This article is about the current alignment of NY 279. For previous alignments of NY 279, see New York State Route 279 (disambiguation).
New York State Route 279
Map of northern Orleans County with NY 279 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and Orleans County
Length
8.76 mi[1] (14.10 km)
History
Designated NY 209 in 1930;[2] renumbered to NY 279 in April 1935[3]
Major junctions
South end
NY 98 in Gaines
North end
NY 18 in Carlton
Location
Country
United States
State
New York
Counties
Orleans
Highway system
New York Highways
Interstate
US
State
Reference
Parkways
← NY 278
→ NY 280
New York State Route 279 (NY 279) is a north–south state highway in Orleans County, New York, in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 98 north of the village of Albion in the town of Gaines. Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 18 in Carlton near where NY 18 meets the western end of the Lake Ontario State Parkway. The entirety of NY 279 north of NY 104 is maintained by Orleans County; south of NY 104, the route is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation. NY 279 is a rural connector highway that serves only one community, the hamlet of Waterport on the banks of Oak Orchard Creek in Carlton.
The origins of NY 279 date back to the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when all of modern NY 279 was designated as part of New York State Route 209, which continued south through Albion and west through West Barre to Shelby. NY 209 was cut back to West Barre c. 1931 and renumbered to NY 279 in April 1935 to eliminate numerical duplication with U.S. Route 209, which was extended into New York at that time. NY 279 was truncated to its current southern terminus north of Albion in the early 1950s. NY 98, which originally followed Oak Orchard Road through Barre, was realigned to follow the easternmost segment of NY 279's former routing on Quaker Hill Road.
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Global Information
NY 98 in Gaines
NY 18 in Carlton
