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Revision as of 20:45, 11 April 2010
 New York State Route 404 | ||||
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 Map of Rochester with NY 404 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 10.05 mi[1] (16.17 km) | |||
| Existed | ca. 1971[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 590 in Irondequoit | |||
| East end |  NY 104 in Webster | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 404 (NY 404) is an east–west state highway located in eastern Monroe County, New York. The western terminus of the route is at an interchange with NY 590 in Irondequoit. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with NY 104 on the Monroe-Wayne County line in Webster.
NY 404 largely follows the path of the 1920s Theodore Roosevelt International Highway auto trail and the former routings of NY 3 and U.S. Route 104 through the towns of Irondequoit, Penfield, and Webster.
Route description
NY 404 begins at NY 590 exit 8 in Irondequoit as Empire Boulevard, although the 0.71-mile (1.14 km) portion of Empire Boulevard between NY 590 and the Rochester city line is also state maintained as NY 941B, an unsigned reference route.[1] Irondequoit Bay is northeast of this intersection, and Empire Boulevard serves as the northernmost non-bridge route from one side of the bay to the other; that is, between the inner-ring suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton and the outer-ring suburbs of Webster and Penfield. Empire Boulevard heads east along the south shore of the bay for 1.5 miles (2.4 km), then turns northeast along a major commercial strip for another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. From there, NY 404 continues east as Ridge Road.[4] The segment of Empire Boulevard between Culver Road (located just west of the Rochester city line) and the intersection with Bay Road is part of the Seaway Trail, carrying traffic around Irondequoit Bay.[5]
The Ridge Road moniker remains for another 3 miles (4.8 km) up to the village of Webster, where NY 404 becomes West and East Main Street. The difference in direction refers to NY 404's position relative to NY 250 inside the village. East of the Webster village limits, the Ridge Road name returns and follows NY 404 east toward the Monroe-Wayne County line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8 km) before the county line, NY 404 turns north onto an unnamed road that heads northeast down the edge of the Niagara Escarpment that gives Ridge Road its name. Upon reaching the base of the hill, NY 404 merges with County Line Road for a short distance to an intersection with NY 104, where NY 404 terminates.[4]
History
The portion of modern NY 404 between North Winton Road and where it departs Ridge Road near the county line was originally designated as part of NY 3 in 1924. At the time, NY 3 was a cross-state highway that extended from the Niagara Frontier to the North Country and passed through downtown Rochester.[6] The designation remained in place until ca. 1935 when NY 3 was supplanted east of Rochester by U.S. Route 104, a new highway assigned to the length of Ridge Road between Lewiston and Oswego. In the eastern suburbs of Rochester, US 104 initially followed what had been NY 3—namely Winton Road, Empire Boulevard, and Ridge Road.[7][8] By 1938, however, US 104 was realigned to follow Ridge and Culver Roads through Irondequoit, bypassing downtown entirely. US 104 turned east at the junction of Culver Road and Empire Boulevard, following the latter to Winton Road.[9]
US 104 was realigned in the late 1950s to follow a new section of the Sea Breeze Expressway between Ridge Road and Empire Boulevard.[10][11] The route was altered again ca. 1971 to follow a newly-built expressway between NY 47 (now NY 590) in Irondequoit and Five Mile Line Road in Webster. The former alignment of US 104 from NY 47 around the southern tip of Irondequoit Bay to Five Mile Line was redesignated as NY 404.[2][3] In the mid-1970s, the route was extended eastward to NY 250 in the village of Webster, replacing then-NY 104,[12][13] which had been moved onto the completed modern frontage roads for NY 104 between Five Mile Line Road and NY 250.[14] The section from NY 250 to the existing expressway at the Wayne County line was built between 1977 and 1981[13][15] while the main carriageway of NY 104 between Five Mile Line Road and NY 250 was completed by 1985. NY 404 was extended east along the former alignment of NY 104 to the county line upon the total completion of the Five Mile Line Road – NY 250 segment.[16]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Monroe County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Irondequoit | 0.00 | 0.00 | NY 590 | Exit 8 (NY 590) | |
| Village of Webster | 7.07 | 11.38 |  NY 250 | ||
| Town of Webster | 10.05 | 16.17 | NY 104 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b c "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 228, 272. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ^ a b State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Humble Oil & Refining Company. 1971.
- ^ a b "New York State Route 404" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ Rochester East Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1997. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- ^ Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- ^ Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
- ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
- ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf. 1960.
- ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf. 1974.
- ^ a b New York (Map) (1977–78 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Exxon. 1977.
- ^ Webster Quadrangle - New York (Map). 1 : 24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1978. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York. 1981.
- ^ New York (Map). Rand McNally. 1985. ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
External links
- New York State Route 404 at