New York State Route 215

NYS Route 215
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Cortland
Length: 6.11 mi[3] (9.83 km)
Existed: early 1980s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end: NY 392 in Virgil
North end: NY 13 in Cortland
Location
Counties: Cortland
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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New York State Route 215 (NY 215) is a north–south state highway located entirely within Cortland County, New York, in the United States. It extends for just over 6 miles (10 km) from an intersection with NY 392 in the town of Virgil to a junction with NY 13 in the city of Cortland. NY 215 is largely a rural connector highway, except for the final 0.5-mile (0.8 km) in the city of Cortland. The entirety of NY 215 was originally part of NY 90. In the early 1980s, NY 90 was truncated north to its junction with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the village of Homer. Its former routing south of the city was redesignated as NY 215 and NY 392. Reference markers on NY 215 still read "90" for the road's former designation.

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Route description

NY 215 begins at an intersection with NY 392 in the hamlet of Virgil within the town of the same name. NY 392 enters the junction from the south and exits to the east, while NY 215 heads northward, running alongside Virgil Creek as it winds its way through the rural, hilly town. Virgil Creek ends south of the Virgil–Cortlandville town line; however, NY 215 continues on, initially rising in elevation before heading downhill as it crosses into Cortlandville. It continues downhill toward Cortland, providing views of the city and the surrounding Tioughnioga River valley, which holds Cortland and the nearby village of Homer.[4]

It finally levels off upon reaching the base of the valley, where the road passes through a stretch of significant development just outside of the Cortland city limits, its first in the town heading northbound. The amount of development increases substantially over the next several blocks in the city, where it becomes Owego Street. NY 215 continues north to at Tompkins Street, where the street and route both end at NY 13. The junction is just 0.25 miles (0.40 km) southwest of downtown Cortland, and another quarter-mile southeast of the campus of SUNY Cortland.[4] NY 215 is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) from NY 392 to the Cortland city line, where it becomes city-maintained for the remainder of its routing.[5]

History

The north–south highway linking Virgil to Cortland was originally designated as part of NY 90, a new highway extending from Messengerville in the south to Montezuma in the north via Virgil and Cortland, in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[6] On April 1, 1981, ownership and maintenance of a highway linking NY 90 in Virgil to the Tompkins–Cortland county line was transferred from Cortland County to the state of New York.[7] Following the transfer, NY 90 was truncated on its southern end to its junction with US 11 in the village of Homer north of Cortland. The former routing of NY 90 from Virgil to Cortland was redesignated as NY 215 while the Virgil–Messengerville section became part of NY 392, which also extended westward into Tompkins County over the new state-maintained highway.[1][2] Reference markers on NY 215 still read "90" for the road's former designation.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cortland County.

Location Mile[3] Destinations Notes
Virgil 0.00 NY 392 Hamlet of Virgil
Cortland 6.11 NY 13
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b State of New York (1981). I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  2. ^ a b Rand McNally and Company (1985). New York (Map). ISBN 0-528-91040-X. 
  3. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 189. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – overview map of NY 215 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=42.552795&lon=-76.18999&zoom=13&q1=42.510581%2C-76.194758&q2=42.595021%2C-76.184373. Retrieved February 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Cortland County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. March 2, 2010. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-repository2/INV_2010-03-02_cortland.csv. Retrieved February 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  7. ^ New York State Legislature. "Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341". http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 

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