New York State Route 354

NYS Route 354
Map of western New York with NY 354 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Buffalo
Length:	31.70 mi[2] (51.02 km)
Existed:	1930[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	NY 5 in Buffalo
	US 62 in Buffalo I-190 / Thruway in Buffalo US 20 / NY 78 in West Seneca
East end:	NY 98 in Attica
Location
Counties:	Erie, Wyoming
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County ← NY 353 NY 355 →

New York State Route 354 (NY 354) is a state highway in New York, USA. NY 354 is one of several highways radiating eastward from its western terminus in downtown Buffalo, New York. The east terminus of NY 354 is in the Village of Attica, where it ends at NY 98 and NY 238 as West Main Street. This highway runs through the center of Erie County to the northern county line of Wyoming County.

NY 354 is known as Clinton Street for the vast majority of its run. However, while Clinton St continues to NY 5 in a straight line, NY 354 diverges for half of a mile, first north on Pine Street and then following William Street to its western terminus at NY 5. NY 354/Clinton Street also changes to West Main Street upon entering the Village of Attica, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) before its eastern terminus.

Route description

Erie County

Starting in downtown Buffalo, NY 354 begins at the intersection of NY 5 (Ellicott Street) as William Street, heading due east. The intersection also meets NY 130 (Broadway Street), heading northeast. After a half mile on William Street, NY 354 turns south onto Pine Street for 200 feet (61 m), then turns east again, now residing on Clinton Street where it will remain until just before its eastern terminus. Clinton Street continues east through the east side of Buffalo, heading slightly southeast between Filmore Ave and US 62 (Bailey Avenue). An interchange with the Niagara Thruway(I-190) occurs just east of Bailey Avenue.

Near the city limits, Clinton St continues underneath the main line New York State Thruway (I-90) and connects with NY 240 (Harlem Road). Clinton again heads southeast for a little ways before meeting with NY 277 (Union Road), and continuing due east again. Passing through West Seneca Clinton becomes very suburban. Just before Elma Clinton becomes busier, meeting US 20/NY 78 (Transit Road). East of here, Clinton begins to transition from suburban to rural. It continues in a primarily eastward direction through Elma and Marilla. Through here it intersects with many roads (Bowen Road, Two Rod and Four Rod Roads, Cayuga Creek Road, and Exchange Street) that connect it either to US 20 to the north, or US 20A to the south, or both. The terrain here begins to turn from primarily flat to small rolling hills. It is now near completely rural.

Wyoming County

Clinton Street again turns towards the southeast as it enters Wyoming County in the town of Bennington and the hamlet of Cowlesville. Near Folsomdale, Clinton turns back east, and continues into Bennington Center, where it meets NY 77 (Allegany Road) at a partial cloverleaf interchange. (This was originally designed to eliminate stopping traffic and to eliminate left-hand turns onto 77. The No-Left signs were removed during a construction project in the early 1990s and never put back up.)

After leaving Bennington Center, Clinton street turns again, this time tracking northeast as it nears its end. Upon entering the village of Attica it becomes West Main Street. NY 354 finally splits off from West Main, heading east to meet with NY 98. The connector between West Main Street and NY 98 is named the "Attica–Bennington Highway"; however, it is usually just referred to as Clinton Street.

History

In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 19, an unsigned legislative route extending from Buffalo to Batavia via the hamlets of Marilla, Wales Center, and Varysburg.^[3][4] When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, no designation was assigned to the portion of legislative Route 19 between Buffalo and Marilla.^[5] It remained unnumbered until the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when it became part of NY 354, a route extending from downtown Buffalo to Wales Center via Marilla. At the time, the portion of modern NY 354 from Cowlesville to Attica was part of NY 239 while the Marilla–Cowlesville segment was unnumbered.^[1][6]

Ca. 1935, NY 354 was realigned to continue east along Clinton Street from Two Rod Road to Exchange Street, where it ended at NY 239. The former routing of NY 354 to Wales Center became part of an extended NY 358.^[7][8] NY 354 was extended eastward in the late 1940s over NY 239's alignment to a new terminus in Attica. As a result, NY 239 was truncated to its junction with NY 354 in the town of Marilla.^[9][10] NY 354 originally followed West Main Street in the village of Attica all the way to downtown at NY 98.^{[citation needed]} Due to the presence of railroad tracks at its end, the eastern portion of West Main Street features both a sharp turn and a steep downgrade as it enters the village.^[11] A new highway bypassing this section of West Main Street, known as the "Attica–Bennington Highway", was built by 1949 as a realignment of NY 354.^[12]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Erie	Buffalo	0.00	NY 5
		2.90	US 62
		3.05	I-190 / Thruway to I-90 / Thruway	Exit 2 (I-190/Thruway)
	West Seneca	4.48	NY 240
		6.53	NY 277
		9.49	US 20 / NY 78
	Marilla	16.79	Two Rod Road (CR 547 / NY 954G)	Formerly NY 358
Wyoming	Bennington	25.32	NY 77
	Village of Attica	31.70	NY 98
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 218. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
3. ^ State of New York Department of Highways (1909). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 60. http://books.google.com/books?id=jZ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60. Retrieved May 30, 2010. 
4. ^ New York State Department of Highways (1920). Report of the State Commissioner of Highways. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 528. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA528. Retrieved May 30, 2010. 
5. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
6. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1929). New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
7. ^ Texas Oil Company (1934). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
8. ^ Sun Oil Company (1935). Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
9. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1947–48 ed.). 
10. ^ Esso (1949). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1950 ed.). 
11. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – NY 354 and NY 98 in Attica, New York (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=42.863525,-78.284626&spn=0.011544,0.027831&z=16. Retrieved November 23, 2007. 
12. ^ United States Geological Survey (1949). Attica Quadrangle – New York (Map). 1:62,500. 15-Minute Series (Topographic). http://docs.unh.edu/NY/atti49se.jpg. Retrieved May 30, 2010. 

External links

• New York Routes – New York State Route 354
• New York State Highway Termini – New York State Route 354