U.S. Route 219 in New York

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U.S. Route 219
Length: 67.54 mi[1] (108.70 km)
South end: US 219 at Limestone
Major
junctions:		 I-86/NY 17 in Salamanca
US 20A in West Seneca
North end: I-90/Thruway in West Seneca
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 218 US 220 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference
United States Numbered Highways
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

Within the U.S. state of New York, U.S. Route 219 spans 67.54 miles (108.70 km) from the Pennsylvania state line in the south to the Buffalo suburbs in the north. The southern terminus is at the state line in Limestone, where US 219 continues south into Pennsylvania. The northern terminus is at Interstate 90 (the New York State Thruway) exit 55 in West Seneca southwest of downtown Buffalo.

In Cattaraugus County, the area surrounding US 219 is predominantly rural. However, in adjacent Erie County, US 219 becomes an expressway leading into the heart of Buffalo.

Contents

[edit] Route description

Communities

[edit] Cattaraugus County

U.S. Route 219 begins at the Pennsylvania-New York state line in the village of Limestone. The road begins by heading northward towards the Southern Tier Expressway.[2] Just after the Pennsylvania border, East Main Street becomes Hillside Drive and soon after Old U.S. Route 219 as it parallels Route 219 for a short time. The road quickly merges into 219 as the U.S. route enters the village of Limestone. A second designation of Old Route 219 parallels the U.S. route throughout Limestone. The road merges in just north of the village and 219 continues northward. South Nine Mile Road, also Cattaraugus County Route 30 leaves to the right just before the road merges into the Southern Tier Expressway (I-86 and NY 17). Also present at this intersection is US 219 Business. The three roads continue for another six miles until Exit 21, where 219 leaves the Southern Tier Expressway in Salamanca.[3]

U.S. Route 219 crosses through the village of Salamanca and heads north towards Ellicottville.[3] While in Salamanca, Route 417 and 219 become concurrent for about one mile. At the end of the concurrency comes the end of the business route. County Route 49 terminates just north of Salamanca as 219 enters Peth. In Peth, County Route 67 leaves to the right. In Great Valley, Route 98 leaves to the north. 219 enters Ellicottville and intersects with Route 242.[4] The two roads become concurrent for a short distance when 219 turns to the north. Several Cattaraugus County roads intersect in the distance from Ellicottville to the Erie County border. The first is Route 75, the second is a 53/85 concurrency and the third is Route 12, which has a concurrency U.S. Route 219 before leaving to the east.[5] After the intersection with County Routes 77 and 85, US 219 leaves Cattaraugus County for Erie County.

[edit] Erie County

The last 25 miles of US 219 are in Erie County. The first intersection is with County Route 121 in Springville.[6] Just after the intersection with Erie 121, Route 39 comes in from the east and merges with 219. The two roads are concurrent for a short distance as 219 moves again to the north towards West Seneca. 219 then becomes a freeway and is known as the Southern Expressway. The first interchange on the freeway is for County Route 49, also known as Genesee Road. The second interchange, about 6 miles later, is for CR 233. Five miles later, Route 391 interchanges in Creekside. CR 44, an access road to Route 240 interchanges in East Aurora. The next interchange is with U.S. Route 20A at 62 miles.[7] US 20 crosses under the expressway in Orchard Park. Route 179 interchanges soon after. U.S. Route 219 comes to an end at the New York State Thruway (I-90) in West Seneca, 67 miles from Limestone and the PA border.[7] 219 and the Thruway unofficially run in conjunction with each other for about a mile, consisting of two separate sets of two lanes in each direction. For example, a driver going south could exit the Thruway onto the 219, drive alongside it for a mile, then exit the 219 back onto the Thruway. This is also possible in the northbound direction of the Thruway. This is done for access to and from Ridge Road for both the 219 and Thruway.

[edit] History

[edit] Original alignment

US 219 was extended into New York from Pennsylvania between 1930 and 1935,[8][9] although the designation existed as far north as the New York-Pennsylvania border as early as 1929.[10] The route followed then-NY 18 from the Pennsylvania border to NY 17 (now NY 17 in Salamanca, where US 219 and NY 18 turned west, forming a concurrency with NY 17 into the city. At the modern intersection of US 219 and NY 417, US 219 separated from NY 17 and NY 18, following its modern alignment north to NY 98 in Great Valley. Past NY 98, US 219 remained on its current routing to Ellicottville.[11] As it does today, US 219 continued north from Ellicottville to Springville; however, US 219 was originally routed on NY 242 to Ashford,[12][13] where it followed modern NY 240 to Cattaraugus Street southeast of Springville.[13][14] Within Springville, US 219 was routed along Cattaraugus Street and Buffalo Street, meeting NY 39 in the village center.[15] Outside of the village, US 219 continued north on Springville-Boston Road and Boston State Road to North Boston,[16] where US 219 followed what is now NY 391 into Hamburg, terminating at US 62/NY 18.[9]

From Salamanca to Great Valley, the routing of US 219 was designated as part of NY 98 in the 1930 renumbering. The remainder of US 219 from Great Valley to Hamburg was originally designated as New York State Route 62 in the renumbering.[17] Both alignments were unnumbered prior to 1930.[18]

[edit] Realignments and redesignations

Between 1950 and 1962, US 219 was rerouted to follow its present alignment between Ellicottville and Springville.[19][20] However, the segment of modern NY 240 vacated by US 219 did not become part of an extended NY 240 until the 1970s.[21][22]

In 1964, the overlap with NY 18 from Pennsylvania to Salamanca was eliminated when NY 18 was truncated to its present western terminus in Lewiston.[23][24]

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, construction ensued on the Southern Expressway, the modern alignment of US 219 between Springville and Buffalo. The first section of the freeway from Armor Duells Road to the Thruway in West Seneca opened in 1972, followed by an extension south to current NY 391 in 1977. In 1981, the remainder of the existing expressway from NY 391 to NY 39 was completed.[25]

Between 1989 and 1995, US 219 was rerouted onto its current alignment in the Salamanca area, following the Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17) between exits 21 and 23.[26][27] The old alignment of US 219 through the city became US 219 Business.

[edit] Future

 This section contains information about a planned or expected future road.
It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change as the road's construction or completion approaches and more information becomes available.
See also: U.S. Route 219#Southern Expressway Extension

Plans are in place to extend the Southern Expressway from its current southern terminus at NY 39 in Springville to Peters Road in Ashford, a distance of 4.2 miles (6.8 km). Current project specifications call for the installation of a four-lane right-of-way (two lanes in each direction) and the construction of 11 bridges, including twin bridges over Cattaraugus Creek. Areas near parts of the new freeway will become a wetland habitat. A portion of NY 39 near the current southern terminus will also be reconstructed in 2007 and 2008 to accommodate for the completed interchange with US 219.[28]

The rights to the project were awarded to Cold Spring Construction, Inc. on January 26, 2007, with work commencing on June 1. Altogether, the project is expected to cost $85.6 million.[28] Future plans call for the expressway to be extended to Interstate 86/NY 17 in Salamanca.[29]

[edit] Major intersections

[edit] Pennsylvania to Springville

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Cattaraugus Limestone 0.00 US 219 New York-Pennsylvania border
6.30 I-86 east/NY 17 east Exit 23 (I-86/NY 17); eastern terminus of overlap
City of Salamanca 13.37 I-86 west/NY 17 west Exit 21 (I-86/NY 17); western terminus of overlap
13.65 NY 417 west Western terminus of overlap
14.38 NY 417 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Great Valley 19.65 NY 98 Southern terminus of NY 98
Village of Ellicottville 24.44 NY 242 west Western terminus of overlap
25.43 NY 242 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Erie Springville 42.67 NY 39 east Eastern terminus of overlap
42.74 NY 39 west Western terminus of overlap

[edit] Springville to Buffalo

All exits are unnumbered.

County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Erie Concord 45.96 Genesee Road
Boston 52.21 Rice Hill Road – Colden
North Boston 56.97 NY 391 (Boston State Road) – Boston, Hamburg
Orchard Park 61.06 New Armor Duells Road – Chestnut Ridge Park
62.09 US 20A – Orchard Park
63.90 NY 179 (Milestrip Road)
West Seneca 66.98 Ridge Road – Lackawanna, West Seneca
67.54 I-90/Thruway – Buffalo, Niagara Falls Exit 55 (I-90/Thruway)

[edit] Bannered routes

[edit] Salamanca business loop



U.S. Route 219 Business
Location Salamanca, New York
Commissioned 1990s-present

U.S. Route 219 Business is a 7.01-mile (11.28 km)[30][31] long bannered route of US 219 in the vicinity of Salamanca. The southern terminus of the route is at I-86/NY 17 exit 23 near Carrollton, where US 219 departs the expressway and follows the right-of-way of US 219 Business south to Pennsylvania. The northern terminus is at US 219 and NY 417 in downtown Salamanca.

From its northern terminus in Salamanca to Carrollton, US 219 Business is concurrent to NY 417. The 0.62-mile (1.00 km) segment between I-86/NY 17 and NY 417 is designated New York State Route 954T, an unsigned reference route.[31]

Until the 1990s, US 219 Business was the routing of US 219 through the Salamanca area.[26][27]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 2006 New York State Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - 212 to 305PDF
  2. ^ Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Limestone, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  3. ^ a b Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Salamanca, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  4. ^ Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Ellicottville, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  5. ^ Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Ashford, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  6. ^ Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Springville, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  7. ^ a b Google Maps. Overview Map of U.S. Route 219 in Orchard Park, NY [map]. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  8. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Tourist Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1930) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  9. ^ a b Shell. Ontario [map]. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1935) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  10. ^ Automobile Blue Book, Inc.. Automobile Blue Book [map]. (1929) Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  11. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Road Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1940) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  12. ^ Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Ellicottville, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500. (1939) Retrieved on 2007-09-15. (southwestern portion of quadrangle)
  13. ^ a b Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Ellicottville, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500. (1939) Retrieved on 2007-09-15. (southeastern portion of quadrangle)
  14. ^ Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Ellicottville, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500. (1939) Retrieved on 2007-09-15. (northeastern portion of quadrangle)
  15. ^ Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Ellicottville, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 62,500. (1939) Retrieved on 2007-09-15. (northwestern portion of quadrangle)
  16. ^ United States Geological Survey. Springville, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1954)
  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ Rand McNally. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas [map]. (1926) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  19. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Road Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1950) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  20. ^ Topographic map of Springville, NY. United States Geological Survey (1962). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  21. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Official Map of Pennsylvania [map]. (1970) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  22. ^ United States Geological Survey. Ashford Hollow, NY Quadrangle [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1979)
  23. ^ White Rose. Ontario [map]. Cartography by Rolph-McNally Limited. (1963) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  24. ^ Supertest. Ontario [map]. Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. (1964) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  25. ^ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed 2007-09-15.
  26. ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map [map]. (1989) Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  27. ^ a b Rand McNally. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally. (1995)
  28. ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (2007). US Route 219 - Southern Expressway (NY Route 39 to Peters Road - Section 5). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  29. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (2007). US Route 219 (Springville to Salamanca). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  30. ^ Traffic Data Report - NY 305 to NY 427 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
  31. ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 953B to NY 992P (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-15.

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