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{{Short description|State highway in Broome County, New York, US}}
{{Redirect|New York State Route 363|previous alignments of NY 363}}
{{Infobox road
|marker_image={{Infobox road/shieldmain/USA|state=NY|type=NY|route=7}} {{Infobox road/shieldmain/USA|state=NY|type=NY|route=363}}
|state=NY
|name=Brandywine Highway
|map={{maplink-road|from=Brandywine Highway.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=NY 363 highlighted in red, NY 7 portion of Brandywine Highway in purple
|maint=[[NYSDOT]]
|length_mi=3.95
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="2007tdr">{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Data%20Report%202007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612094059/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Data%20Report%202007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |title=2007 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=July 25, 2008 |format=PDF |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |accessdate=June 2, 2009 }}</ref>
|length_notes=NY&nbsp;363: {{convert|1.38|mi|2}}<ref name="2007tdr" />
|established=1960s<ref name="nbi" /><ref name="binghamton west quad" /><br /><small>July 1, 1974 (NY&nbsp;363)<ref name="1974log" /></small>
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NY|NY|434}} / NY 992E in [[Binghamton (city), New York|Binghamton]]
|junction={{jct|state=NY|I|81|NY|17}} in Binghamton
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|I|88}} in [[Fenton, New York|Fenton]]
|counties=[[Broome County, New York|Broome]]
|previous_type=NY
|previous_route=362
|browse_route=[[File:NY-363.svg|25px|alt=NY 363|link=]]
|next_type=NY
|next_route=364
}}
The '''Brandywine Highway''' is a north–south [[limited-access road|expressway]] in the vicinity of the city of [[Binghamton (city), New York|Binghamton]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States. The highway is maintained by the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] and extends for {{convert|3.95|mi|2}} through [[Downtown Binghamton]] and the neighboring village of [[Port Dickinson, New York|Port Dickinson]]. The southern terminus of the highway is at [[New York State Route&nbsp;434]] (NY&nbsp;434) in Binghamton and its northern terminus is at [[Interstate 88 (east)|Interstate&nbsp;88]] (I-88) in [[Fenton, New York|Fenton]] just north of the Port Dickinson village line.

The Brandywine Highway is designated as '''New York State Route&nbsp;363''' from NY&nbsp;434 to Brandywine Avenue and part of [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]] from Brandywine Avenue to I-88.  NY 363 is also known as '''North Shore Drive.'''

==Route description==
The Brandywine Highway begins as NY&nbsp;363 at an interchange with [[New York State Route 434|NY&nbsp;434]] in [[Downtown Binghamton]] near the confluence of the [[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna]] and [[Chenango River]]s. The route, a [[limited-access highway|limited-access]] extension of North Shore Drive, heads northeast along the north bank of the Susquehanna River and around the downtown district. While on the riverbank, NY&nbsp;363 southbound connects to Susquehanna Street by way of an interchange. Due to the presence of the Susquehanna River south of the expressway, the onramps from NY&nbsp;434 north and Susquehanna Street (via Carroll Street) to NY&nbsp;363 north are actually located north of NY&nbsp;363 southbound for a short distance (thus running anti-parallel to traffic on NY&nbsp;363 southbound) before passing under NY&nbsp;363 south and merging with NY&nbsp;363 northbound on the left-hand side of the road.

Past Susquehanna Street, NY&nbsp;363 continues along the Susquehanna River to a [[parclo interchange]] with [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Route&nbsp;11]] (US&nbsp;11, named Court Street) just east of [[NYSEG Stadium]]. Past US&nbsp;11, the expressway leaves the riverbank and heads northward over the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]'s [[Southern Tier Line]] before merging with [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]] (Brandywine Avenue) northbound. Here, NY&nbsp;363 ends and the expressway becomes part of NY&nbsp;7. Just north of the Brandywine Avenue interchange, there is an [[at-grade intersection]] between NY&nbsp;7 and Frederick Street. However, only right-hand turns are permitted from NY&nbsp;7.

North of Frederick Street, the highway connects to the [[overlap (road)|conjoined]] routes of [[Interstate 81 in New York|I-81]] and [[New York State Route 17|NY&nbsp;17]] by way of a [[cloverleaf interchange]]. Just north of the cloverleaf's northern tip is a simpler [[diamond interchange]] between NY&nbsp;7 and Bevier Street. The highway continues on, paralleling a [[branch line]] off the Southern Tier Line northward through the city and into the village of [[Port Dickinson, New York|Port Dickinson]]. A second at-grade intersection exists with Old State Road; however, unlike the first with Frederick Street, there are no turn restrictions at this intersection. NY&nbsp;7 becomes limited-access once more, meeting a pair of [[service road]]s that serve [[Hillcrest, Broome County, New York|Hillcrest]] before merging with [[Interstate 88 (east)|I-88]] just north of the Port Dickinson village limits in the town of [[Fenton, New York|Fenton]]. The Brandywine Highway ends here; however, NY&nbsp;7 continues onto I-88.

==History==
The Brandywine Highway was constructed in the early 1960s<ref name="nbi">[[National Bridge Inventory]], a database compiled by the [[United States Department of Transportation]] [[Federal Highway Administration]], available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed June 2, 2009.</ref> and opened to traffic by 1968. The portion of the freeway north of Brandywine Avenue became a realignment of [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]]<ref name="binghamton west quad">{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42075a8 |title=Binghamton West Quadrangle – New York – Broome Co. |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |series=7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |year=1976 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="castle creek quad">{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42075b8 |title=Castle Creek Quadrangle – New York – Broome Co. |publisher=United States Geological Survey |series=7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |year=1976 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1964 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref> while the remaining section from [[New York State Route 434|NY&nbsp;434]] to Brandywine Avenue was initially unnumbered.<ref name="binghamton west quad" /><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |format=PDF |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref> The NY&nbsp;434–Brandywine Avenue segment was designated as NY&nbsp;363 on July 1, 1974.<ref name="1974log">{{cite book|title=Description of Touring Routes in New York State for the Interstate (I), Federal (US) and State (NY) Route Number Systems |author=New York State Department of Transportation |author-link=New York State Department of Transportation |date=June 28, 1974}}</ref> In the late 1980s, the northernmost portion of the highway was reconfigured to accommodate the new [[Interstate 88 (east)|I-88]].<ref name="nbi" />

==Exit list==
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{{NYint
|location=Binghamton
|lspan=7
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|434|NY|992E|city1=Vestal|name2=North Shore Drive|noshield2=yes|nolink2=yes}}<br>{{jct|state=NY|NY|363|dir1=begins|nolink1=yes}}
|notes=Southern terminus; southern terminus of NY 363
}}
{{NYint
|road=Susquehanna Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{NYint
|mile=0.84
|road={{jct|state=NY|US|11|NY|7|name1=Court Street|to2=yes|dir2=west}}
|notes=NY&nbsp;7 not signed southbound
}}
{{NYint
|mile=1.38
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|7|dir1=west}}<br>{{jct|state=NY|NY|363|dir1=ends|nolink1=yes}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of NY 7 overlap; northern terminus of NY 363
}}
{{NYint
|mile=1.53
|type=incomplete
|road=Frederick Street
|notes=[[At-grade intersection]]; no left turns
}}
{{NYint
|mile=1.78
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|81|Future|86|NY|17|location1=[[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]|location2=[[New York City]]|city3=Syracuse|city4=Corning|areadab4=city}}
|notes=Exit 4 on I-81
}}
{{NYint
|mile=2.15
|road=Bevier Street
}}
{{NYint
|location=Port Dickinson
|lspan=3
|road=Old State Road
|notes=At-grade intersection
}}
{{NYint
|type=incomplete
|road=[[Hillcrest, Broome County, New York|Hillcrest]] Service Roads
|notes=No southbound exit
}}
{{NYint
|mile=3.95
|road={{jct|state=NY|I|88|NY|7|dir1=east|city1=Oneonta|areadab1=city}}
|notes=Northern terminus; north end of NY 7 overlap; exit 1 on I-88
|type=concur
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Binghamton, New York]]
[[Category:Limited-access roads in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Transportation in Broome County, New York]]