New York State Route 404

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 404. For the original alignment of NY 404 in Westchester County, see New York State Route 9A.
NY Route 404
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 10.05 mi[1] (16.17 km)
Formed: 1971[2][3]
West end: NY 590 in Irondequoit
East end: NY 104 in Webster
Counties: Monroe
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 403 NY 406 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 404 is an east-west state highway located in eastern Monroe County, New York. The western terminus of the route is at an interchange with NY 590 in Irondequoit. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with NY 104 on the Monroe-Wayne County line in Webster.

NY 404 largely follows the path of the 1920s Theodore Roosevelt International Highway auto trail and the former routings of NY 3 and U.S. Route 104 through the towns of Irondequoit, Penfield, and Webster.

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[edit] Route description

NY 404 begins at NY 590 exit 8 in Irondequoit as Empire Boulevard, although the remaining 0.71 miles (1.14 km) of Empire Boulevard west of NY 590 to the Rochester city line is also state maintained as New York State Route 941B, an unsigned reference route.[1] Irondequoit Bay is northeast of this intersection, and Empire Boulevard serves as the northernmost non-bridge route from one side of the bay to the other; that is, between the inner-ring suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton and the outer-ring suburbs of Webster and Penfield. Empire Boulevard heads east along the south shore of the bay for 1.5 miles (2.4 km), then turns northeast along a major commercial strip for another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. From there, NY 404 continues east as Ridge Road.[4] The segment of Empire Boulevard between Culver Road (located just west of the Rochester city line) and the intersection with Bay Road is part of the Seaway Trail, carrying traffic around Irondequoit Bay.[5]

Sign assembly for NY 404 using U.S. Route shields instead of state highway shields.
Sign assembly for NY 404 using U.S. Route shields instead of state highway shields.

The Ridge Road moniker remains for another 3 miles (4.8 km) up to the village of Webster, where NY 404 becomes West and East Main Street. The difference in direction refers to NY 404's position relative to NY 250 inside the village. East of the Webster village limits, the Ridge Road name returns and follows NY 404 east toward the Monroe-Wayne County line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8 km) before the county line, NY 404 turns north onto an unnamed road that heads northeast down the edge of the Niagara Escarpment that gives Ridge Road its name. Upon reaching the base of the hill, NY 404 merges with County Line Road for a short distance to an intersection with NY 104, where NY 404 terminates.[4]

[edit] History

The portion of modern NY 404 between North Winton Road and where it departs Ridge Road near the county line was designated as part of NY 3 in 1924.[6] The designation remained in place until 1934 when U.S. Route 104 was assigned to the length of Ridge Road between Lewiston and Oswego, replacing NY 3 east of Rochester.[7]

US 104 was realigned ca. 1971 onto a newly-built expressway between NY 47 (now NY 590) in Irondequoit and Five Mile Line Road in Webster. The former alignment of US 104 from NY 47 around the southern tip of Irondequoit Bay to Five Mile Line was then redesignated as NY 404.[2][3] In the mid-1970s, the route was extended eastward to NY 250 in the village of Webster, replacing then-NY 104,[8][9] which had been moved onto the completed modern frontage roads for NY 104 between Five Mile Line Road and NY 250. The portion of former NY 104 east of NY 250 was added to NY 404 following the completion of the NY 250-County Line Road segment of the NY 104 expressway between 1978 and 1984.[10][11]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Monroe Irondequoit 0.00 NY 590 Exit 8 (NY 590)
Village of Webster 7.07 NY 250
Town of Webster 10.05 NY 104

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 296, 339. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  2. ^ a b State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  3. ^ a b Humble Oil & Refining Company. New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1971)
  4. ^ a b Google, Inc.. Google Maps [map]. Cartography by NAVTEQ. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  5. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Rochester East Quadrangle - New York - Monroe Co. [map]. (1997) Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  6. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  7. ^ Robert V. Droz. East-West Routes - US 2 to US 98 (and US 400). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
  8. ^ Gulf. New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1974)
  9. ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  10. ^ United States Geological Survey. Webster Quadrangle - New York [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1978) Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  11. ^ United States Geological Survey. Rochester, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 100,000, 30 x 60 Minute Series (Topographic). (1984) Retrieved on 2008-04-10.

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