New York State Route 474

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NY Route 474
Length: 24.58 mi[1] (39.56 km)
Formed: 1970s[2][3] (1930 as NY 74[4])
West end: PA 474 at French Creek
East end: NY 394 near Lakewood
Counties: Chautauqua
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 470 I-478 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 474 is a state highway located entirely in Chautauqua County, in the westernmost corner of New York. It begins at the section of the Pennsylvania state line that runs north-south, and runs westward, first parallel to the state line, then further north, to end at NY 394 near Chautauqua Lake.

NY 474 was originally designated as New York State Route 74 in 1930 before being renumbered to NY 474 in the 1970s. The route continues westward into Pennsylvania as PA 474, which was assigned in the 1980s.

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[edit] Route description

NY 474 begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the town of French Creek as a continuation of Pennsylvania Route 474, which in turn begins a short distance west of the state line in Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. NY 474 heads east through rural southwest Chautauqua County, briefly paralleling French Creek (Allegheny River) to the hamlet of Marvin before intersecting and briefly overlapping NY 426 through the small hamlet of Cutting. NY 474 exits Cutting and continues on an easterly track into the town of Clymer and the hamlet of the same name, where it meets County Route 15, a local road leading from the Pennsylvania state line (where the road continues south to Corry) north to Sherman in the center of the community.

East of the hamlet of Clymer, NY 474 turns to the northeast, paralleling an old railroad bed to the community of North Clymer, where NY 474 intersects the southern terminus of NY 76. Outside of North Clymer, the route returns to an east-west alignment prior to entering the town of Harmony and the village of Panama (intersecting CR 33 in the latter) in quick succession. NY 474 continues on, passing through the Harmony hamlet of Blockville and the North Harmony community of Ashville before terminating at NY 394 just west of the Lakewood village limits in the town of Busti.

[edit] History

All of what is now NY 474 was originally designated NY 74 in the 1930 renumbering.[4] NY 74 remained unchanged up to the 1970s when it was renumbered to NY 474,[2][3] allowing the NY 74 designation to be used for the westward continuation of Vermont Route 74 in Essex County.[3] The short continuation of NY 474 west to Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, was designated as Pennsylvania Route 474 in the 1980s.[5][6]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Chautauqua French Creek 0.00 PA 474 Continuation into Pennsylvania
3.62 NY 426 north Hamlet of Cutting; northern terminus of overlap
3.73 NY 426 south Hamlet of Cutting; southern terminus of overlap
Clymer 12.55 NY 76 Hamlet of North Clymer; southern terminus of NY 76
Lakewood 24.58 NY 394

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 305. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  2. ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1970) Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  3. ^ a b c Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  4. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  5. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map [map]. (1980) Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  6. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map [map]. (1989) Retrieved on 2008-02-11.