New York State Route 64

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NY Route 64
Length: 31.06 mi[1] (49.99 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 21 near Bristol Springs
Major
junctions:		 US 20A in East Bloomfield
US 20 / NY 5 in East Bloomfield
North end: NY 96 / NY 252 in Pittsford
Counties: Ontario, Monroe
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 63A NY 65 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 64 is a north-south state highway located in the counties of Monroe and Ontario in Western New York. The northern terminus of NY 64 is at New York State Route 252 and New York State Route 96 in Pittsford. The southern terminus is located at New York State Route 21 in Bristol Springs.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Ontario County

Communities

NY 64 begins at an intersection with NY 21 on a ridge overlooking Canandaigua Lake in Bristol Springs, a hamlet of Bristol. Heading to the northwest, NY 64 runs in the base of the Bristol Valley, a valley created by a pair of imposing mountain ranges to the east and west. At Bristol Center, roughly 7.5 miles from Bristol Springs, the western mountains give way to flat farmland while the eastern range continues on, although to a lesser extent and a lower elevation than before. The elevation of NY 64 remains virtually unchanged, however, as it progresses northward. 1.5 miles from Bristol Center, NY 64 meets U.S. Route 20A.

US 20A and NY 64 join together northward for 3.75 miles, allowing US 20A to terminate at its parent, U.S. Route 20, running concurrent with New York State Route 5 here, at an intersection in East Bloomfield. At this point, NY 64 turns west onto Routes 5 and 20.

Routes 5, 20 and 64 then meet the southern terminus of New York State Route 444, the former eastern terminus of New York State Route 20C, south of the former village of Holcomb, now a hamlet of East Bloomfield. The concurrency continues westward for roughly two miles before NY 64 breaks from NY 5 and US 20 and turns northward toward Rochester once again.

A mere 50 yards north of NY 5 and US 20, NY 64 meets the west end of West Main Street at a mediocre rural intersection. Although no longer shown with the exception of an oversized, and mostly empty, sign assembly, this intersection was the western terminus of NY 20C until 1990, when NY 20C was taken off of West Main.

North of West Main, NY 64 curves noticeably to the northwest as it exits East Bloomfield and enters its directional counterpart, West Bloomfield. In the northeast corner of the town, NY 64 passes through the hamlet of Ionia. Northwest of the community, NY 64 breaks to the north, taking a due north alignment as it passes into Monroe County.

[edit] Monroe County

Upon crossing the county line, NY 64 becomes a named road for the first time, gaining the name Mendon-Ionia Road. The road stays on a relatively straight path northward as it heads toward Mendon, where NY 64 meets New York State Route 251 in the village center. On the opposite side of NY 251, NY 64 becomes Pittsford-Mendon Road.

Outside of the village, NY 64 maintains a consistent northerly alignment as it runs through the town of Mendon and passes over the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). The route enters Pittsford a short distance north of the Thruway, at which time NY 64 becomes Mendon Road.

Directly south of the village of Pittsford, NY 64 enters an intersection with South Main Street, Stone Road and Mendon Center Road at a sharp angle, creating difficult turning angles to and from Mendon Road. NY 64 turns north onto South Main Street, where it remains to its northern terminus at NY 96 and NY 252 at the junction of South Main Street and Jefferson Road.

[edit] History

NY 15 was assigned in 1924, largely following the current alignment of NY 96 from Owego to Rochester.[3] Between Victor and Pittsford, NY 15 strayed from the modern routing of NY 96 and followed what is now NY 251 to Mendon, then NY 64 north to Pittsford. In the 1930 renumbering, NY 15 was rerouted to follow the current alignment of NY 96 between Victor and Pittsford. The former alignment of NY 15 from Pittsford to Mendon, as well as a previously unnumbered roadway from Mendon to Bristol via Bloomfield, was designated as NY 64.[2][4]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Ontario Bristol 0.00 NY 21 Hamlet of Bristol Springs
East Bloomfield 9.60 US 20A Southern terminus of overlap; hamlet of Vincent
13.36 US 20 / NY 5
US 20A		 Eastern terminus of NY 5/US 20/NY 64 overlap; northern terminus of US 20A/NY 64 concurrency
Eastern terminus of US 20A
14.62 NY 444 Southern terminus of NY 444; former eastern terminus of NY 20C
16.43 US 20 / NY 5 Western terminus of overlap
West Main Street Former western terminus of NY 20C
Monroe Mendon 24.70 NY 251
Village of Pittsford 31.06 NY 96
NY 252		 Eastern terminus of NY 252

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 55 to I-87 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  3. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  4. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering

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