New York State Route 70
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| NY Route 70 |
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| Length: | 18.01 mi[1] (28.98 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  NY 36 in Dansville |
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| North end: |  NY 436 in Portage |
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| Counties: | Steuben, Allegany, Livingston | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 70 is a short state highway in Western New York. It travels through three different counties in less than 20 miles (32 km) and is the primary road to Canaseraga. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 36 in Dansville. The northern terminus is at NY 436 in Portage.
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[edit] Route description
NY 70 begins at an intersection with NY 36 in Dansville, Steuben County, east of Canaseraga. NY 70, signed as north-south, heads west into Allegany County, where it meets NY 961F, a rare signed reference route, midway between the county line and Canaseraga. Past NY 961F, NY 70 parallels the Norfolk Southern Railway's Southern Tier Line and Canaseraga Creek northwest through the village of Canaseraga and the hamlets of Garwoods (in the town of Burns) and Swain (Grove) into Livingston County.
Just inside the county line, Canaseraga Creek leaves NY 70 and turns north to follow County Route 54. NY 70 and the Southern Tier Line, however, continue northwestward through the town of Nunda to the hamlet of Dalton, where NY 70 intersects the southern terminus of NY 408. West of Dalton, the Southern Tier Line separates from NY 70, following a more southerly alignment to pass through the hamlet of Hunt on its way to Portageville while NY 70 itself curves northwestward to its terminus at NY 436 in eastern Portage.
[edit] History
(1930s - 1970s)
In the 1930 renumbering, NY 70 was assigned to a routing extending from NY 63A (now Allegany County Route 15B) in the Grove hamlet of Garwoods to NY 2 (now NY 415) south of Avoca via Canaseraga, Arkport, and Hornell. From Garwoods to Canaseraga, NY 70 followed its modern routing;[2] east of Canaseraga, NY 70 used modern NY 961F, NY 36, and Big Creek Road (Steuben County Route 70A).[3] The entirety of NY 70 between Garwoods and Avoca was previously part of NY 38 in the 1920s.[4]
Most of what later became NY 70 was given a route designation at some point in the 1930s. In the 1930 renumbering, the portion of current NY 70 between NY 63 (now NY 408) in Dalton and the then-western terminus of NY 70 in Garwoods was designated as part of NY 63A.[2] By 1935, the remainder of what is now NY 70 west to NY 39 (modern NY 436) was designated as New York State Route 351 while the short east-west connector between Canaseraga and Dansville was assigned New York State Route 70A.[3] In the 1940s, NY 63 was rerouted south of Mount Morris and replaced with NY 408 between Scotts Corners (north of Hinsdale) and Mount Morris. As part of the switch, NY 63A was redesignated as NY 408A.[5][6] NY 408 was rerouted to follow NY 408A in 1948.[6][7]
NY 70, NY 70A, NY 351, and NY 408 remained unchanged until the 1970s when NY 408 was truncated on its southern end to Dalton and the NY 70A and NY 351 designations were removed. NY 70 was then extended west over former NY 408 and NY 351 to Portage and realigned east of Canaseraga to follow former NY 70A east to a new terminus at NY 36 in Dansville.[8][9]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Steuben | Dansville | 0.00 | NY 36 |
Hamlet of Dotys Corners |
| Allegany | Burns | 1.75 |  NY 961F |
Former alignment of NY 70; western terminus of NY 961F |
| Livingston | Nunda | 14.70 |  NY 408 |
Hamlet of Dalton; southern terminus of NY 408 |
| Portage | 18.01 | NY 436 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 198–199. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ a b c Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ a b Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
- ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Road Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1940) Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Army Map Service. Elmira, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1948) Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (1970-01-01). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
