New York State Route 427

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NY Route 427

Length:

11.72 mi^[1] (18.86 km)

Formed:

1957

West end:

NY 14 in Southport

East end:

NY 17 in Chemung

Counties:

Chemung

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 426	NY 429 >
< NY 17C		NY 17E >
< NY 378		NY 380 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

New York State Route 427 is a state highway located entirely within Chemung County in the Southern Tier of New York, USA. NY 427 runs in an approximate east-west direction from its western terminus at New York State Route 14 in the Town of Southport to its eastern terminus at New York State Route 17 in the Town of Chemung. Between those two towns, the highway passes through the Town of Ashland.

1 History
- 1.1 New York State Route 17D
- 1.2 Truncation and realignment
2 Major intersections
3 References

[edit] History

[edit] New York State Route 17D

Most of what is now NY 427 was originally designated New York State Route 17D. NY 17D began at the intersection of East Water Street (then-NY 17) and Madison Avenue in downtown Elmira. The route followed Madison Avenue over the Chemung River to Maple Avenue, where NY 17D turned left and followed Maple Avenue through southern Elmira. At Cedar Street, NY 17D joined the modern alignment of NY 427. NY 17D followed the present routing of NY 427 to Wyncoop Creek Road in Chemung, where NY 17D continued on Wilawana Road to the Pennsylvania border.

In 1957, NY 17D was decommissioned and replaced with NY 427.^[2]

[edit] Truncation and realignment

The 50-year history of NY 427 has been marked with a series of truncations and realignments. The first change to the route's routing came in 1967 when NY 17 exit 59 opened to traffic.^[3] Instead of continuing straight on Wilawana Road to the Pennsylvania line, NY 427 now turned left onto Wyncoop Creek Road, following the road north to exit 59 and terminating at the westbound ramps to NY 17. The remainder of Wyncoop Creek Road between NY 17 and County Route 60, the former routing of NY 17, became Reference Route 961A while Wilawana Road from NY 427 to Pennsylvania became Reference Route 961B.^[4] North of NY 17, Wyncoop Creek Road is County Route 3.

Around 1970, NY 427 was truncated for the first time in its history when NY 14 was rerouted along Pennsylvania and Madison Avenues in southern Elmira. To accommodate for NY 14, NY 427 was pulled back to the intersection of Madison Avenue, now Sly Street, and Maple Avenue.^[5]

The alignment of NY 427 in Elmira was changed again in 1978. On October 23, NY 427 was rerouted to turn west at the Maple Avenue/Cedar Street intersection, usurping New York State Route 379, a short east-west route running the length of Cedar Street between NY 14 (Pennsylvania Avenue) and Maple Avenue, in the process.^[6] Now devoid of NY 427, Maple Avenue from Cedar Street north to the Elmira city line became Reference Route 961K.^[4]

NY 427 was altered once more in the fall of 2001. After the Clemens Center Parkway, a four-lane arterial running north-south through the center of Elmira, was completed, NY 14 was moved from Pennsylvania Avenue to the Parkway. As a result, the western terminus of NY 427 was moved 0.25 miles east to its present location at the Parkway.^[5]