New York State Route 15A

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NY Route 15A
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 35.19 mi[1] (56.63 km)
Formed: 1930s[2] (1930 as NY 2A[3])
South end: NY 15 in Springwater
Major
junctions:		 US 20A in Hemlock
US 20 / NY 5 in Lima
I-390 in Henrietta
I-390 in Brighton
North end: NY 15 in Rochester
Counties: Livingston, Ontario, Monroe
Numbered highways in New York
< NY 15 NY 16 >
Spur of NY 15
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 15A is a north-south state highway in western New York. Route 15A begins and ends at NY 15 at intersections 35 miles apart. The southern end of NY 15A is in the Livingston County town of Springwater. Its northern terminus is in the Monroe County city of Rochester.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Livingston and Ontario Counties

NY 15A begins at NY 15 in Springwater. Heading north from Springwater, Route 15A, named Bald Hill Road, enters Ontario County. The route then reenters Livingston County near Hemlock. In the town center, Route 15A becomes South Main Street and, just after changing names, intersects U.S. Route 20A. US 20A west then forms a concurrency with Route 15A along the length of North Main Street. After two miles, US 20A turns west towards Buffalo while NY 15A continues north and turns into Plank Road.

Shortly before entering Lima, NY 15A becomes Lake Avenue. At the village center, Route 15A crosses over NY 5 and US 20, becoming Rochester Street in the process and retaining this name until the Livingston-Monroe county line near Honeoye Falls, where Route 15A becomes Rush-Lima Road.

[edit] Monroe County

Just northwest of Honeoye Falls in Mendon, NY 15A begins curving to the west. At an intersection with Rush-West Rush Road, NY 15A turns back to the north and becomes East Henrietta Road, the name it retains until the end of Route 15A in Rochester. North of this intersection, after crossing Honeoye Creek, NY 15A intersects NY 251. Farther north, in the town of Henrietta, Route 15A passes over Interstate 90 and intersects routes 253 and 252, as well as having an interchange with Interstate 390. NY 15A meets up with I-390 once again in Brighton before passing over the Erie Canal and reaching its northern terminus at Route 15 in Rochester.

[edit] History

Originally, NY 15 was designated as NY 4 in 1924.[4] By 1929, the route had been renumbered to NY 2.[5] In the 1930 renumbering, the current alignment of NY 15A was designated as New York State Route 2A, an alternate route of NY 2.[3] NY 2A was renumbered to NY 15A by 1938 to match the new designation of NY 2, which had become U.S. Route 15.[2]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Livingston Springwater 0.00 NY 15
Hemlock 10.81 US 20A east Southern terminus of overlap
12.86 US 20A west Northern terminus of overlap
Village of Lima 18.78 US 20 / NY 5
Monroe Rush 26.04 NY 251
Henrietta 30.73 NY 253 To I-90 / Thruway
32.50 I-390 Exit 14 (I-390)
32.72 NY 252
Brighton 34.18 I-390 Exit 16 (I-390)
Rochester 35.19 NY 15

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 118–119. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
  2. ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
  3. ^ a b 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
  4. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers", New York Times, 1924-12-21, p. XX9. 
  5. ^ Automobile Blue Book Inc.. Automobile Blue Book [map]. (1929) Retrieved on 2007-11-16.

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