New York State Route 427

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 427. For the alignment of NY 427 that existed from the 1930s to the 1940s, see New York State Route 73.

NY Route 427

Length:

11.49 mi^[1] (18.49 km)

Formed:

1940s^[2]^[3]

West end:

NY 14 in Southport

East end:

NY 17 in Chemung

Counties:

Chemung

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 426	NY 428 >
< NY 17C		NY 17E >
< NY 378		NY 380 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 427 is a state highway located entirely within Chemung County in the Southern Tier of New York, USA. NY 427 runs in an approximate east-west direction from its western terminus at New York State Route 14 in the Town of Southport to its eastern terminus at New York State Route 17 in the Town of Chemung. Between those two towns, the highway passes through the Town of Ashland.

1 Route description
2 History
- 2.1 Pre-designation
- 2.2 Truncation and realignment
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

Route 427 begins at an intersection with Route 14 (the Clemens Center Parkway) in Southport immediately south of the Elmira city limits.^[4] NY 427 continues eastward as Cedar Street through the southern suburbs of Elmira to an intersection with Maple Avenue adjacent to Coldbrook Creek. eaves Southport. Route 427 turns onto Maple Avenue and parallels both Route 17 and the Chemung River southeast towards the Pennsylvania border. In the village of Wellsburg, Route 427 intersects with County Route 40, a western bypass of the village, before meeting NY 367 in the center of Wellsburg.^[5] Shortly passing NY 368, NY 427 intersects County Route 8, a connector to NY 17, on the south bank of the Chemung River.^[6]

Outside of Wellsburg, Route 427 continues eastward on Wilawana Road, paralleling both the Chemung River and the Norfolk Southern Railway Southern Tier Line toward both Chemung and the Pennsylvania state line. Less than 300 yards from the Pennsylvania border, NY 427 departs Wilawana Road and turns to the northeast. Now on Wyncoop Creek Road, NY 427 crosses the Chemung River before coming to an end at an interchange with Route 17 in Chemung. The road continues onward through the interchange, however, as County Route 3.^[6]

[edit] History

[edit] Pre-designation

Most of what is now NY 427 was originally designated New York State Route 17D in the 1930 renumbering. NY 17D began at the intersection of East Water Street (then-NY 17) and Madison Avenue in downtown Elmira. The route followed Madison Avenue over the Chemung River to Maple Avenue, where NY 17D turned left and followed Maple Avenue through southern Elmira. At Cedar Street, NY 17D joined the modern alignment of NY 427. NY 17D followed the present routing of NY 427 to what is now Wyncoop Creek Road in Chemung, where NY 17D continued on Wilawana Road to the Pennsylvania border.^[7]

In the mid-1930s, Cedar Street between Pennsylvania and Maple Avenues was designated as New York State Route 379.^[8] NY 17D, however, remained unchanged until it was renumbered as NY 427 between 1940 and 1950.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Truncation and realignment

The 50-year history of NY 427 has been marked with a series of truncations and realignments. The first change to the route's routing came between 1953 and 1965 when NY 14 was rerouted along Pennsylvania Avenue and Sly Street in southern Elmira. To accommodate for NY 14, NY 427 was pulled back to the intersection of Sly and Maple Avenue.^[9]^[10] Later, in 1967, NY 427 was rerouted on its eastern end when NY 17 exit 59 opened to traffic.^[11] Instead of continuing straight on Wilawana Road to the Pennsylvania line, NY 427 now turned left onto Wyncoop Creek Road, following the road north to exit 59 and terminating at the westbound ramps to NY 17 as it does today. The remainder of Wyncoop Creek Road between NY 17 and County Route 60, the former routing of NY 17, became Reference Route 961A while Wilawana Road from NY 427 to Pennsylvania became Reference Route 961B.^[12] North of CR 60, Wyncoop Creek Road is County Route 3.

The alignment of NY 427 in Elmira was changed again in 1978. On October 23, NY 427 was rerouted to turn west at the Maple Avenue/Cedar Street intersection, usurping NY 379 in the process.^[13] Now devoid of NY 427, Maple Avenue from Cedar Street north to the Elmira city line became Reference Route 961K.^[12]

NY 427 was altered once more in the fall of 2001. After the Clemens Center Parkway, a four-lane arterial running north-south through the center of Elmira, was completed, NY 14 was moved from Pennsylvania Avenue to the Parkway. As a result, the western terminus of NY 427 was moved 0.25 miles east to its present location at the Parkway.^[14]