New York State Route 417

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NY Route 417

Length:

104.20 mi^[1] (167.69 km)

Formed:

1971

West end:

I-86/NY 17 in Salamanca

Major
junctions:

US 219 in Salamanca

I-86/NY 17 in Allegany

East end:

US 15 in Erwins

Counties:

Cattaraugus, Allegany, Steuben

New York State Routes
< NY 416		NY 418 >

New York State Route 417 is located in the Southern Tier of the state. It is the longest of several state highways formerly part of New York State Route 17 before the construction of the Southern Tier Expressway. It also diverges the most from the current Route 17, coming within 100 feet (30 m) of the Pennsylvania state line at one intersection.

417 is one of the longest three-digit routes in the state. At one time, a section in the Steuben County town of Greenwood was the highest on the state highway system outside of the state's eastern mountains.

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

[edit] Route description

[edit] Cattaraugus County

Starting from its west end, the highway begins at an exit with NY 17 and Interstate 86 just west of the Indian-owned city of Salamanca in Cattaraugus County. New York State Route 353 ends at an intersection with 417, and the road joins with U.S. Route 219 for a few miles east of the village.

After 219 splits off to the south toward Bradford, Pennsylvania, 417 continues following the Allegheny River and the expressway toward a point west of Allegany where it intersects with 17 and 86 indirectly, to provide access to the campus of St. Bonaventure University. From there it crosses Olean Creek and enters the city of Olean, the largest community along its length. The major intersection there is New York State Route 16.

Next 417 crosses the suburb of East Olean, then heads southeastward, away from the expressway corridor but along the river, to a brief duplex with New York State Route 305 that marks the village of Portville. 417's southeast heading continues east of the small village, into Allegany County.

[edit] Allegany County

In Allegany County, at the small hamlet of Ceres, NY 417 skirts the state line closely enough to be the de facto northern end of Pennsylvania Route 44.

It then turns northeast, reaching after several miles the village of Bolivar where New York State Route 275 continues to the north while 417 turns east once again. This takes it to its next large community, Wellsville, where it briefly joins another major highway, New York State Route 19, along a different river, the Genesee, through the village's downtown.

Heading due east again past Wellsville through the narrow but scenic valley of Dyke Creek, 417 next comes to Andover, where New York State Route 21 begins its long trip north. Two miles east of the village, it crosses into Steuben County.

[edit] Steuben County

417 begins to climb the valley headwall, and presently reaches an elevation of 2,300 feet (701 m) above sea level at West Greenwood. Before the relocation of New York State Route 16 away from Route 305's present course, this was the highest elevation on any state highway in the western or central regions of New York. Descending once again to Greenwood, it intersects New York State Route 248.

At the next community of enough note to receive a name, Jasper, another major north-south route, New York State Route 36, briefly shares the road. Beyond it, the road's meanderings eventually bring it to the Canisteo River valley and Addison, where the now-decommissioned New York State Route 432 once ended. A straight, well-maintained section takes 417 from there to its current eastern terminus at U.S. Route 15. It is possible that once the interchange with NY 17/I-86 is completed in 2007, 417 may once again extend into nearby Painted Post.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Cattaraugus	Salamanca	0.0	I-86 NY 17	Exit 20 (I-86/NY 17).
		0.3	NY 951T	Former extension of Route 17, leads into Jimerson Town. Now a dead-end road.
		0.8	NY 353	Southern terminus of NY 353.
		2.6	US 219	Western terminus of duplex.
		3.3	US 219 US 219 Business	Eastern terminus of US 219/NY 417 duplex. Western terminus of US 219 Business/NY 417 duplex.
	Limestone	9.7	US 219 Business	Eastern terminus of duplex.
	Allegany	16.2	I-86 NY 17	Exit 24 (I-86/NY 17). Access via West Five Mile Road.
	Olean	20.9	NY 16
	Portville	26.7	NY 305	Northern terminus of duplex.
	Portville	27.4	NY 305	Southern terminus of duplex.
Allegany	Ceres	31.5	PA 44	Northern terminus of PA 44.
	Bolivar	38.9	NY 275	Southern terminus of NY 275.
	Wellsville	51.4	NY 19	Western terminus of duplex.
	Wellsville	52.9	NY 19	Eastern terminus of duplex.
	Andover	61.3	NY 21	Southern terminus of NY 21.
Steuben	Greenwood	69.9	NY 248
	Jasper	77.2	NY 36	Western terminus of duplex.
	Jasper	78.5	NY 36	Eastern terminus of duplex.
	Addison	95.7	CR 119	Former eastern terminus of NY 432.
	Erwins	104.2	US 15

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	County	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] History

417 was originally assigned to a shorter road in Otsego County, near Otego. As the expressway neared completion, however, it was reassigned gradually to sections of the former, two-lane 17, starting at Kennedy in Chautauqua County. Ironically, that first section from Kennedy to Salamanca was the first to be decommissioned entirely when part was closed to traffic in the Allegany Reservation. The remainder became NY 394.

It was gradually extended east to the Corning area as sections of the new 17 became open. Originally it did extend into Painted Post as a duplex with 15, but then it was moved and truncated entirely to its current eastern terminus.