 New York State Route 415 | ||||
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 NY 415 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 42.83 mi[1] (68.93 km) | |||
| Existed | mid-1960s[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 414 inCorning | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |   NY 15 /NY 21 inWayland | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Steuben | |||
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New York State Route 415 (NY 415) is astate highway located entirely withinSteuben County, New York, in the United States. It is a 42.83-mile (68.93 km) north–south trunk road that parallels in part, theCohocton River,Interstate 86 (I-86) andI-390. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection withNY 414 in thecity of Corning. Its northern terminus is at a junction withNY 15 andNY 21 south of thevillage of Wayland. NY 415 serves several villages bypassed by theSouthern Tier Expressway and I-390, such asBath andCohocton. The road also runs concurrent withNew York State Bicycle Route 17 from its southern terminus toCounty Route 70A (CR 70A) inAvoca.[4]
All of NY 415 from Painted Post west was part ofU.S. Route 15 (US 15) from the 1930s to the 1960s. As sections of theSouthern Tier Expressway and I-390 opened to traffic in the 1960s and 1970s, US 15 (laterNY 15) was realigned to follow the expressway while its former at-grade routing became NY 415. NY 415 reached its present length, save for one minor extension in Corning, by 1977.
NY 415 begins at an intersection withNY 414 (Centerway) in the Denmark section of the city ofCorning. The route heads westward from the junction as a four-lane road named East Pulteney Street, passing north of theCorning Museum of Glass and serving a commercial area of the city. NY 415 changes names to West Pulteney Street five blocks later at a junction with Bridge Street; it also narrows from four lanes to two after meeting Dodge Avenue three blocks to the west of Bridge Street. Past Dodge Avenue, the highway gradually turns to the northwest, paralleling the course of the nearbyChemung River. The route soon passes into the adjacent village ofRiverside, where it briefly widens to four lanes ahead of a partial interchange with theSouthern Tier Expressway (I-86 andNY 17). Past the exit, NY 415 reverts to a two-lane right-of-way and passes under theNorfolk Southern Railway'sSouthern Tier Line (formerly theErie Railroad's main line).[5]
On the opposite side of the rail underpass, NY 415 changes names to East High Street. This moniker follows the route into the town ofErwin and its village ofPainted Post, where the route gains a pair of wide shoulders and begins to traverse areas slightly more residential in nature. In the center of the village, NY 415 serves a cluster of businesses and intersects North Hamilton Street, designated asNY 417 west of this point. To the northeast, North Hamilton Street connects toCR 41. Past NY 417, NY 415 serves the predominantly residential neighborhoods that comprise western Painted Post. Just one block from North Hamilton Street, NY 415 changes names to Coopers–Bath Road at a junction with Steuben Street. The local street connects to the Painted Post Erwin Museum, housed in what was once thePainted Post station constructed by theDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[5]
The homes along the route become more scattered as NY 415 reaches the village limits. Outside Painted Post, the highway turns to the west, serving a handful of houses and two commercial buildings located adjacent to exit 43 of the Southern Tier Expressway. The route continues on through the town of Erwin, paralleling theB&H Rail Corporation's main line and the north bank of theCohocton River as it heads northwestward across gradually less developed areas ofSteuben County. NY 415 soon enters thehamlet ofCoopers Plains, a small residential community centered around the route's junction with Meads Creek Road, which connects to exit 42 of the Southern Tier Expressway. Past exit 42, the state-maintained Meads Creek Road becomesCR 26. Past Coopers Plains, NY 415 enters the town ofCampbell and makes a sharp turn to the north, crossing over the freeway to run along the undeveloped eastern side of the Cohocton River valley.[5]
In Campbell, NY 415 runs through mostly wooded, rural areas, save for a handful of homes in hamlets along the route. In Curtis, located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Coopers Plains, NY 415 connects to the eastern terminus ofCR 4 (Curtis Hollow Road). The highway continues northward from Curtis, closely paralleling the Cohocton River for another 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to thehamlet of Campbell. NY 415 bypasses most of the community to the east; as a result, the route serves only a small number of homes on the outskirts of the community. As the highway heads through the area, it meets the east end of CR 333 (Main Street), which heads westward into Campbell's business district.[5] The junction with CR 333 was the former eastern terminus ofNY 333,[6] a designation eliminated in 1997.[7] NY 415 continues northwest from this point, intersecting withCR 17 (McNutt Run Road) before leaving the hamlet for less developed areas of the town.[5]
NY 415 heads northward across generally open fields along the base of the river valley to thetown of Bath and its village ofSavona. In the latter, NY 415 intersects withCR 125 (Little Acorn Lane) before entering the residential areas that comprise the bulk of the village. After three blocks of homes, NY 415 connects toNY 226 (Lamoka Avenue) in Savona's business district. After NY 226, NY 415 leaves Savona and turns to the northwest, running alongside the Southern Tier Expressway and the Cohocton River in a narrow section of the valley populated by farms. The gully widens significantly about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Savona, at which point NY 415 leaves the Southern Tier Expressway and the river to follow a slightly more northerly routing through the area. It soon intersects withCR 16 (Telegraph Road) and Babcock Hollow Road (unsignedNY 960U) before entering residential areas on the eastern edge of thevillage of Bath.[5]
The route continues into the village, changing names from Coopers–Bath Road to East Morris Street. Just inside the village limits, NY 415 passes a long stretch of residences and a former railroad right-of-way. Near the center of Bath, the route veers off East Morris Street and onto East Steuben Street, a parallel street one block to the north serving more commercial areas of the village. After five blocks, NY 415 turns northward onto Liberty Street, which carries the route for another two village blocks to the downtown portion of the village. Here, NY 415 meetsNY 54, which switches from West Washington Street to Liberty Street at this point. NY 415 turns west here,overlapping with NY 54 along West Washington Street, a two-lane street serving mixed-use areas. The concurrency ends in a commercial area on the village's west side, where NY 415 turns northward onto West Morris Street while NY 54 proceeds west to the Southern Tier Expressway's exit 38.[5]
After forking from NY 54, NY 415 proceeds northwest along West Morris Street, a two-lane commercial boulevard serving the western extents of the village of Bath. NY 415 soon begins to parallel the B&H main line once again, leaving the village for substantially less developed areas of the town of Bath. Roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village, the route turns westward, passing under the Southern Tier Expressway to reach the Cohocton River and a junction with nearbyCR 15 (Knight Settlement Road). Past CR 15, NY 415 heads northwest as a two-lane farm road to the riverside hamlet of Kanona, where NY 415 intersects with the southern terminus ofNY 53 (Main Street). The route continues on, crossing the river and intersectingCR 14 (Campbell Creek Road) before leaving the residential community.[5]
Outside of Kanona, NY 415 heads through the rural northern portion of Bath before crossing into thetown of Avoca. In Avoca, NY 415 initially bends to the west, passing directly south of the complex interchange between the Southern Tier Expressway and the south end ofI-390. After 1 mile (1.6 km), the highway curves northward, passing under the Southern Tier Expressway for the final time. Immediately north of the underpass, NY 415 intersects withCR 70A (Big Creek Road),[5] a highway that was part ofNY 70 until the mid-1970s.[8][9] Continuing on, NY 415 reverts to a northwesterly track as it begins to parallel I-390 (the Genesee Expressway). The first connection between the two roads comes soon afterward by way of Michigan Hollow Road (unsignedNY 961J). Past this point, NY 415 makes a gradual bend to the north, bypassing the nearbyvillage of Avoca to the west. Avoca itself is served byCR 7 (South Main Street).[5]
After the village of Avoca, NY 415 parallels I-390 northwestward through the Cohocton River valley to the hamlet of Bloomerville, whereCR 6 intersects NY 415 from the southwest. From here, NY 415 meanders its way northward along the base of the valley, crossing the B&H main line, I-390, and the river to reach the small hamlet of Wallace, centered around NY 415's junctions withCR 105 (Henderson Street) andCR 9 (Twelve Mile Creek Road). Another rural stretch brings NY 415 into thetown of Cohocton, where the route closely follows the eastern edge of the valley to serve thevillage of Cohocton. Within the village, NY 415 gains the South Main Street moniker and becomes a two-lane residential street. At Cohocton's central business district, NY 415 turns westward and becomes Maple Avenue. The former right-of-way along Main Street becomesNY 371, which heads northward along North Main Street.[5]
While on Maple Avenue, NY 415 remains a two-lane residential street as it crosses the B&H tracks once again near the Erie Railroad's oldCohocton station. The highway subsequently crosses the Cohocton River and serves another residential section of the village before meetingCR 121 (Loon Lake Road), another connector leading to nearby I-390. After CR 121, NY 415 turns northward out of the village, following the base of a narrow valley surrounding a tributary of the Cohocton River. Outside of Cohocton, the route becomes North Dansville Road and serves a small number of homes scattered across otherwise open fields.[5]
NY 415 continues to follow the creek valley for the next 5 miles (8.0 km), winding its way northwestward along the valley's curvy and undeveloped base. While NY 415 follows a series of prolonged east–west and north–south stretches that comprise the valley, the parallel I-390 takes a more linear path along the southwestern rim of the gully. Both roads soon enter thetown of Wayland, where NY 415 connects to the western terminus ofCR 36 at a gap in the valley's eastern side. West of this point, the small creek valley opens into the larger Cohocton River valley once more, allowing NY 415 and I-390 to follow closely parallel routings through the area. Just west of where the two valleys meet, NY 415 intersectsCR 92 (Kiefers Corners–Orchard Comfort Road), which connects to an old alignment ofNY 15, NY 415's predecessor.[5]
I-390 and NY 415 continue westward across a rural, open area of the town of Wayland to I-390's exit 3, located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of thevillage of Wayland. The junction connects I-390 toNY 21 and serves as the south end of NY 15, which follows NY 21 northward into the village. NY 415 ends just north of the interchange at an intersection with NY 15 and NY 21. The right-of-way for NY 415 continues westward along the expressway as Michigan Road, which connects toCR 90 (Patchinville Road) and the hamlet of Perkinsville.[5]
In 1908, theNew York State Legislature created a system of unsignedlegislative routes that spanned the state ofNew York. Two highways assigned at this time were Route 4, which extended fromWestfield toWest Point, and Route 14, a route beginning at the western city line ofCorning and ending at the southern city limits ofRochester. Route 4 entered the vicinity of Corning on Hamilton Street and followed Hamilton to its junction with Water Street. From there, itoverlapped Route 14 east to the Corning city limits, where Route 14 ended and Route 4 continued alone through the city on Water and Pulteney Streets. Route 14, meanwhile, exited the Corning area on Water Street and followed what is now NY 415 throughSavona,Bath, andAvoca toCohocton. In Cohocton, Route 14 veered north to follow modernNY 371 instead.[10][11]
The first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. In the vicinity of Corning, Route 4 became part ofNY 17 while the portion of Route 14 fromPainted Post to Cohocton was designated as part ofNY 4, which also extended south to thePennsylvania state line and north to Rochester viaWayland,Springwater, East Avon, andHenrietta.[12] NY 4 was renumbered toNY 2 in 1927 to eliminate the numerical duplication between NY 4 and the newUS 4 in eastern New York.[13] Both NY 2 and NY 17 remained unchanged until 1938, whenUS 15 was extended northward fromHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Rochester along the routing of NY 2.[14] NY 17 and US 15 were rerouted slightly in the late 1950s to follow Coopers–Bath Road through Painted Post instead.[15][16]
Construction beganc. 1962 on a bypass of NY 17 and US 15 in the vicinity of Corning (modern exit 45) and Painted Post (exit 43).[17][18] The entirety of the highway, plus an extension northwest toCampbell (exit 41), was completed between 1964 and 1968. US 15 and NY 17 were rerouted to follow the new highway, and their former routings between Campbell and Corning were redesignated as NY 415. The route also continued eastward into downtown Corning, where it ended at the junction of Pulteney Street and Baker Street (NY 414).[2][3][19] The portion of the US 15 / NY 17 freeway between Campbell and Avoca (exit 36) was completed by 1973;[8] however, NY 415 continued to terminate in Campbell until July 1, 1974, when it was extended north to a junction withNY 21 south of Wayland following the completion ofI-390 between Avoca and Wayland.[20] When the Corning Bypass (part of theSouthern Tier Expressway) was built in 1995,[21] NY 414 was rerouted to follow Centerway through the city. NY 415 was then extended east for two blocks to meet the new routing of NY 414.
Ownership and maintenance of NY 415 from Meads Creek Road in Coopers Plains to Babcock Hollow Road outside of Bath was transferred from the state of New York toSteuben County by 1977. The highway was co-designated as CR 415 at the time.[22][23] On April 1, 1997, ownership and maintenance of this portion of NY 415 was given back to the state of New York as part of a larger highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[24]
The entire route is inSteuben County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| City of Corning | 0.00 | 0.00 |       NY 414 (Center Way) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway | Southern terminus | |
| Riverside, Steuben County | 1.33 | 2.14 |      I-86 west /NY 17 west /Southern Tier Expressway west /NY 352 east | Western terminus of NY 352 | |
| 1.40 | 2.25 |   I-86 east /NY 17 east /Southern Tier Expressway east | Exit 45 (I-86 / NY 17) | ||
| Painted Post | 2.06 | 3.32 |  NY 417 west (North Hamilton Street) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway | Eastern terminus of NY 417 | |
| Erwin | 3.14 | 5.05 | I-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway –Jamestown,Corning | Exit 43 (I-86 / NY 17) | |
| 5.20 | 8.37 | Meads Creek Road (NY 960M north) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway /CR 26 north | Hamlet ofCoopers Plains | ||
| Campbell | 8.98 | 14.45 |   CR 333 west (Main Street) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway | Former eastern terminus ofNY 333; hamlet ofCampbell | |
| Savona | 13.98 | 22.50 |  NY 226 (Lamoka Avenue) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway | ||
| Town of Bath | 18.40 | 29.61 | Babcock Hollow Road (NY 960U south) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway | Northern terminus of NY 960U | |
| Village of Bath | 20.45 | 32.91 |   NY 54 north (Liberty Street) –Hammondsport,Penn Yan | Southern terminus of NY 54overlap | |
| 21.20 | 34.12 | I-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway –Binghamton,Jamestown NY 54 ends | Northern terminus of NY 54 overlap; exit 38 (I-86 / NY 17) | ||
| Town of Bath | 24.02 | 38.66 |  NY 53 north (Main Street) toI-86 /NY 17 /Southern Tier Expressway –Kanona,Prattsburgh | Southern terminus of NY 53 | |
| Town of Avoca | 27.26 | 43.87 |  Michigan Hollow Road (NY 961J east) toI-390 | Western terminus of unsigned NY 961J | |
| Village of Cohocton | 36.03 | 57.98 |  NY 371 north (North Main Street) –Naples | Southern terminus of NY 371 | |
| 36.68 | 59.03 |   Cohocton Loon Lake Road (NY 962D west) toI-390 /NY 15 /CR 121 –Corning,Rochester | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 962D; formerly part of NY 371 | ||
| Town of Wayland | 42.83 | 68.93 | NY 15 /NY 21 toI-390 / Michigan Road –Perkinsville,Hornell,Wayland | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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