New York State Route 54

NYS Route 54
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the village of Penn Yan
Length: 34.34 mi[2] (55.26 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I-86 / NY 17 in Bath
  NY 14A in Penn Yan
North end: NY 14 in Dresden
Location
Counties: Steuben, Yates
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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← NY 53 NY 54A →

New York State Route 54 (NY 54) is a state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and NY 17) in the village of Bath in Steuben County. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with NY 14 in the village of Dresden in Yates County. The section of NY 54 from Penn Yan to Dresden is signed as east–west. NY 54 serves as the eastern lakeside road along Keuka Lake. NY 54A, NY 54's alternate route between Hammondsport and Penn Yan, runs along the western and northern lakeshore.

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History

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 13, an unsigned legislative route extending from Bath to Dundee via Hammondsport.[3][4] The section of legislative Route 13 southwest of Hammondsport was first assigned a posted route designation in the mid-1920s when it was included as part of NY 38. Past Hammondsport, NY 38 continued to Penn Yan by way of the western and northern shores of Keuka Lake.[5][6] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the Bath – Penn Yan segment of NY 38 became part of the new NY 54,[1] which also extended east from Penn Yan to Dresden. At the same time, an alternate route of NY 54 along the eastern edge of Keuka Lake was designated as NY 54A.[7]

NY 54 initially entered Hammondsport on Fish Hatchery Road and Lake Street.[7] In the late 1930s, work began on a new alignment for NY 54 between Bath and the southern tip of Keuka Lake that bypassed Hammondsport to the south. The portion of the highway that bypassed Fish Hatchery Road was completed ca. 1939[8][9] while the remainder was opened to traffic in the early 1940s. Following the completion of the new alignment, the routings of NY 54 and NY 54A between Hammondsport and Penn Yan were flipped, placing NY 54 on the eastern lakeside roadway and NY 54A on the western and northern highway around Keuka Lake.[10][11] NY 54 was extended a short distance westward in the early 1970s to meet the new Southern Tier Expressway at exit 38.[12][13]

NY 54A

NY 54A (22.46 miles or 36.15 kilometres) is an alternate route of NY 54 between Hammondsport and Penn Yan along the western edge of Keuka Lake.[2] It was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[14]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Steuben
 Village of Bath 0.00 I-86 / NY 17 (Southern Tier Expressway) Exit 38 (I-86 / NY 17)
0.55 NY 415 north (Morris Street) Western terminus of NY 415 overlap
1.30 NY 415 south (Liberty Street) Eastern terminus of NY 415 overlap
Urbana 8.10 NY 54A (Main Street) Southern terminus of NY 54A
Wayne 16.44 NY 230 Western terminus of NY 230
Yates
 Penn Yan 28.82 NY 14A south (Brown Street) Southern terminus of NY 14A overlap
29.07 NY 14A north / NY 54A (Elm Street) Northern terminus of NY 14A overlap; northern terminus of NY 54A
Dresden 34.34 NY 14
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 c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 118. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved January 31, 2010. 
  3. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 59. http://books.google.com/books?id=jZ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA59. Retrieved June 10, 2010. 
  4. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 521. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA521. Retrieved June 10, 2010. 
  5. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  6. ^ 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 June 19, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  8. ^ Esso (1938). New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  9. ^ Standard Oil Company (1939). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  10. ^ Esso (1940). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  11. ^ Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  12. ^ New York State Thruway Authority (1971). New York Thruway (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company (10th ed.). 
  13. ^ Shell Oil Company (1973). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1973 ed.). 
  14. ^ 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

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