New York State Route 49

NYS Route 49

Map of central New York with NY 49 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 64.13 mi[3] (103.21 km)
Existed: mid-1920s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end: NY 3 in Volney
  I-81 in Central Square
NY 13 in Vienna
NY 26 / NY 46 / NY 69 in Rome
East end: I-790 / NY 5 / NY 8 / NY 12 in Utica
Location
Counties: Oswego, Oneida
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

← NY 48 NY 50 →

New York State Route 49 (NY 49) is an east–west state highway in New York in the United States. It runs from NY 3 in Volney (east of Fulton) to Interstate 790 (I-790), NY 5, NY 8 and NY 12 in Utica. A portion of it between Rome and Utica is known as the Utica–Rome Expressway.

When it was originally assigned in the 1920s, NY 49 began at Central Square and ended at Rome. It was extended to roughly its current length in 1930 and was later rerouted onto the Utica–Rome Expressway as it opened to traffic. The final piece of the expressway was completed in 2003.

Contents

Route description

West of Rome

NY 49 begins at an intersection with NY 3 in Volney. The route heads eastward, intersecting with NY 264 just outside of Pennellville. The route crosses some local and county roads before entering Central Square, where it intersects with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the village center. It is not long after that Route 49 meets I-81 at exit 32. Route 49 leaves Central Square and heads southeast toward both Constantia and the Oneida Lake shoreline.[4]

East of the hamlet of Constantia, the highway begins to parallel the north shore of Oneida Lake. As the lakeside roadway, NY 49 provides access to both Bernhards Bay and Cleveland, two communities situated on the northern edge of the lake, before crossing into Oneida County and intersecting with NY 13 at the northeast corner of Oneida Lake in the town of Vienna. Here, NY 13 joins NY 49, overlapping the route to the hamlet of Vienna. While NY 13 heads north toward Camden, NY 49 continues eastward, loosely paralleling Fish Creek and Erie Canal as it heads through rural Oneida County.[4]

Midway between the hamlet of Vienna and downtown Rome, NY 49 crosses over Fish Creek and enters the westernmost portion of Rome. Unlike eastern Rome, home to the downtown district, western Rome is largely rural and undeveloped, as evidenced by the Rome Sand Plains located along the northern edge of NY 49. After 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of rural surroundings, the route passes out of Rome and into Verona upon traversing Wood Creek. The road continues south to the community of New London, where it intersects and joins NY 46 on the north bank of the Erie Canal.

Routes 49 and 46 head to the northeast, separating from the canal as it reenters Rome. Northwest of downtown, the routes are joined by NY 69 as they enter downtown on Erie Boulevard. At Black River Boulevard, Route 46 turns off; however, NY 26 turns onto Erie Boulevard, taking the place of NY 46 in the three-route concurrency. Together, Routes 26, 49 and 69 head south to a directional-T interchange with NY 365, the first exit on the Utica-Rome Expressway. While NY 26 leaves to the west, NY 49 and NY 69 head east, embarking on an overlap with NY 365.

Utica-Rome Expressway

At the first interchange east of the directional-T, the expressway meets NY 233 as NY 69 exits to follow Rome-Oriskany Road to Utica. NY 49 and NY 365 continue on, turning northward to pass over the Mohawk River, the CSX Transportation Rome yard, and the Erie Canal in quick succession near the eastern edge of downtown Rome. Shortly over passing over the canal, NY 365 exits the expressway as well, leaving only NY 49 on the roadway. As the expressway curves back to the east, it crosses a railroad spur leading to the former Griffiss Air Force Base at-grade, a rare occurrence on limited-access highways. Route 49 then meets NY 825, the vehicular southern entrance to the ex-base, by way of an interchange before leaving the Rome limits.

As the expressway continues southeast through the towns of Floyd and Marcy toward Utica, it parallels both the Erie Canal, located due south of the roadway, and the Mohawk River, situated between the canal and the CSX Transportation mainline. In Marcy, NY 49 has an exit for River Street, a connector between the expressway and Oriskany, and another for NY 291 near the hamlet of Marcy. Farther east, the freeway meets Cavanaugh Road by way of a parclo interchange.

Just east of Cavanaugh Road, the median of the expressway widens as it heads toward the New York State Thruway (I-90). At the Thruway, the eastbound lanes of NY 49 cross over I-90 while the westbound lanes do not, creating an unusual situation in that its westbound lanes run parallel to the Thruway to the latter's north, with the eastbound lanes to the south. North of downtown Utica, NY 49 encounters Edic Road. The expressway officially enters Utica shortly afterward, where Route 49 terminates at a complex interchange between itself, NY 5, NY 8, NY 12, and I-790. Although NY 49 ends, the expressway continues for an additional 1 mile (1.6 km) to Leland Avenue as NY 5.[4]

History

When NY 49 was assigned in the mid-1920s, it began at NY 2 (now US 11) in Central Square and ended at NY 11 (modern NY 69) in Rome. At the time, the portion of River Road from Rome to Marcy (at what is now NY 291) was part of NY 11, which had been in place since 1924.[1][2] In 1927, NY 11 was renumbered to NY 76 to eliminate duplication with the new US 11.[5] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 76 was broken up and incorporated into several other routes. From Rome to Marcy, the former routing of NY 76 became an extension of NY 49. The route then continued eastward along River Road to a new terminus at Genesee Street (then-NY 5, NY 8, and NY 12) in Utica.[6] On its western end, NY 49 was extended over a previously unnumbered roadway to Volney, where it ended at NY 3C (now NY 3).[7] Based on reference markers at NY 49's western terminus, the route once extended westward into Fulton by way of an overlap with NY 3.[3][8] This overlap was eliminated by 1970.[9]

By 1978, NY 49 had been routed off River Road and onto the new Utica-Rome Expressway from the Dominick Street interchange to NY 291.[10][11] An extension of the freeway northwest to NY 365 south of downtown Rome was opened in 1980, at which time it, as well as another arterial leading from Rome, became part of NY 49.[10][12] By 1995, an interchange was constructed between Edic Road and the North–South Arterial (NY 5/8/12 and I-790).[13] In 2003, the final section of the expressway between NY 291 and Edic Road (where it connected to the pre-existing exit ramps) was completed.[8] NY 49 was then rerouted to follow the expressway into Utica.[14] The former routing of NY 49 along River Road from NY 365 to NY 291 was transferred to Oneida County and is now designated as County Route 88 while the segment of River Road from the Dominick Street interchange to New Floyd Road remains part of NY 365.[15] Ownership and maintenance of the remainder of River Road was transferred to the cities and towns it passed through.[16]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[3] Destinations Notes
Oswego
 Volney 0.00 NY 3
Palermo 2.28 NY 264
Central Square 10.14 US 11
Hastings 11.27 I-81 Exit 32 (I-81)
Oneida
 Vienna 32.95 NY 13 south Western terminus of NY 13 / NY 49 overlap
34.40 NY 13 north Eastern terminus of NY 13 / NY 49 overlap
Verona 41.40 NY 46 west Western terminus of NY 46 / NY 49 overlap
Rome 46.61 NY 69 west Western terminus of NY 49 / NY 69 overlap
48.91 NY 26 north / NY 46 east Eastern terminus of NY 46 / NY 49 overlap; western terminus of NY 26 / NY 49 overlap
West end of freeway section
49.92 NY 26 south / NY 365 west Eastern terminus of NY 26 / NY 49 overlap; western terminus of NY 49 / NY 365 overlap
50.76 NY 69 east / NY 233 south – Stanwix, Westmoreland NY 69 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; northern terminus of NY 233
51.88 NY 365 east (East Dominick Street) – Barneveld Westbound exit is combined with NY 825 exit; NY 365 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Floyd NY 825 north – Griffiss Park
58.06 Oriskany
60.18 NY 291 – Whitesboro, Stittville, Marcy Business District
Marcy 61.41 Cavanaugh Road – Whitesboro
63.13 Edic Road – SUNYIT, Marcy Business District No westbound entrance
Utica 64.13 NY 5 west / NY 8 south / NY 12 south – Downtown Utica (I-790 west) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
NY 8 north / NY 12 north – Poland, Watertown Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
I-790 east / NY 5 east to I-90 / Thruway / Genesee Street – North Utica, Deerfield Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  2. ^ a b Rand McNally (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (eastern New York) (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_009.html. Retrieved March 10, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 114. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c I Love New York (2007). 1977–2007 I Love New York State Map (Map). 
  5. ^ Automobile Blue Book. 1 (1927 ed.). Chicago: Automobile Blue Book, Inc. 1927.  This edition shows U.S. Routes as they were first officially signed in 1927.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 
  8. ^ a b Wing, J.P.. "NY Route 49 Exit Guide". Upstate N.Y. Roads. http://www.upstatenyroads.com/ny49.shtml. Retrieved March 10, 2008. 
  9. ^ State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970) (PDF). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
  10. ^ a b New York State Department of Transportation (1978). Rome Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=o35. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
  11. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (1978). Oriskany Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=o36. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
  12. ^ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed March 10, 2008.
  13. ^ "Aerial image of Utica, New York". USGS via Microsoft Research Maps. May 7, 1995. http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=18&X=1200&Y=11936&W=3&qs=%7cutica%7cny%7c. Retrieved March 10, 2008. 
  14. ^ American Map (2004). Road Atlas - United States, Canada, Mexico (Map). p. 79. ISBN 0-8416-1787-2. 
  15. ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – Utica and Rome, NY (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.182739&lon=-75.341982&zoom=14. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  16. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (March 2, 2009). "Region 2 Inventory Listing". https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/highway-data-services/inventory-listing. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 

External links