 New York State Route 14A | ||||
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 NY 14A highlighted in red; unsigned NY 962C highlighted in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route ofNY 14 | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 35.99 mi[1] (57.92 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 14 inReading | |||
| North end |    US 20 /NY 5 /NY 245 inGeneva | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Schuyler,Yates,Ontario | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 14A (NY 14A) is a north–southstate highway located in theFinger Lakes region ofNew York in the United States. It extends for 35.99 miles (57.92 km) from an interchange withNY 14 in theSchuyler County town ofReading to an intersection withU.S. Route 20 (US 20) andNY 5 west of theOntario County city ofGeneva. In between, the two-lane route servesYates County and the village ofPenn Yan, located at the northeastern tip ofKeuka Lake. Outside of Penn Yan, NY 14A traverses rural, rolling terrain dominated by farmland.
The route runs parallel to and west of NY 14 for its entire route between theWatkins Glen and Geneva areas. During the 1920s, NY 14A was part of NY 14, which originally servedDundee and Penn Yan on its way from Watkins Glen to Geneva. NY 14 was moved onto its current routing alongsideSeneca Lake as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, at which time the old inland alignment became NY 14A.
NY 14A begins at aninterchange withNY 14 at Gabriel's Junction, ahamlet 4 miles (6 km) north ofWatkins Glen in the town ofReading. The route heads to the northwest, passing under theNorfolk Southern Railway's Corning Secondary as it runs up the side of a hill. At the underpass, NY 14A for the next 10 miles (16 km) becomes theUS Army Specialist Christopher J. Scott Memorial Highway. After 1 mile (1.6 km), the highway takes on a more northerly routing, passing by several farms as it proceeds through Reading Center and toward theYates County line. In one short stretch north of Reading Center, the highway crosses into Yates County, reentersSchuyler County, and heads back into Yates County. While in Schuyler County for the second time, it meets with the northern terminus ofNY 226.[citation needed]
Once it reenters Yates County, NY 14A runs due north across the town ofStarkey to the village ofDundee, where it is known first as Main Street. Main Street becomes Water Street at the main intersection in Dundee, where it meets Union and Seneca Streets. At the north end of the village, it turns west on Millard Street at a junction near theDundee Central School. NY 14A remains on Millard Street to the western village line, where it intersects Pre-Emption Road.[citation needed] This north–south highway marks thePreemption Line that divided theIroquois lands of western New York awarded to New York from those awarded toMassachusetts by theTreaty of Hartford of 1786.[3] Just west of Dundee, NY 14A meets with the eastern terminus ofNY 230 as well as the terminus of the Christopher J. Scott Memorial Highway.[citation needed]
From here, the route turns north and runs along the farmland-covered ridge betweenSeneca andKeuka Lakes,[citation needed] which features a thrivingMennonite community.[4] The highway passes through the town ofMilo, serving the small hamlet of Second Milo and thePenn Yan Airport before descending the ridge intoPenn Yan, a village at the northeast end of Keuka Lake. It follows Brown and Liberty Streets in the village,[citation needed] sharing the road withNY 54 between Lake and Elm Streets. At the Elm Street intersection, located in Penn Yan's central business district,NY 54A ends at NY 14A and NY 54—completing its alternate loop of the latter—while NY 54 leaves NY 14A to follow Elm Street out of the village.[1] NY 14A continues on Liberty Street through the northern part of the village, where it meets the southern terminus ofNY 364 at a junction adjacent to thePenn Yan Central School District's campus.[citation needed]
North of Penn Yan, NY 14A enters the town ofBenton, where it heads due north past several farms on the hilltop north of Keuka Lake. It goes through the hamlet of Benton Center before quietly passing into theOntario County town ofSeneca. In the hamlet ofHall, located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the county line, NY 14A turns northeast, at which point the due north–south highway becomesCounty Route 5. NY 14A continues in a general northeasterly direction as it winds its way toward thecity of Geneva. Midway between Hall and Geneva, the route picks upNY 245 just before it crosses Wilson Creek, a small stream feeding intoSeneca Lake. NY 14A and NY 245 continue northeastward across farmland into thetown of Geneva, where both routes terminate at a junction withUS 20 andNY 5 just west of the Geneva city limits in a commercialized area known as Lenox Park.[citation needed]
In 1908, theNew York State Legislature created Route 12, an unsignedlegislative route extending fromHorseheads toLyons viaWatkins Glen,Penn Yan, andGeneva.[5][6] When the first set of posted routes inNew York were assigned in 1924, all of legislative Route 12 became part ofNY 14, which extended south toElmira and north toSodus Point.[7][8] NY 14 was realigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to follow a new highway alongSeneca Lake betweenReading and Geneva. Its former routing via Penn Yan was redesignated as NY 14A.[2][9] In Penn Yan, NY 14A once followed Main Street, located one block to the east of its current routing. The old route passes through the main downtown area and by theYates County Fairgrounds. This alignment of NY 14A merged into the current route north of Penn Yan and used what is now Old Route 14A to reach modern NY 14A southeast of the village.[10]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Schuyler | Reading | 0.00 | 0.00 |  NY 14 south –Watkins Glen | Southern terminus; interchange; southbound access only |
| 0.60 | 0.97 |   ToNY 14 north –Geneva viaNY 962C | Southern terminus of unsigned NY 962C | ||
| 5.17 | 8.32 |  NY 226 south –Savona | Northern terminus of NY 226 | ||
| Yates | Barrington | 11.05 | 17.78 |   NY 230 west | Eastern terminus of NY 230 |
| Penn Yan | 20.65 | 33.23 |   NY 54 south –Penn Yan Airport | Southern terminus of NY 14A / NY 54overlap | |
| 20.90 | 33.64 |  NY 54 north /NY 54A south | Northern terminus of NY 14A / NY 54 overlap; northern terminus of NY 54A | ||
| 21.60 | 34.76 |  NY 364 west (Maple Avenue) | Eastern terminus of NY 364 | ||
| Ontario | Seneca | 32.89 | 52.93 | NY 245 south –Naples | Southern terminus of NY 14A / NY 245 overlap |
| Town of Geneva | 35.99 | 57.92 | US 20 /NY 5 /NY 245 south | Northern terminus, northern terminus of NY 14A / NY 245 overlap; northern terminus of NY 245 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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