New York State Route 96A

NYS Route 96A
Route information
Auxiliary route of NY 96
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	26.94 mi[3] (43.36 km)
Existed:	early 1940s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	NY 96 in Interlaken
North end:	US 20 / NY 5 in Waterloo
Location
Counties:	Seneca
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County ← NY 96 NY 96B →

New York State Route 96A (NY 96A) is a state highway in Seneca County, New York, in the United States. It is a north–south road between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake, two of the Finger Lakes. NY 96A is two lanes wide for most of its length, with the exception of the 3-mile (5 km) long four-lane divided highway section at the northern end. The southern terminus of NY 96A is at an intersection with NY 96 in the village of Interlaken. Its northern terminus is at a junction with the conjoined routes of U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and NY 5 in the town of Waterloo just east of the city of Geneva. The junction with NY 5 and US 20 was once a trumpet interchange; however, it was converted into an at-grade intersection in the late 1980s.

History

The north–south roadway between the villages of Lodi and Ovid was originally designated as part of Route 45, an unsigned legislative route assigned by the New York State Legislature in 1911.^[4] In 1912, the route was modified to continue east from Lodi to Interlaken.^[5] Both routings of Route 45 became part of NY 15 when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924.^[6][7] NY 15 was realigned in the late 1920s to follow a direct alignment between Interlaken and Ovid, bypassing Lodi to the northeast. The former routing of NY 15 between Lodi and Ovid became part of an extended NY 78, which continued northwest to Geneva by way of modern NY 96A.^[8][9]

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the former routing of NY 15 between Interlaken and Lodi and the portion of NY 78 north of Lodi were combined to create NY 15A, an alternate route of NY 15 between Interlaken and East Geneva. At the time, NY 15A ended at Border City Road, then designated as US 20 and NY 5.^[10][11] US 20 and NY 5 were shifted slightly southward in the vicinity of Border City by the following year to follow a new lakeside highway. NY 15A was then truncated to its junction with the new road.^[12] When US 15 was extended into New York ca. 1939, NY 15 was renumbered to NY 2 to eliminate numerical duplication. NY 15A was renumbered accordingly to NY 2A.^[13][14] This designation was short-lived, however, as NY 2 and NY 2A were renumbered again to NY 96 and NY 96A, respectively, in the early 1940s.^[1][2]

US 20 and NY 5 were realigned again onto a new divided highway in the 1960s.^[15][16] NY 96A was extended north to meet the new roadway by way of a trumpet interchange.^[17] The interchange was downgraded into an at-grade intersection in the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

The entire route is in Seneca County.

Location	Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
Interlaken	0.00	NY 96
Village of Lodi	5.01	NY 414 south	Southern terminus of NY 96A / NY 414 overlap
Village of Ovid	9.68	NY 96 / NY 414 north	Northern terminus of NY 96A / NY 414 overlap
Varick	21.10	NY 336	Hamlet of MacDougall; western terminus of NY 336
Town of Waterloo	26.94	US 20 / NY 5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

New York Roads portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Esso (1940). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 154. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved January 31, 2010. 
4. ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1911). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=PMPnK1iydQcC&q=%22village+of+Lodi%22&pgis=1#search_anchor. Retrieved May 25, 2009. 
5. ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1919). The Highway Law. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 88. http://books.google.com/books?id=hZ4AAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA88,M1. Retrieved May 25, 2009. 
6. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times: p. XX9. December 21, 1924. 
7. ^ State of New York Department of Public Works (1926). Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
8. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1927). Road Map of New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
9. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1929). New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
10. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times: p. 136. 
11. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
12. ^ Kendall Refining Company (1931). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. 
13. ^ Esso (1938). New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
14. ^ Standard Oil Company (1939). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
15. ^ Esso (1962). New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1962 ed.). 
16. ^ Esso (1968). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1969–70 ed.). 
17. ^ United States Geological Survey (1978). Geneva North Quadrangle – New York (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o42076h8. Retrieved May 25, 2009. 

External links

• New York Routes – New York State Route 96A
• New York State Highway Termini – New York State Route 96A