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'''New York State Route 404''' (NY 404) is an east–west [[state highway]] located in eastern [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]], [[New York]]. The western terminus of the route is at an interchange with [[New York State Route 590|NY 590]] in [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]]. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with [[New York State Route 104|NY 104]] on the Monroe-[[Wayne County, New York|Wayne County]] line in [[Webster (town), New York|Webster]].
'''New York State Route 404''' ('''NY 404''') is an east–west [[state highway]] located in eastern [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]], [[New York]]. The western terminus of the route is at an interchange with [[New York State Route 590|NY 590]] in [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]]. The eastern terminus is at an intersection with [[New York State Route 104|NY 104]] on the Monroe-[[Wayne County, New York|Wayne County]] line in [[Webster (town), New York|Webster]].


NY 404 largely follows the path of the 1920s [[Theodore Roosevelt International Highway]] [[auto trail]] and the former routings of [[New York State Route 3|NY 3]] and [[U.S. Route 104]] through the towns of [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]], [[Penfield, New York|Penfield]], and Webster.
NY 404 largely follows the path of the 1920s [[Theodore Roosevelt International Highway]] [[auto trail]] and the former routings of [[New York State Route 3|NY 3]] and [[U.S. Route 104]] through the towns of [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]], [[Penfield, New York|Penfield]], and Webster.


==Route description==
==Route description==
[[Image:NYS Route 404 - Incorrect Signage.jpg|thumb|left|Sign assembly for NY 404 using [[U.S. Route]] shields instead of state highway shields.]]
[[Image:NYS Route 404 - Incorrect Signage.jpg|thumb|left|Sign assembly for NY 404 using [[U.S. Route]] shields instead of state highway shields.]]
NY&nbsp;404 begins at [[New York State Route 590|NY&nbsp;590]] exit&nbsp;8 in [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]] as Empire Boulevard, although the {{convert|0.71|mi|km|sing=on}} portion of Empire Boulevard between NY&nbsp;590 and the [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] city line is also state maintained as [[New York State Route 941B|NY&nbsp;941B]], an unsigned [[reference route (New York)|reference route]].<ref name="2008tvr" /> [[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, New York|Irondequoit]] and [[Brighton, Monroe County, New York|Brighton]] and the outer-ring suburbs of [[Webster (town), New York|Webster]] and [[Penfield, New York|Penfield]]. Empire Boulevard heads east along the south shore of the bay for {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}, then turns northeast along a major commercial strip for another {{convert|2|mi|km}} to the intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. From there, NY 404 continues east as [[Ridge Road (Western New York)|Ridge Road]].<ref name=google>{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.194664,-77.472153&spn=0.089355,0.22934&t=h&z=13 |accessdate=April 10, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="rochester east quad">{{cite map |url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=o18 |title=Rochester East Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1997 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>
NY&nbsp;404 begins at [[New York State Route 590|NY&nbsp;590]] exit&nbsp;8 in [[Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit]] as Empire Boulevard, although the {{convert|0.71|mi|km|sing=on}} portion of Empire Boulevard between NY&nbsp;590 and the [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] city line is also state maintained as [[New York State Route 941B|NY&nbsp;941B]], an unsigned [[reference route (New York)|reference route]].<ref name="2008tvr" /> [[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, New York|Irondequoit]] and [[Brighton, Monroe County, New York|Brighton]] and the outer-ring suburbs of [[Webster (town), New York|Webster]] and [[Penfield, New York|Penfield]]. Empire Boulevard heads east along the south shore of the bay for {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}, then turns northeast along a major commercial strip for another {{convert|2|mi|km}} to the intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. From there, NY&nbsp;404 continues east as [[Ridge Road (Western New York)|Ridge Road]].<ref name=google>{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.194664,-77.472153&spn=0.089355,0.22934&t=h&z=13 |accessdate=April 10, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="rochester east quad">{{cite map |url=http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=o18 |title=Rochester East Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1997 |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>


The Ridge Road moniker remains for another {{convert|3|mi|km}} up to the village of [[Webster (village), New York|Webster]], where NY 404 becomes West and East Main Street. The difference in direction refers to NY 404's position relative to [[New York State Route 250|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, New York|Wayne County]] line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8&nbsp;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.<ref name=google />
The Ridge Road moniker remains for another {{convert|3|mi|km}} up to the village of [[Webster (village), New York|Webster]], where NY&nbsp;404 becomes West and East Main Street. The difference in direction refers to NY&nbsp;404's position relative to [[New York State Route 250|NY&nbsp;250]] inside the village. East of the Webster village limits, the Ridge Road name returns and follows NY&nbsp;404 east toward the Monroe-[[Wayne County, New York|Wayne County]] line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8&nbsp;km) before the county line, NY&nbsp;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&nbsp;404 merges with County Line Road for a short distance to an intersection with NY&nbsp;104, where NY&nbsp;404 terminates.<ref name=google />


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 18:57, 2 July 2010

This article is about the current alignment of NY 404. For the former alignment of NY 404 in Westchester County, see New York State Route 404 (1933–1940s).
New York State Route 404 marker
New York State Route 404
Map of Rochester with NY 404 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length10.05 mi[1] (16.17 km)
Existedca. 1971[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end NY 590 in Irondequoit
East end NY 104 in Webster
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesMonroe
Highway system
← NY 403→ NY 405

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

Sign assembly for NY 404 using U.S. Route shields instead of state highway shields.

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

Reference marker for NY 104 on NY 404 in Webster. NY 404 is the former alignment of NY 104 through eastern Monroe County.

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 30, an unsigned legislative route extending from Niagara Falls to Rouses Point via Rochester and Maple View. Route 30 exited Rochester on Empire Boulevard and followed it northeastward around Irondequoit Bay to where it merged with Ridge Road west of Webster. The route continued eastward on Ridge Road through Webster and into Wayne County.[6][7] When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, most of legislative Route 30 in northeastern Monroe County became part of NY 3, a cross-state highway that extended from the Niagara Frontier to the North Country and passed through downtown Rochester.[8][9] In eastern Monroe County, NY 3 originally followed the path of legislative Route 30 from Rochester to the county line.[9]

By 1930, NY 3 was realigned through Rochester to exit the city on North Winton Road. It rejoined its previous alignment at the junction of North Winton Road and Empire Boulevard.[10] 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.[11][12] In the eastern suburbs of Rochester, US 104 initially followed what had been NY 3—namely Winton Road, Empire Boulevard, and Ridge Road.[12] US 104 was realigned ca. 1937 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.[13][14]

The current super two highway paralleling Ridge Road between the Wayne County line and Sodus was built in the mid-1940s. Also constructed at this time was a short connector named Ridge Road Junction, which carried US 104 between the west end of the super two and Ridge Road just west of the Wayne County line.[15][16] US 104 was realigned in the late 1950s to follow a new section of the Sea Breeze Expressway between Ridge Road and Empire Boulevard.[17][18] 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 Road was redesignated as NY 404.[2][3]

In the mid-1970s, NY 404 was extended eastward to NY 250 in the village of Webster, replacing then-NY 104,[19][20] which had been moved onto the completed modern frontage roads for NY 104 between Five Mile Line Road and NY 250.[21] The section from NY 250 to the existing expressway at the Wayne County line was built between 1977 and 1981[20][22] 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.[23]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Monroe County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Irondequoit0.000.00 NY 590Exit 8 (NY 590)
Village of Webster7.0711.38 NY 250
Town of Webster10.0516.17 NY 104
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Humble Oil & Refining Company. 1971.
  4. ^ a b "New York State Route 404" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  5. ^ Rochester East Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1997. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  6. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 63–64. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  7. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 542–544. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  8. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  9. ^ a b Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
  10. ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book (1930–31 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. 1930.
  11. ^ Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
  12. ^ a b Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sun Oil Company. 1935.
  13. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1936.
  14. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1937.
  15. ^ New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  16. ^ Official Highway Map of New York State (Map) (1947–48 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. State of New York Department of Public Works.
  17. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
  18. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf. 1960.
  19. ^ New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf. 1974.
  20. ^ a b New York (Map) (1977–78 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Exxon. 1977.
  21. ^ Webster Quadrangle - New York (Map). 1 : 24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1978. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  22. ^ I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York. 1981.
  23. ^ New York (Map). Rand McNally. 1985. ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
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