New York State Route 39(NY 39) is an east–weststate highwayin thewestern portionofNew Yorkin the United States. It begins and ends at intersections withU.S. Route 20(US 20) 98.89 miles (159.15 km) apart. The western terminus of NY 39 is east ofFredoniain theChautauqua Countytown ofSheridan,while the eastern terminus is in theLivingston Countyvillage ofAvon.At its east end, NY 39 also ends atNY 5,which isconcurrentto US 20 at this point. NY 39 serves several villages, includingGowandaandGeneseo,and intersects a handful of major north–south highways, such asUS 219inSpringvilleandNY 19nearPike.Most of the route is a two-lane highway that passes through rural, undeveloped areas.
 New York State Route 39 | ||||
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 Map of western New York with NY 39 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byNYSDOTand the village ofGeneseo | ||||
| Length | 98.89 mi[1](159.15 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 20inSheridan | |||
 US 62inGowandaandCollins US 219inSpringville US 20AinLeicesterandGeneseo | ||||
| East end |  US 20/NY 5inAvon | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Chautauqua,Cattaraugus,Erie,Wyoming,Livingston | |||
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NY 39 was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New Yorkto an alignment extending fromDunkirkin the west toGenevain the east via Pike,Dansville,andNaples.From Pike eastward, NY 39 used large parts of modernNY 436andNY 245.At the time, what is now NY 39 northeast of Pike was part of then-NY 245 from Pike toPerryand US 20 from outside ofLeicesterto Avon. US 20 was realigned between Geneseo and East Avonc. 1931to follow a more easterly alignment viaLakeville,at which time the Geneseo–Avon highway becameNew York State Route 20D.Over the next decade, the Pike–Perry–Avon highway underwent several designation changes, culminating with the realignment of NY 39 onto itc. 1940.The route was cut back to its current western terminus in the mid-1960s.
Route description
editAll but 0.46 miles (0.74 km) of NY 39 is maintained by theNew York State Department of Transportation(NYSDOT). The lone non-state-maintained segment lies within thevillage of Geneseo,where the route is maintained by the village from the east end of theoverlapwithUS 20Ato North Street, a local east–west street four blocks to the north of US 20A.[3]
Sheridan to Gowanda
editNY 39 begins at an intersection withUS 20at the southern extent of the town ofSheridan,located northeast of the village ofFredoniaand southeast of the city ofDunkirk.Heading east, NY 39 passes farmland and other undeveloped areas as it intersects a number ofChautauqua Countyroutes. The most notable of these isCounty Route 85(CR 85),[4]which was onceNY 428north of where it meets NY 39 in the hamlet ofForestville.[5]Although NY 39 crosses many county routes as it makes its way across the towns of Sheridan andHanover,it does not intersect another state-maintained route until it crosses intoCattaraugus County.Across the county line, NY 39 enters thehamlet of Perrysburg,centered around the route's junction withCR 58,locally known as North Road.[4]South of this point, CR 58 was once part ofNY 353.[5]
To the east, NY 39 briefly turns northward before following West Main Street eastward into the creekside village ofGowanda.It continues east to the village's business district, located adjacent toCattaraugus Creek,where the route intersectsUS 62.The two routes form a northwardconcurrency,jointly occupying West Main Street to the bridge traversing Cattaraugus Creek a mere 60 yards (55 m) to the northeast, where the road name becomes East Main Street and the county becomesErie Countyon the other side of the waterway. US 62 and NY 39 break from East Main Street 90 yards (82 m) later, following Buffalo Street northward through a mostly residential neighborhood. At the northern edge of the village, the two routes change direction again, turning east onto Sandhill Road. Buffalo Street continues to be a touring route, however, asNY 438continues north on Buffalo Street toward theCattaraugus Indian Reservation.[4]
Erie County and vicinity
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Outside of Gowanda, US 62 and NY 39 take on a more northerly routing to the town ofCollins,where the two routes split in the town center. US 62 continues northward towardsBuffaloon Gowanda–Buffalo Road while NY 39 takes Main Street east out of town. In Collins Center to the east, NY 39 intersects the southern terminus of the Sisson Highway,NY 75.Past the hamlet, NY 39 heads generally northeastward across 8 miles (13 km) of open areas to the village ofSpringville.West of the village, NY 39 meets theSouthern Expressway(US 219) at an interchange. Not far to the east is a junction with the heavily commercialized Cascade Drive,[4]the newer of US 219's two former routings through Springville.[6]
NY 39 continues east past Cascade Drive and into the village, where it becomes Main Street. In the village's central business district, NY 39 crosses Buffalo Street,[4]US 219's original alignment through Springville.[7]The route continues on, meetingNY 240at the eastern village line before proceeding into another rural area dominated by farmlands. From Springville toYorkshire,NY 39 closely parallels the northern bank of Cattaraugus Creek as it heads to the northeast. The route crosses the creek 9 miles (14 km) later in the town ofSardinia,where it intersectsNY 16east of the town center. NY 16 and NY 39 come together for a brief overlap that leads NY 39 south across the creek and back into Cattaraugus County. They split just south of the creek in the town ofYorkshire,at which point NY 39 heads east for 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to enterWyoming County.[4]
Wyoming County
editIn the neighboringvillage of Arcade,NY 39 remains Main Street, acting as the primary east–west road through town. It crosses two railroad lines, theBuffalo Linethat is owned by theNorfolk Southern Railwayand operated by theBuffalo and Pittsburgh Railroadand theArcade and Attica Railroad(ARA), by way of twograde crossingsimmediately after entering the village. The route continues on through the lightly developed western half of Arcade, crossing the ARA a second time before both reach the more populated village center. Here, the railroad crosses NY 39 a third and final time before connecting toNY 98at Liberty Street.[4]That route overlaps with NY 39 for a mere 300 yards (270 m) east to Water Street, where NY 98 resumes its northward trek towardBatavia.After another 0.5 miles (0.8 km), Arcade abruptly ends, giving way to more fields of farmland, a common sight along NY 39 from here eastward.[4]
About 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Arcade in the hamlet ofBliss,NY 39 intersects the southern terminus ofNY 362,a short north-south connector linking NY 39 toNY 78.After another 5 miles (8 km), NY 39 connects to the north–southNY 19outside of the hamlet ofPike.At this point, NY 39 turns to the northeast, a direction that it proceeds in for most of the remainder of its routing. The first 1 mile (1.6 km) of this stretch overlaps with NY 19, which eventually splits from NY 39 to proceed north toLake Ontario.NY 39 continues on, connecting to the western terminus ofNY 436in the hamlet ofLamontbefore intersectingNY 19Asouthwest of thevillage of Castile.[4]
NY 19A, an easterly alternate route of NY 19, merges with NY 39, following the latter for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to an unorthodox intersection southwest of the village. Heading west on NY 39, traffic is diverted onto a ramp leading to NY 19A, where commuters must turn left onto NY 19A to continue west on NY 39. Eastbound NY 39, however, has no such configuration, allowing eastbound traffic to remain on NY 39 through the intersection. Between Castile and thevillage of Perry,NY 39 assumes a slightly more northerly alignment, paralleling the edges ofSilver Lakea half-mile to the northwest andLetchworth State Park2 miles (3.2 km) to the southeast. Upon entering Perry, NY 39 shifts to a northeasterly alignment once again as it intersectsNY 246in the village center. East of the village, NY 39 switches counties for the final time as the road crosses intoLivingston County.[4]
Livingston County
editNortheast of where NY 39 enters the county but southwest of thevillage of Leicester,NY 39 intersectsUS 20Ain an area known as Pine Tavern. The two routes fuse together and head northeast to Leicester, where they descend into a valley surrounding theGenesee Riverand form a short concurrency withNY 36in the village center. NY 36 enters from the north and travels east along US 20A and NY 39 for 250 yards (230 m) prior to continuing south to Pennsylvania, leaving US 20A and NY 39 to continue east. They serveCuylerville,a small hamlet on the outskirts of Leicester, before crossing over the Genesee River and climbing the eastern face of the valley to reach a junction withNY 63.Like NY 19A near Castile, NY 63 overlaps US 20A/NY 39 for just 0.25 miles (0.40 km) before it forks from the route at the southernmost point of theSUNY Geneseocampus.[4]
While NY 63 runs along the western edge of the college, US 20A and NY 39 follow the eastern edge of SUNY Geneseo northward to the village center. Here, the two routes meetMary JemisonDrive, an east–west street that serves that the only connection between NY 39 west and NY 63 north. At the same intersection, US 20A and NY 39 turn east onto South Street; however, the concurrency terminates just one block later at Main Street. Here, NY 39 turns north, leaving US 20A to proceed east toward theFinger Lakes.[4]
Outside of Geneseo, NY 39 becomes Avon Road, a name it retains to the outskirts of thevillage of Avon.As it enters Avon, the farmlands give way to more developed, mostly residential areas. Now named Wadsworth Avenue, NY 39 passes west of a largeKraft Foodsplant that occupies a large portion of southwestern Avon. North of the plant, the route heads past residential neighborhoods to the west and commercial establishments situated on theLivonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad(LAL) to the east. NY 39 ends about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the plant at a junction with US 20 andNY 5west of the center of Avon and just west of where those two routes cross the LAL at-grade.[4]
History
editThe modern routing of NY 39 betweenGeneseoandAvonwas originally designated as part ofNY 36in the mid-1920s. Around the same time, the piece between Pine Tavern and Geneseo became part ofNY 35.[8][9]In 1927, the portion of NY 35 betweenEast Auroraand Geneseo and the segment of NY 36 from Geneseo to Avon were incorporated intoUS 20,a new cross-stateU.S. Highwaythat continued east from Avon towardAlbanyand west from Pine Tavern towardBuffalo.[10]As a result, NY 36 was truncated to its junction with US 20 in Leicester. In Avon, US 20 was routed on Wadsworth Avenue, Spring Street, and Genesee Street.[11]
NY 39 was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New Yorkand originally extended fromNY 20A(nowNY 5) inDunkirkto US 20 and NY 5 west of thecity of Geneva.In between, NY 39 passed through the villages ofPike,Dansville,Naples,andRushville.The portion of the route from Dansville to Geneva had previously been designated asNY 52.[2][12]At the same time, a highway connecting Pike to Perry Center viaCastileandPerry villagewas designated asNY 245.[13]US 20 was realigned between Geneseo and East Avonc. 1931to useNY 254(currentUS 20A) andNY 2(nowNY 15) instead. The former routing of US 20 between Geneseo and Avon was redesignated as NY 20D.[13][14]NY 245 was realigned north of Perry to follow a new highway (modern NY 39) to an intersection with US 20 southwest of Leicesterc. 1934.[15][16]
US 20 was realignedc. 1938to follow its modern routing between Hamburg and Avon. Its former alignment between Hamburg and Geneseo became part ofNY 20A,which continued north from Geneseo to Avon over NY 20D.[17][18]By the following year, the Hamburg–Geneseo segment of NY 20A was included in the new US 20A while the Geneseo–Avon portion became part of a realignedNY 254.[19]The routings of NY 39 and NY 245 east of Pike were swapped in the fall of 1939,[20]placing NY 245 on a routing extending from Pike to Geneva and NY 39 on its modern alignment to Leicester. NY 39 was also extended northeast to Avon as part of the change, supplanting NY 254.[19][21]The portion of NY 39 within Avon was rerouted to follow Wadsworth Avenue to West Main Street (US 20 and NY 5) in the early 1950s.[22][23]
In Dunkirk, NY 39 originally began at the intersection of East Lake Shore Drive (NY 5) and Main Street. From there, it followed Main Street, Franklin Avenue, and Roberts Road to US 20.[7]NY 39 was truncated to its current western terminus east of the city in the mid-1960s;[24][25]however, the portion of its former routing outside of the Dunkirk city limits remained state maintained as an unsignedreference route,NY 837.[26][27]On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of it was transferred from the state ofNew YorktoChautauqua Countyas part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[28]The Roberts Road segment of NY 39's former alignment is now part ofCR 81while the Main Street portion is now the northernmost part ofNY 60.[29]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chautauqua | Sheridan | 0.00 | 0.00 |   US 20toI-90–Fredonia,Silver Creek | Western terminus |
| Cattaraugus | Gowanda | 17.89 | 28.79 |  US 62south | Southern terminus of US 62 / NY 39overlap |
| Erie | 18.62 | 29.97 |   NY 438west –Silver Creek | Eastern terminus of NY 438 | |
| Town of Collins | 20.46 | 32.93 |  US 62north –Buffalo | Northern terminus of US 62 / NY 39 overlap;hamletof Collins | |
| 24.45 | 39.35 |  NY 75north –Hamburg | Southern terminus of NY 75; hamlet ofCollins Center | ||
| Springville | 33.17 | 53.38 | US 219–Ellicottville,Salamanca,Hamburg,Buffalo | Interchange | |
| 35.80 | 57.61 |  NY 240–Glenwood,Orchard Park,Ellicottville | |||
| Sardinia | 45.06 | 72.52 |  NY 16north –East Aurora | Northern terminus of NY 16 / NY 39 overlap | |
| Cattaraugus | Yorkshire | 45.86 | 73.80 | NY 16south –Olean | Southern terminus of NY 16 / NY 39 overlap; hamlet ofYorkshire |
| Wyoming | Village of Arcade | 48.73 | 78.42 |  NY 98south | Western terminus of NY 39 / NY 98 overlap |
| 48.86 | 78.63 | NY 98north –Attica | Eastern terminus of NY 39 / NY 98 overlap | ||
| Eagle | 58.42 | 94.02 |  NY 362north –Bliss | HamletofBliss;southern terminus of NY 362 | |
| Town of Pike | 64.64 | 104.03 |  NY 19south –Pike | Southern terminus of NY 19 / NY 39 overlap; hamlet ofPike | |
| 65.25 | 105.01 | NY 19north –Gainesville | Northern terminus of NY 19 / NY 39 overlap | ||
| 67.37 | 108.42 |   NY 436east –State Park | Hamlet ofLamont;western terminus of NY 436 | ||
| Town of Castile | 70.10 | 112.82 |  NY 19Asouth –Letchworth State Park | Southern terminus of NY 19A / NY 39 overlap | |
| Village of Castile | 70.30 | 113.14 | NY 19Anorth –Silver Springs,Warsaw | Northern terminus of NY 19A / NY 39 overlap | |
| Village of Perry | 77.49 | 124.71 |  NY 246north | Southern terminus of NY 246 | |
| Livingston | Town of Leicester | 82.46 | 132.71 | US 20Awest –Warsaw | Western terminus of US 20A / NY 39 overlap |
| Village of Leicester | 84.75 | 136.39 |  NY 36north –Caledonia,Buffalo area | Western terminus of NY 36 / NY 39 overlap | |
| 84.89 | 136.62 |  NY 36south toI-390–Mount Morris,Letchworth State Park | Eastern terminus of NY 36 / NY 39 overlap | ||
| Town of Geneseo | 88.63 | 142.64 |  NY 63south –Mount Morris,Dansville | Southern terminus of NY 39 / NY 63 overlap | |
| 88.94 | 143.14 | NY 63north –Batavia | Northern terminus of NY 39 / NY 63 overlap | ||
| Village of Geneseo | 89.54 | 144.10 |  NY 942Dnorth (Mary Jemison Drive) toNY 63 | Eastern terminus of unsigned NY 942D; to NY 63 north only signed westbound | |
| 89.64 | 144.26 | US 20Aeast –Lakeville | Eastern terminus of US 20A / NY 39 overlap | ||
| Village of Avon | 98.89 | 159.15 | US 20/NY 5toI-390–Canandaigua | Eastern terminus | |
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See also
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External links
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- New York State Route 39 atAlps' Roads•New York Routes