New York State Route 223

NYS Route 223
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 12.54 mi[2] (20.18 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: NY 13 in Horseheads
East end: NY 224 in Van Etten
Location
Counties: Chemung
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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← NY 222 NY 224 →

New York State Route 223 (NY 223) is an east–west state highway in Chemung County, New York, United States. The western terminus of the route is at NY 13 in the town of Horseheads, northeast of the city of Elmira. Its eastern terminus is at NY 224 in the town of Van Etten. In between, NY 223 passes through the town of Erin and serves the hamlet of the same name within the town.

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History

The east–west highway between the town of Horseheads and the village of Candor by way of the villages of Van Etten and Spencer was originally designated as NY 53 in the mid-1920s.[3][4] NY 53 was renumbered to NY 223 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[1] NY 223 was truncated to its junction with NY 224 northwest of Van Etten in the early 1950s. The former routing of NY 223 southeastward to Van Etten became an extension of NY 224 while the Spencer–Candor portion became a realignment of NY 96. From Van Etten to Spencer, the road remained part of NY 34, which NY 223 had overlapped.[5][6]

NY 223 also briefly extended southward into the city of Elmira after NY 13 was rerouted to follow a new highway to an interchange on the Southern Tier Expressway. NY 223 followed Ithaca Road to Hanover Square in Horseheads, then South Main Street, which becomes Lake Road in the town of Horseheads and Lake Street in Elmira. It ended at NY 17E (Water Street; now NY 352).

Major intersections

The entire route is in Chemung County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Town of Horseheads 0.00 NY 13
Town of Van Etten 12.54 NY 224
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 
  2. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 191. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  4. ^ Rand McNally and Company (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_008.html. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  5. ^ Sunoco (1952). New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  6. ^ Esso (1954). New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1955–56 ed.). 

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