 New York State Route 19 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Map of New York with NY 19 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 108.62 mi[1] (174.81 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PA 449 at thePennsylvania state line inWilling | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |  Lake Ontario State Parkway inHamlin | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Allegany,Wyoming,Genesee,Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| ||||
New York State Route 19 (NY 19) is a north–southstate highway inWestern New York in the United States. It is the longest state highway in that region, and the only other one besidesNY 14 to completely transect the state from thePennsylvania state line to the shore ofLake Ontario. It continues south into Pennsylvania asPennsylvania Route 449 (PA 449) and ends at an intersection with theLake Ontario State Parkway just south of the lakeshore inHamlin. NY 19 does not serve any major cities ormetropolitan areas and remains a two-lane rural road for almost its entire length. However, it follows theGenesee River for much of its lower length, and offers easy access to the gorges ofLetchworth State Park midway along its route.
Most of modern NY 19 betweenWellsville andLe Roy was originally designated as part of alegislative route in 1908. Much of this stretch was included in Route 16, anunsigned highway that initially extended fromCuba to Le Roy viaBelfast. In 1921, Route 16 was altered to follow the path of what is nowNY 19A instead. The first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, at which time the Wellsville–Belvidere segment of modern NY 19 was designated as part ofNY 17 and a small portion of NY 19 inBrockport became part ofNY 3. Within two years, the pre-1921 routing of legislative Route 16 from Belfast toPavilion was designated as part ofNew York State Route 62, a new route that began at Belvidere and passed through Pavilion before following modernNY 63 northwest to the Lake Ontario shoreline north ofLyndonville.
In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 17 was altered to follow a more southerly routing betweenOlean and Wellsville while NY 62 became the basis for NY 19, which continued south of Belvidere to the Pennsylvania state line. The portion of what is now NY 19 north of Pavilion was initially part of NY 63; the alignments of NY 19 and NY 63 were flipped north of Pavilionc. 1939. Only minor realignments and maintenance transfers have occurred since.
Allegany County accounts for about a third of NY 19's total length, with the other three counties splitting the rest about equally.[1]
PA 449 becomes NY 19 just north ofGenesee, Pennsylvania, as it runs along theGenesee River through a narrow valley. Just south of the first New York community it encounters, thehamlet of Shongo in theTown of Willing, it crosses the river. Running a little farther from the waterway, NY 19 reaches another hamlet,Stannards, several miles (kilometers) farther north, along with its first state highway junction,NY 248, which leaves to the east.[citation needed]
After Stannards, NY 19 crossesChenunda Creek as the Genesee Valley widens somewhat, and continues north to thevillage of Wellsville, the largest community in Allegany County. Itmerges withNY 417, the east–west former route ofNY 17 through the village, following a four-lane arterial along the Genesee River, which here runs through aconcrete-linedflood control channel. North of Wellsville, the NY 19 corridor remains fairly well-developed as the highway makes its way to the smaller village ofBelmont, thecounty seat. Here NY 19 crosses the Genesee River for the last time, andNY 244 leaves forAlfred to the east at the village center.[citation needed]
1 mile (1.6 km) past Belmont, NY 19 has its only direct freeway interchange, with theSouthern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 or I-86 andNY 17). Beyond it, it follows the river closely through the hamlet ofBelfast, whereNY 305 terminates. The next junction with another state highway,NY 243, comes atCaneadea, the next hamlet. It continues northward, passing throughHoughton, home toHoughton College.NY 19A splits off inFillmore to continue the riverside course and provide access toLetchworth State Park, while NY 19 climbs out of the valley and out of Allegany County.[citation needed]
After the short bend where it crosses theWyoming County line, NY 19 bends slightly to the west as it comes into thehamlet of Pike 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. The hamlet itself does not present any major intersections; however, NY 19 meetsNY 39, the main east–west road across southern Wyoming County, northeast of the hamlet. The two routes overlap for just over 0.5 miles (0.8 km) before NY 19 turns back to the north and heads across mostly open fields to the next village,Gainesville, a few miles (kilometers) farther on. Again the intersecting state highway is displaced to the north of the village, whereNY 78 heads off to the west despite being signed as a north–south route.[citation needed]
The route heads northeast from Gainesville to the hamlet of Rock Glen outside ofSilver Springs, where NY 19A returns to its parent route and NY 19 passes under theNorfolk Southern Railway-ownedSouthern Tier Line. A few miles (kilometers) farther on, NY 19 reaches another county seat,Warsaw. The highway, along with the intersectingU.S. Route 20A (US 20A), serves as one of the village's two commercial axis. Upon leaving Warsaw to the north, NY 19, having trended slightly to the west since the state line, reaches its apex and begins to go slightly to the northeast for the remainder of the route. It begins this new course while running through the Wyoming Valley, formed byOatka Creek, atributary of the Genesee River. At theMiddlebury–Covington town line, NY 19 takes a sudden right turn from its route to follow Schwytzer–East Bethany Road for 3 miles (4.8 km) to Silver Lake Road, where it once again assumes a due north heading as it begins to parallel theRochester and Southern Railroad and entersGenesee County.[citation needed]
Almost immediately after the county line NY 19 intersectsNY 63 at atraffic light in the hamlet ofPavilion. The similarly named but smaller Pavilion Center 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north marks the junction—a pseudo-parclo interchange—withUS 20.
.jpg)
NY 19 follows the Rochester and Southern Railroad into the village ofLe Roy, where NY 19 intersects the state's other major east–west route,NY 5, and crosses the railroad as it turns eastward to accessCaledonia. Outside of Le Roy, the route begins to leave Oatka Creek behind as the river and the route both descend theOnondaga Escarpment. Shortly afterwards, it crosses theI-90 segment of theNew York State Thruway just west of whereI-490 leaves the Thruway. While NY 19 is signed for this exit along the Thruway, access to it comes via the first exit on I-490, which is accessed via connector roads as the two highways do not directly intersect.[citation needed]
North of the Thruway, NY 19 enters the village ofBergen, intersectingNY 33 south of the village andNY 262 in the community itself. After passing the historic buildings ofLake Street, it crosses theCSX Transportation-ownedRochester Subdivision before exiting the village limits. Several miles (kilometers) later, after passing theBergen Swamp Wildlife Refuge and crossing overBlack Creek, it crosses its last county line, entering the rural southwestern corner ofMonroe County. The route heads north through the lightly populated town ofSweden to a large commercial district located a short distance south of the southern boundary ofBrockport, the largest community on NY 19's entire length. Here, NY 19, named South Lake Road, intersectsNY 31, which enters from the west as Fourth Section Road and leaves to the east as Brockport–Spencerport Road.[citation needed]
NY 19 continues north into Brockport, where the road crosses theErie Canal and passesSUNY Brockport and theMorgan–Manning House as Main Street. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village, NY 19 reachesNY 104 (Ridge Road) at the hamlet ofClarkson Corners. Now known as North Lake Road, and eventually just Lake Road, NY 19 assumes a straight course again through the several miles (kilometers) of open country to its next junction,NY 18 atHamlin. Just north of the quiet hamlet, Lake Road splits into east and west branches at a fork in the road. While unsignedCR 234 (formerNY 360) branches off to the northwest on the west fork, NY 19 takes the east fork and heads northeast from the hamlet. A few miles (kilometers) more brings the route to North Hamlin and finally its northern terminus at theLake Ontario State Parkway. Lake Road East Fork, at this point no longer part of NY 19, continues across the parkway to serve two Lake Ontario beach communities.[citation needed]
In 1908, theNew York State Legislature established a statewidelegislative route system that initially consisted of 37unsigned routes. The system included three segments of what is now NY 19, two of which were located south ofLe Roy. The longest of the three pieces extended from modernNY 305 inBelfast toNY 5 in Le Roy and comprised most of Route 16, which also continued southwest along current NY 305 toCuba. Two smaller segments, from the southeastern end of theoverlap with currentNY 417 inWellsville toCounty Route 20 (CR 20) in Belvidere and from what is nowNY 31 south ofBrockport to West Avenue in the village, became part of Route 4 and Route 30, respectively.[3][4] On March 1, 1921, several routes were added, removed, or modified as part of a partial renumbering of New York's legislative route system. The portion of Route 30 betweenMedina andRochester became part of an extended Route 20 while Route 16 was realigned to follow modernNY 19A betweenFillmore andGainesville. Lastly, the portion of modern NY 19 between NY 417 andNY 248 at Stannards was included in the new Route 46.[5]
When the first set of posted routes inNew York were assigned in 1924, the pieces of Route 4 between Belvidere and Wellsville and Route 20 along Main Street in Brockport were designated as part ofNY 17 andNY 3, respectively. By 1926, the pre-1921 routing of Route 16 between Belfast andPavilion was designated as part of NY 62, a route that continued south along modern NY 19 to Belvidere and northwest to theLake Ontario shoreline by way of what is nowNY 63.[6][7] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 17 was realigned betweenOlean and Wellsville to follow a new, more southerly routing while NY 62 became part of NY 19, a new route that extended from thePennsylvania state line to Lake Ontario by way of former NY 62, NY 17's former routing from Wellsville to Belvidere, the segment of legislative Route 46 north of Stannards, and a previously unnumbered highway between Stannards and the Pennsylvania border. At the same time, the portion of legislative Route 16 between Pavilion and Le Roy became part of NY 63, which extended north to the lakeshore inHamlin by way of what is now NY 19.[2][8] The alignments of NY 19 and NY 63 north of Pavilion were flippedc. 1939.[9][10]
Within the village of Wellsville, NY 19 and NY 417 (formerly NY 17) were originally routed on North and South Main streets.[11][12] In the early 1970s, construction began on an arterial bypassing downtown Wellsville to the west.[13] It was opened to traffic as part of a realigned NY 19 and NY 417 in October 1977.[14][15] In Hamlin, the segment of NY 19 between North Hamlin Road and theLake Ontario State Parkway was originally maintained byMonroe County as the unsigned CR 232.[16] In 2007, ownership and maintenance of that segment of NY 19 was transferred from Monroe County to the state ofNew York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in theNew York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and theNew York State Assembly on June 20. The act was signed into law by GovernorEliot Spitzer on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007.[17]
NY 19A (19.06 miles or 30.67 kilometres) is an eastern alternate to NY 19 betweenFillmore andRock Glen, connecting toSilver Springs,Castile andPortageville.[1] It was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[8]
NY 19 has had two shorttruck routes, one in the village ofBelmont and another circumventing the village ofBrockport.
 New York State Route 19 Truck | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brockport |
| Length | 4.23 mi[18] (6.81 km) |
NY 19 Truck in Brockport is a route that serves as a bypass around a low bridge carrying theFalls Road Railroad over NY 19 in the village. It begins at the intersection ofNY 31 and NY 19 south of Brockport and follows NY 31 westward on Fourth Section Road and northward on Redman Road to West Avenue. At West Avenue, NY 19 Truck splits from NY 31 and travels east on West Avenue to rejoin NY 19 north of the village.[19]
The West Avenue leg of NY 19 Truck was originally designated as part of NY 31. In the early 1980s, NY 31 was rerouted to bypass Brockport on Redman and Fourth Section roads.[20][21] West Avenue was redesignated as NY 943B, an unsignedreference route.[22] In 2007, ownership and maintenance ofNY 943B was transferred from the state ofNew York toMonroe County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in theNew York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and theNew York State Assembly on June 20. The act was signed into law by GovernorEliot Spitzer on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007.[17] The former routing of NY 943B is now designated as theunsigned CR 281.[23]
New York State Route 19 Truck | |
|---|---|
| Location | Belmont |
| Length | 0.5 mi[24] (800 m) |
| Existed | ???–October 22, 2009 |
NY 19 Truck in Belmont was a route that served as bypass around a bridge over theGenesee River on NY 19. The route began at the junction of Willetts Avenue (NY 19) and Genesee Street (NY 244) and followed Genesee Street northeastward across the Genesee River to Greenwich Street in the northern portion of the village. Here, NY 19 Truck split from NY 244 and turned southeastward, following Greenwich Street back to NY 19 east of the village center.[24] The bypassed bridge was originally built in 1935 and had an operating rating of 10 metric tons (11 short tons) and a sufficiency rating of 3%.[25] In late 2008, work began on a new bridge to replace the existing structure on NY 19. The new bridge cost $4.5 million and was opened to traffic on October 22, 2009. Signage for NY 19 Truck was removed following the completion of the project.[26]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegany | Willing | 0.00 | 0.00 |  PA 449 south (North Genesee Street) –Genesee | Continuation intoPennsylvania |
| 6.74 | 10.85 |   NY 248 east (Hallsport Road) –Hallsport,Whitesville | Western terminus of NY 248;hamlet ofStannards | ||
| Village of Wellsville | 9.08 | 14.61 |  NY 417 east –Andover | Eastern terminus of NY 417overlap | |
| 10.54 | 16.96 |  NY 417 west (Bolivar Road) –Bolivar | Western terminus of NY 417 overlap | ||
| Belmont | 19.45 | 31.30 |  NY 244 east (Genesee Street) –Alfred | Western terminus of NY 244 | |
| Amity–Angelica line | 22.37 | 36.00 |   I-86 /NY 17 –Jamestown,Binghamton | Exit 30 on I-86 | |
| Belfast | 28.23 | 45.43 |  NY 305 south | Northern terminus of NY 305 | |
| Caneadea | 33.36 | 53.69 |  NY 243 west –Rushford Lake,Rushford,Buffalo | Eastern terminus of NY 243 | |
| Hume | 40.31 | 64.87 |   NY 19A north (North Genesee Street) –Letchworth State Park | Southern terminus of NY 19A; hamlet ofFillmore | |
| Wyoming | Town of Pike | 48.90 | 78.70 |  NY 39 west –Bliss | Southern terminus of NY 39 overlap; hamlet ofPike |
| 49.51 | 79.68 | NY 39 east –Castile | Northern terminus of NY 39 overlap | ||
| Town of Gainesville | 55.07 | 88.63 |  NY 78 north (Delhi Road) –Java Center | Southern terminus of NY 78 | |
| 56.59 | 91.07 | NY 19A south –Silver Springs | Northern terminus of NY 19A | ||
| Village of Warsaw | 61.58 | 99.10 |  US 20A (Buffalo Street) | ||
| Genesee | Town of Pavilion | 73.95 | 119.01 |  NY 63 (Ellicott Street Road / Big Tree Road) –Batavia,Geneseo | Hamlet ofPavilion |
| 76.29 | 122.78 |  US 20 (Telephone Road) –Buffalo,Avon | Interchange; hamlet of Pavilion Center | ||
| Village of Le Roy | 81.45 | 131.08 |  NY 5 (Main Street) | ||
| Town of Le Roy | 85.70 | 137.92 |      I-490 toI-90 Toll /New York Thruway –Rochester,Albany,Buffalo | Exit 1 on I-490; I-490 west not signed | |
| Village of Bergen | 88.64 | 142.65 |  NY 33 (Clinton Street Road) toI-490 –Batavia,Rochester | ||
| 88.96 | 143.17 |  NY 262 west (Townline Road) | Eastern terminus of NY 262 | ||
| Monroe | Sweden | 97.53 | 156.96 |  NY 31 (4th Section Road / Brockport Spencerport Road) –Clarendon,Spencerport | |
| Town of Clarkson | 100.08 | 161.06 |  NY 104 (West Ridge Road) | Hamlet ofClarkson | |
| Town of Hamlin | 104.44 | 168.08 |  NY 18 (Roosevelt Highway) | ||
| 105.25 | 169.38 | Lake Road West Fork (CR 234) | FormerNY 360; hamlet ofHamlin | ||
| 108.62 | 174.81 | Lake Ontario State Parkway | Northern terminus; hamlet of Sandy Harbour | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
| |||||
