New York State Route 244

NYS Route 244 marker

NYS Route 244

Map of New York State Route 244

Map of Allegany County in the Southern Tier of New York with NY 244 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 15.80 mi[1] (25.43 km)
Existed: 1930[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: NY 19 in Belmont
East end: NY 21 in Alfred
Location
Counties: Allegany
Highway system
← NY 243NY 245 →

New York State Route 244 (NY 244) is an east–west state highway in Allegany County, New York, in the United States. It runs for 15.80 miles (25.43 km) from an intersection with NY 19 in the village of Belmont to a junction with NY 21 in the town of Alfred. The highway is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 or I-86 and NY 17), which loosely parallels NY 244 between Belmont and Alfred. NY 244 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.

Route description

NY 244 at the junction with CR 48 in the village of Belmont

NY 244 begins at an intersection with NY 19 in the village of Belmont, located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 or I-86 and NY 17) in the town of Amity. The route heads northeast on the two-lane Genesee Street, serving several blocks of homes as it crosses the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad at-grade and passes over the Genesee River. On the opposite bank, NY 244 changes names to Milton Street at an intersection with the south end of County Route 48 (CR 48, named Triana Street). From here, the route continues northeastward out of the village and into less developed areas of Amity. Outside the village limits, the route becomes Mainville Road and runs mostly parallel to Phillips Creek, following it northeast and eastward through a lightly populated valley. The highway meets the southern terminus of CR 2B (Baker Valley Road) on its way into the town of Ward, where NY 244 loses the Mainville Road name and the creek ends in the hamlet of Phillips Creek.[3]

East of Phillips Creek, NY 244 proceeds across hilly, rural terrain to the town of Alfred, where the highway crosses CR 10 (Vandermark Road) and CR 11 (McHenry Valley Road) at a junction just east of the town line. Another rugged and undeveloped stretch brings the route into the village of Alfred, a college town home to Alfred University and Alfred State College. NY 244 bypasses most of the village; instead, it connects to downtown by way of North Main Street,[4] here designated but not signed as NY 960B.[5] Outside of the village, NY 244 continues through the town of Alfred and heads along the base of a narrow, lightly populated valley surrounding Canacadea Creek to Alfred Station, where it ends at a junction with NY 21. The intersection is just over 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the village of Almond, where NY 21 connects to the Southern Tier Expressway.[3]

History

The Belmont–Alfred Station road was acquired by the state of New York in stages over the course of the early 20th century. In the town of Amity, the highway was improved under a contract awarded by the state on March 22, 1921. The ensuing project cost $161,802 to complete (equivalent to $3.97 million in 2016), and the rebuilt road was added to the state highway system on January 14, 1922, as unsigned State Highway 1559 (SH 1559).[6][7] The part east of Alfred was reconstructed in the mid-1920s as part of a project to connect the Alfred village center and Alfred Station by way of a state road. It was inventoried by the state as SH 1654.[6][8] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, SH 1559 and SH 1654 became part of NY 244, a new route extending from Belmont to Alfred Station. In between the two state-owned segments, NY 244 followed an unimproved road through the towns of Ward and Alfred. This segment was rebuilt by the state in the early 1930s.[2][9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Allegany County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Belmont0.000.00 NY 19
Village of Alfred14.1822.82North Main Street (NY 960B)Serves Alfred University and SUNY Alfred
Town of Alfred15.8025.43 NY 21
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 195. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1930.
  3. 1 2 Microsoft; Nokia (July 9, 2015). "overview map of NY 244" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑  ‹Template:Yahoo maps is deprecated.›Yahoo!; Navteq (June 24, 2009). "overview map of NY 244" (Map). Yahoo! Maps. Yahoo!. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
  5. ↑ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2012). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  6. 1 2 State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 80, 84. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
  9. ↑ Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1932.

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