennedy (exit 14) to Randolph (exit 16), opened to traffic by 1967[14] and became part of a rerouted NY 17 by 1970.[2] Within four years, the expressway had been extended west to Fluvanna (exit 11) and east to Steamburg (exit 18). NY 17 was then realigned to follow the expressway while its former routing from Jamestown to Steamburg, as well as all of NY 17J, was redesignated as NY 394.[3] By 1977, the Southern Tier Expressway was completed up to exit 10 in Bemus Point.[15]
In the late 1970s, NY 394 was extended northwestward to Barcelona, overlapping NY 17.[15][16] The concurrency was only temporary as NY 17 was realigned to follow a then-complete expressway from Bemus Point to Mina in the early 1980s.[16][17]
On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 394 from Westfield to Barcelona was transferred from Chautauqua County to New York State as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[18]
[edit] Major intersections
County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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Chautauqua | Barcelona | 0.00 | NY 5 | |
Westfield | 0.26 | I-90 / Thruway | Exit 60 (I-90/Thruway) | |
Village of Westfield | 1.56 | US 20 | ||
Mayville | 7.83 | NY 430 | ||
North Harmony | 17.24 | I-86 / NY 17 | Exit 8 (I-86/NY 17) | |
Busti | 22.08 | NY 474 | Eastern terminus of NY 474 | |
Jamestown | 27.83 | NY 60 south | Western terminus of overlap | |
27.95 | NY 60 north | Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
Falconer | 30.86 | CR 380 | ||
31.62 | I-86 / NY 17 | Exit 13 (I-86/NY 17) | ||
Poland | 37.31 | US 62 south | Hamlet of Kennedy; western terminus of overlap | |
38.41 | US 62 north | Hamlet of Schermerhorn Corners; eastern terminus of overlap | ||
Cattaraugus | Town of Randolph | 41.52 | To I-86 / NY 17 via Schoolhouse Road (NY 953A) |
Exit 15 (I-86/NY 17) |
Village of Randolph | 44.63 | To I-86 / NY 17 via Main Street (NY 952M) |
Exit 16 (I-86/NY 17) | |
44.95 | NY 241 | Southern terminus of NY 241 | ||
Coldspring | 46.82 | NY 242 | Western terminus of NY 242 | |
52.32 | I-86 / NY 17 West Bank Perimeter Road (NY 950A) |
Exit 18 (I-86/NY 17); hamlet of Steamburg; NY 394 continues south as NY 950A |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 294–295, 342. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1970) Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Google Maps. Overview map of NY 394 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Lakewood Quadrangle - New York - Chautauqua Co. [map]. (1978) Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Jamestown Quadrangle - New York - Chautauqua Co. [map]. (1978) Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (October 2007). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9.
- ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Tourist Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1930) Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Chautauqua Quadrangle - New York - Chautauqua County [map], 1 : 62,500. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
- ^ Sunoco. New York and Metropolitan New York [map], 1961-62 edition. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1961)
- ^ a b H.M. Gousha Company. Gousha Road Atlas [map]. (1967) Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
- ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map [map]. (1980) Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Rand McNally. New York [map]. (1985) ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
- ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.