New York State Route 226

NYS Route 226
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 19.03 mi[2] (30.63 km)
Existed: 1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I-86 / NY 17 near Savona
North end: NY 14A in Reading
Location
Counties: Steuben, Schuyler
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
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New York State Route 226 (NY 226) is a north–south 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) just west of the Savona village line in the town of Bath. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with NY 14A in the town of Reading.

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Route description

NY 226 begins at an interchange with the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and NY 17) just west of the Savona village line in the town of Bath. It heads eastward across Mud Creek into Savona, where it intersects NY 415. Past Savona, the route heads northeast through a rural, isolated portion of Steuben and Schuyler Counties. Over this time, it passes through several towns, namely Bradford, Orange, Tyrone, and Reading. The route ends at an intersection with NY 14A north of the hamlet of North Reading.

History

NY 226 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to the portion of its modern alignment northeast of Savona.[1] The portion of the Southern Tier Expressway near Savona and south of exit 40 was built in the late 1960s and completed by 1971. U.S. Route 15, at the time the designation for the highway, left the expressway at its end west of Savona and followed West Lamoka Avenue into the village to rejoin its original alignment in the center of Savona.[3][4] An extension of the expressway northward from Savona was open by 1973 and became part of a realigned US 15. The portion of West Lamoka Avenue from exit 40 to Coopers–Bath Road in Savona became part of an extended NY 226.[5]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Steuben
 Town of Bath 0.00 I-86 / NY 17 Exit 40 (I-86 / NY 17)
Savona 0.29 NY 415
Schuyler
 Reading 19.03 NY 14A
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. 192. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  3. ^ Esso (1968). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1969–70 ed.). 
  4. ^ New York State Thruway Authority (1971). New York Thruway (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company (10th ed.). 
  5. ^ Shell Oil Company (1973). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1973 ed.). 

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