New York State Route 263

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NY Route 263

Millersport Highway

Length:

10.47 mi^[1] (16.85 km)

South end:

US 62 in Buffalo

Major
junctions:

I-290 in Amherst

I-990 in Amherst

North end:

NY 78 in Millersport

Counties:

Erie

New York State Routes
< NY 262		NY 264 >

New York State Route 263 is a New York state highway located entirely within the Town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, USA. It extends from just north of the northeast corner of the City of Buffalo in a roughly northeast direction almost straight to just south of the north county line. The road is named Millersport Highway north of Eggert Road in Buffalo for the community at its northern terminus.

While the construction of Interstate 990 has diminished NY 263's importance as the major route for traffic from Buffalo to Lockport, traffic must continue on NY 263 past the northern terminus of I-990 to complete the trip to Lockport.

Its southern portion is also one of Amherst's many commercial strips.

1 Route description
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 References

[edit] Route description

The south end of NY 263 is at Bailey Avenue (U.S. Route 62), a short distance north of the Buffalo city line. Like US 62, 263 in this area is a busy shopping strip for Eggertsville, the surrounding suburban neighborhood. This section is called the Grover Cleveland Highway after former Buffalo mayor, New York governor and US President Grover Cleveland. It soon crosses two of the northern Buffalo area's important arteries, Sheridan Drive (New York State Route 324) and the Youngmann Expressway (Interstate 290).

The stores that have been almost continuously lining the road abate shortly after the interstate when it makes its only deviation from its straight course, curving around the north campus of SUNY Buffalo, where it was relocated in the early 1970s. Past the campus and a nearby office park, the road narrows to two lanes in the small suburban hamlet of Getzville, where New York State Route 270 heads due north as Campbell Boulevard.

North of Getzville the road continues straight through the much less developed, and more wooded, lands of East Amherst. After several miles, I-990 reaches its current end when both roadways terminate at the west side of the highway. 263's northern terminus at Transit Road (New York State Route 78) approximately a half mile below the county line of Niagara County in an area called Millersport, which straddles the county line and gives the entire highway its name.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Erie	Buffalo	0.0	US 62 Niagara Falls Blvd.
	Amherst	1.4	NY 324 Sheridan Dr.
		1.8	I-290 Youngmann Expy.	Exit 5 (I-290).
		4.6	NY 270 Campbell Blvd.	Southern terminus of NY 270.
		5.4	NY 356 Dodge Rd.	Now Erie CR 45.
		7.4	I-990 Lockport Expy.	Exit 5 (I-290). Northern terminus of I-990.
	Millersport	10.5	NY 78 Transit Rd.