New York State Route 91

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NY Route 91
Length: 23.77 mi[1] (38.25 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: NY 13 in Truxton
Major
junctions:		 US 20 in Pompey
North end: NY 173 in Jamesville
Counties: Cortland, Onondaga
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 90 NY 92 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 91 is a north-south New York State route within Onondaga and Cortland Counties. Its northern terminus is located at NY 173 in Jamesville in Onondaga County. Its southern terminus is located at NY 13 in Truxton in Cortland County.

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[edit] Route description

Route 91 begins in northeast Cortland County at an intersection with NY 13 in Truxton. It proceeds north alongside Labrador Creek into Onondaga County, where it passes by Labrador Pond at the county line. While the creek ends at the pond, NY 91 continues north through the town of Fabius to an intersection with NY 80 in the hamlet of Apulia. Here, NY 91 turns east and joins NY 80 for roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) to the village of Fabius before splitting from Route 80 and continuing northward. Shortly after entering Pompey, NY 91 breaks from its north-south routing and makes a sharp turn to the west onto an extension of Chase Road. At Jerome Corners, the route curves back to the north and proceeds to the community of Pompey, where it intersects U.S. Route 20.[3]

As Route 91 exits Pompey, it passes near both the Pompey Golf Club the Jamesville Beach and Country Club before passing alongside the eastern edge of the Jamesville Reservoir in the northeastern corner of Fayette. Past the reservoir, NY 91 enters De Witt and parallels the Butternut Creek to the hamlet of Jamesville, where the route ends at NY 173.[4]

[edit] History

When NY 91 was assigned in the 1930 renumbering, the route began at NY 80 in Fabius and ended at NY 31 in Bridgeport. Between Jamesville and Bridgeport, NY 91 overlapped NY 173 and U.S. Route 11 into downtown Syracuse, then followed modern NY 298 northeast to Bridgeport.[2][5] By 1935, the route was truncated on its northern end to the intersection of US 11 and NY 173 west of Jamesville and extended south to NY 26 in Cincinnatus.[6] NY 91 was truncated again by 1947 to begin in the Truxton hamlet of Cheningo and end at NY 173 in Jamesville.[7] The former route to Cincinnatus through on Taylor Valley Road then became County Route 600.[8]

NY 91 was truncated to its present length on April 1, 1981, when ownership and maintenance of the portion of the route south of NY 13 in the hamlet of Truxton was turned over to Cortland County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the county and New York State.[9] While NY 91 was truncated to the eastern terminus of its then-overlap with NY 13, the former routing of NY 91 south of Truxton to Cheningo on Cheningo Road was redesignated as County Route 600A.[10]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Cortland Truxton 0.00 NY 13 Hamlet of Truxton
Onondaga Town of Fabius 8.27 NY 80 west Hamlet of Apulia; western terminus of overlap
Village of Fabius 11.58 NY 80 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Pompey 16.63 US 20
Jamesville 23.77 NY 173

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 218. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  3. ^ Google Maps. Overview of New York State Route 91 from starting terminus to Pompey [map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  4. ^ Google Maps. Overview of New York State Route 91 from Pompey to ending terminus [map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  7. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State [map], 1947-48 edition. Cartography by General Drafting.
  8. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Cuyler Quadrangle - New York [map], 1 : 24,000. (1974) Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  9. ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  10. ^ Cortland County Roads. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.