 New York State Route 65 | ||||
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 Map of the Rochester area with NY 65 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT andMonroe County | ||||
| Length | 18.51 mi[1] (29.79 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 20 /NY 5 inWest Bloomfield | |||
| Major intersections |  NY 252 inPittsford | |||
| North end |  NY 96 inBrighton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Ontario,Livingston,Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 65 (NY 65) is a north–southstate highway located in the western portion ofNew York in the United States. It extends for 18.51 miles (29.79 km) from an intersection withU.S. Route 20 (US 20) andNY 5 in theOntario County town ofWest Bloomfield to a junction withNY 96 in theMonroe County town ofBrighton. In between, the route serves the village ofHoneoye Falls and passes through the extreme northeastern corner ofLivingston County. NY 65 intersectsNY 251 inMendon,NY 252 inPittsford, and the regionally importantNY 31 in Brighton. The southern half of NY 65 passes through mostly rural areas, while its northern section traverses densely populated portions of Monroe County.
NY 65 originally began at what is nowUS 20A inHoneoye when it was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York; however, it was truncated to its current southern terminus in the late 1930s. No changes have been made to NY 65's alignment since that time; however, ownership and maintenance of the 1.95-mile (3.14 km) portion of the route north of NY 31 was transferred to Monroe County at some point prior to 1990. This section of NY 65 isco-designated as the unsignedCounty Route 271 (CR 271).
NY 65 begins at an intersection withUS 20 andNY 5 in theWest Bloomfield hamlet of the same name. It heads to the northwest as Ontario Street, passing through gradually less developed areas as it approaches theOntario–Monroe county line. Just south of the line, however, the route enters thehamlet of North Bloomfield, a southeastern extension ofHoneoye Falls located on theLivingston–Ontario county line. NY 65 passes into Livingston County in the town ofLima upon crossing overHoneoye Creek in the center of the community; however, it remains in the county for just 0.25 miles (0.40 km) before following Honeoye Creek into Monroe County and the village of Honeoye Falls in the town ofMendon situated on the county's southern edge.[3]
The Ontario Street name follows NY 65 northwestward through the southern half of the village, where it crosses back over Honeoye Creek before passing through the village's residential center and entering its business district. Here, NY 65 turns west onto East Street and crosses Honeoye Creek again to reach an intersection with Main and Monroe Streets.[3] Monroe Street, once designatedNY 363,[4] is maintained by theNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) asNY 940J, an unsignedreference route.[5] NY 65 turns north here, following North Main Street out of the village. Outside of Honeoye Falls, the route becomes Clover Street, a name it retains for the rest of its routing.[3]
The highway heads onward through the town ofMendon, leaving the densely populated village and its lightly populated outskirts for the rolling, open areas that dominate much of southern Monroe County. Three miles (5 km) to the north of Honeoye Falls, NY 65 intersectsNY 251 by way of aroundabout northeast of the hamlet of Rochester Junction. The community, located on NY 251,[3] marks the point where theLehigh Valley Railroad spur that went to therailroad's station in downtownRochester returned to themain line.[6] The route continues onward, passing alongside the western edge ofMendon Ponds Park as it enters thetown of Pittsford. At the northern edge of the park, NY 65 curves to the northeast and passes over theNew York State Thruway (Interstate 90).[3]
North of the Thruway, NY 65 intersects the eastern terminus ofNY 253 and Calkins Road[3] (unsignedNY 943C[5] and a former extension of NY 253[7]) at junctions roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) apart. From this point northward, the route heads through much more developed areas, beginning with a series ofhousing tracts situated in the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) between Calkins and Jefferson Roads, the latter carryingNY 252. It continues on past NY 252, taking on a more northerly routing as it crosses over theCSX Transportation-ownedWest Shore Subdivision railroad line and theErie Canal and passes through densely populated portions of Pittsford andBrighton.[3]
Just inside the Brighton town line, NY 65 intersectsNY 31 (Monroe Avenue) in a linear commercial district centered on NY 31.[3] At this point, maintenance of NY 65 shifts from NYSDOT to Monroe County, which maintains the route as the unsigned CR 271.[8][9] The route heads due northward for just under 1 mile (1.6 km), parallelingI-590 and passingThe Harley School before veering to the northeast ahead of an intersection with Elmwood Avenue. Both NY 65 and CR 271 end 1 mile (1.6 km) later at a junction with East Avenue (NY 96).[3]
All of what is now NY 65, including the portion of the route north of modernNY 31, was state-maintained by 1926.[10] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 65 was assigned to an alignment extending fromNY 254 (nowUS 20A) inHoneoye northward toNY 15 (nowNY 96) inBrighton. The route followed the northernmost portion of what is nowCR 37 from Honeoye toUS 20 inWest Bloomfield, from where it continued to Brighton on its current alignment.[2] The section of NY 65 south of US 20, which was not state-owned in 1926,[10] was removed from the routec. 1938.[11][12] Farther north, ownership and maintenance of the portion of the route north of NY 31 was transferred toMonroe County by 1990.[13]
NY 65 originally had anoverlap withNY 253 in thetown of Pittsford. From the 1930 renumbering[14] to the 1980s, NY 253 turned north onto NY 65 at its present eastern terminus and followed NY 65 north to Calkins Road, where NY 253 turned east and continued to the northeast toward Pittsford,East Rochester andPenfield.[7] In the latter half of the 1980s, NY 253 was truncated to its present eastern terminus at NY 65 and the section of NY 253 from NY 96 north toNY 441 in East Rochester and Penfield was designatedNY 153.[7][13]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ontario | West Bloomfield | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 20 /NY 5 | Southern terminus |
| Monroe | Honeoye Falls | 4.64 | 7.47 | Monroe Street (NY 940J) | Former eastern terminus ofNY 363 |
| Mendon | 7.55 | 12.15 |  NY 251 | Roundabout;hamlet of Rochester Junction | |
| Town of Pittsford | 12.72 | 20.47 |   NY 253 west | Eastern terminus of NY 253 | |
| 13.57 | 21.84 | Calkins Road (NY 943C) | Formerly part of NY 253 | ||
| 14.91 | 24.00 | NY 252 –Pittsford | |||
| Brighton | 16.56 | 26.65 |    NY 31 toI-590 | ||
| 18.51 | 29.79 | NY 96 | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
