New York State Route 266

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NY Route 266

Niagara Street, River Road

Length:

11.13 mi^[1] (17.91 km)

South end:

I-190/Thruway in Buffalo

Major
junctions:

I-190 in Town of Tonawanda

North end:

NY 265 in City of Tonawanda

Counties:

Erie

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 265		NY 268 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 266 runs along the Niagara River, in Erie County, from the city of Buffalo to North Tonawanda.

1 Route description
2 Major intersections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Route description

Communities
Buffalo Tonawanda

Route 266 starts near the Peace Bridge as Niagara Street. It continues upriver, closely paralleling the New York State Thruway's Niagara Section (Interstate 190). After the Scajaquada Expressway (NY 198), NY 265 forks off to the northeast.

Leaving the city, entering an industrial area of the Town of Tonawanda, it becomes River Road. Shortly afterwards, the short western connector end of Sheridan Drive, NY 325, splits off in the same direction. After that it crosses under 190 and stays with the river past the tank farm. It crosses under the interstate, this time with an exit, just on the mainland side of the South Grand Island Bridge. Finally the river takes it into the city of Tonawanda, where it ends at another junction with 265 a short distance south of Tonawanda Creek and the Erie Canal, which share the water channel that forms the border between Tonawanda, Erie County and North Tonawanda, Niagara County.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Erie	Buffalo	0.00	I-190/Thruway	Exit 8 (I-190/Thruway)
		2.78	NY 198 NY 265	Southern terminus of NY 265
			I-190/Thruway south via Hamilton Street	Exit 12 (I-190/Thruway)
		3.69	I-190/Thruway south via Hertel Avenue	Exit 13 (I-190/Thruway)
		4.00	I-190/Thruway	Exit 14 (I-190/Thruway)
	Town of Tonawanda	5.58	I-190/Thruway south NY 325	Southern terminus of NY 325
	Town of Tonawanda	7.97	I-190/Thruway/NY 324	Exit 17 (I-190/Thruway/NY 324)
	City of Tonawanda	11.13	NY 265	Former western terminus of NY 356