New York State Route 79

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NY Route 79
Length:	93.33 mi[1] (150.20 km)
West end:	NY 414 in Watkins Glen
Major junctions:	US 11 in Lisle I-81 in Lisle US 11 in Whitney Point I-88 in Colesville
East end:	PA 92 at Windsor
Counties:	Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome
Numbered highways in New York < NY 78 NY 80 > Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 79 is a west-east New York State route that starts in the Finger Lakes region, runs through Central New York and ends on the western fringes of the Catskills. Its eastern terminus is located at the Pennsylvania state line in the town of Windsor in Broome County. Its western terminus is located at its junction with NY 414 at the southern end of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen.

It is signed east-west, but from Whitney Point to the state line it runs in a north-south orientation.

From the PA border to the town of Colesville, NY 79 runs along the western bank of the Susquehanna River. Between Chenango Forks and Whitney Point, it runs along the eastern bank of the Tioughnioga River.

In Broome County it goes through Ouaquaga, originally a large Iroquois village which was destroyed by the Continental Army in 1778.

Communities along its route include the villages of Windsor, Whitney Point, Lisle, Burdett, and Watkins Glen, as well as the city of Ithaca.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Schuyler	Watkins Glen	0.0	NY 414
	Hector	6.2	NY 227	Hamlet of Reynoldsville. Southern terminus of NY 227.
		10.2	NY 228	Hamlet of Mecklenburg.
Tompkins	Enfield	14.4	NY 327	Northern terminus of NY 327.
	City of Ithaca	21.1	NY 13A	Northern terminus of NY 13A.
		21.2	NY 89 NY 96
		21.4	NY 13 NY 34 NY 96	concurrency on eastbound NY 79 only to access Green Street. Westbound: no concurrency.
		22.7	NY 366	Western terminus of NY 366.
Tioga	Richford	39.3	NY 38
Broome	Town of Lisle	50.6	US 11	Northern terminus of concurrency.
		51.9	I-81	Exit 8 (I-81).
	Whitney Point	52.9	US 11 NY 26	Southern terminus of US 11/NY 79 concurrency. Western terminus of NY 26/NY 79 concurrency.
		53.0	NY 26 NY 206	Eastern terminus of NY 26/NY 79 concurrency. Western terminus of NY 206.
	Chenango Forks	62.0	NY 12	Western terminus of concurrency.
		62.2	NY 12	Eastern terminus of concurrency.
	Colesville	74.3	NY 7	Western terminus of concurrency.
		75.6	NY 7	Eastern terminus of concurrency.
		75.7	I-88	Exit 6 (I-88).
	Village of Windsor	87.2	NY 17	Exit 79 (NY 17).
	Town of Windsor	93.3	PA 92	Continuation into Pennsylvania

[edit] References

1. ^ New York Routes - New York State Route 79

[edit] External links

• NY 79 @ State-Ends.com