New York State Route 60

New York State Route 60

NYS Route 60 marker

NYS Route 60

Map of Chautauqua County and vicinity with NY 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the city of Jamestown
Length: 33.16 mi[3] (53.37 km)
Existed: 1920s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end: US 62 in Kiantone
  I-86 / NY 17 in Ellicott
US 20 in Fredonia
I-90 / Thruway in Dunkirk
North end: NY 5 in Dunkirk
Location
Counties: Chautauqua
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

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New York State Route 60 (NY 60) is a north–south state highway in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 62 south of the city of Jamestown in the town of Kiantone. Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 5 in the city of Dunkirk. In between, NY 60 intersects the lengthy County Route 380 twice (in Kiantone and in Gerry) and meets the Southern Tier Expressway (in Ellicott) and the New York State Thruway (in Dunkirk).

Contents

History

When NY 60 was assigned in the mid-1920s, it began at the New York – Pennsylvania border southeast of Jamestown and ended at NY 5 (now U.S. Route 20) in Fredonia. In between, the route passed through Frewsburg, Jamestown, and Cassadaga. From Laona to Fredonia, NY 60 was routed on Porter Avenue, Liberty Street, and Water Street.[1][2] NY 60 was extended north to NY 20A (modern NY 5) in Dunkirk by way of Temple Street and Central Avenue as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.[4]

Ca. 1932, U.S. Route 62 was extended into New York. From the Pennsylvania state line to Frewsburg, US 62 initially overlapped NY 60.[5][6] The overlap was eliminated in the 1940s when NY 60 was truncated northward to its junction with US 62 in Frewsburg.[7][8] In the mid-1960s, construction began on a new alignment for US 62 between the Pennsylvania state line and NY 60 west of Frewsburg.[9][10] The highway opened to traffic as a realignment of US 62 by 1973. As a result, NY 60 was truncated to its junction with the new US 62 roadway and the routing of former NY 60 to Frewsburg became part of US 62.[11]

NY 60 was realigned in the early 1960s to bypass Fredonia to the east on a newly upgraded highway leading from Laona to Reed Corners (US 20). From there, NY 60 was to follow a new highway to a point on Central Avenue near where it passes under the New York State Thruway, where it would continue into Dunkirk on its original alignment.[9][12] By 1968, the idea of constructing a new roadway was dropped and NY 60 was altered to use Bennett Road, Lamphere Street, and Main Street instead to reach East Lake Shore Drive (NY 5).[10][13] The section of Main Street north of Franklin Street had been part of NY 39 from 1930 to the mid-1960s, when NY 39 was cut back to its current western terminus.[4][9][10]

The former routing of NY 60 between Laona and US 20 in the center of Fredonia remained state maintained as an unsigned reference route for over a decade after it ceased to be part of NY 60.[14] On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of the reference route was transferred from the state of New York to Chautauqua County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[15] The highway is now internally designated as County Highway 140 by Chautauqua County;[16] however, it does not have a signed number.[17]

NY 60 has been particularly prone to a large number of automobile crashes that lead to fatalities. Since 1972, 82 fatal car crashes have been documented on the highway. The high traffic on the two-lane highway, which is the main road between Jamestown and Dunkirk, makes it difficult and dangerous for vehicles to pass.[18]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Chautauqua County.

Location Mile[3] Destinations Notes
Kiantone 0.00 US 62
0.93 CR 380
Jamestown 4.15 NY 394 east Western terminus of NY 60 / NY 394 overlap
4.27 NY 394 east Eastern terminus of NY 60 / NY 394 overlap
4.33 NY 394 west
5.21 NY 430 Eastern terminus of NY 430
Ellicott 5.89 I-86 / NY 17 Exit 12 (I-86 / NY 17)
Gerry 9.73 CR 44 to CR 380 Former southern terminus of NY 380
Pomfret 27.70 NY 83 Hamlet of Laona; northern terminus of NY 83
Fredonia 30.31 US 20
City of Dunkirk 30.93 I-90 / Thruway Exit 59 (I-90/Thruway)
33.16 NY 5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
  2. ^ a b Rand McNally and Company (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_008.html. Retrieved June 19, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 200. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_Traffic_Data_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  5. ^ Kendall Refining Company (1931). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. 
  6. ^ Texas Oil Company (1932). Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  7. ^ Gulf (1940). New York Road-Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  8. ^ Texaco (1946). New York with Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  9. ^ a b c Sinclair (1964). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  10. ^ a b c Esso (1968). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1969–70 ed.). 
  11. ^ Shell Oil Company (1973). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1973 ed.). 
  12. ^ Sinclair (1962). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  13. ^ New York State Thruway Authority (1971). New York Thruway (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company (10th ed.). 
  14. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (1978). Dunkirk Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=u4. Retrieved July 19, 2009. 
  15. ^ New York State Legislature. "New York State Highway Law § 341". http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS. Retrieved July 19, 2009. 
  16. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (March 2, 2009). "Region 5 Inventory Listing". https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/highway-data-services/inventory-listing. Retrieved July 19, 2009. 
  17. ^ Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Maps – Fredonia, NY (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.4331&lon=-79.315008&zoom=15. Retrieved July 19, 2009. 
  18. ^ Rizzuto, Robert (June 21, 2009). "No Simple Explanation: Many Reasons Why Wrecks Continue To Plague Route 60". The Post-Journal (Jamestown, New York). http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/533570.html?nav=5018. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 

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