New York State Route 93
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New York State Route 93 (NY 93) is a state highway
in western New York
in the United States
. It runs in a northwest–southeast direction between NY 18F
near the Niagara River
in the village of Youngstown
and NY 5
just south of the village of Akron
. NY 93 passes through the area around the city of Lockport
; however, it bypasses much of the city to the west and south. As the route progresses southeastward from Youngstown, it intersects several regionally important highways, including NY 104
and NY 78
.
, heading east from an intersection with NY 18F (Main Street) along Lockport Street. It meets the Robert Moses State Parkway
at an interchange at the eastern village line then proceeds in an east southeast direction across the town of Porter
as Youngstown-Lockport Road, passing through the hamlet of Ransomville
just before entering the town of Cambria
(via a short run through the southwest corner of the town of Wilson
). In Cambria, it turns east onto North Ridge Road to its intersection with NY 104. From here, NY 93 runs along NY 104 until the Lockport
town line, where it then turns south along Townline Road (also known as Lockport Junction Road).
At the intersection with NY 31, NY 93 turns east, joining NY 31 towards the city of Lockport
. The southward continuation of the road becomes NY 270. Just outside the city of Lockport, NY 93 leaves NY 31 at the intersection with the Lockport Bypass (officially known as the William Gregory Bypass). It heads southeast and south across the southwest corner of the city along the Lockport Bypass until the intersection with Robinson Road. From here, NY 93 then turns east along Robinson Road, later becoming Dysinger Road. Soon after crossing into the town of Royalton
, NY 93 turns onto Akron Road, which proceeds generally southeast towards Tonawanda Creek
. After crossing the creek into the town of Newstead
(and Erie County
), NY 93 turns south towards the village of Akron
along Maple Street. It shifts east along Lewis Road to Cedar Street and runs north–south across the center of Akron, leaving the village along Buell Street, which ends at an intersection with NY 5 south of the village.
, Lockport
, and Akron
. While the termini of NY 93 have remained the same to this day, several portions of the route have been realigned since that time. When NY 93 was first assigned, it turned south at the hamlet of North Ridge and overlapped with NY 425
along Cambria–Wilson Road to Lower Mountain Road, then part of NY 3
. NY 425 went west from this junction while NY 93 headed eastward, following NY 3 along Lower Mountain, Gothic Hill, Upper Mountain, and Saunders Settlement Roads to the city of Lockport. At Locust Street, NY 93 left NY 3 and exited the city along Locust, High, and Akron Streets and Akron Road. It met its current alignment southeast of the city in Royalton
.
NY 3 was realigned ca. 1932 to follow Saunders Settlement Road between Shawnee Road (NY 425) and Upper Mountain Road. The former routing of NY 3 along Shawnee, Lower Mountain, Gothic Hill, and Upper Mountain Roads was redesignated as NY 3A even though all of NY 3's former routing was already part of either NY 425 or NY 93. The NY 3A designation was eliminated ca. 1935 when NY 3 was truncated eastward to a new western terminus in central New York
. In the early 1940s, NY 93 was altered to follow North Ridge Road, U.S. Route 104 (now NY 104
), and Junction Road between North Ridge and Lower Mountain Road.
Around the same time that NY 93 was rerouted, NY 270
was also extended northward along Junction Road from NY 31
to US 104. As a result, NY 93 overlapped NY 270 between Lower Mountain Road and US 104. The overlap with NY 270 remained in place until ca. 1963 when NY 270 was truncated southward to the intersection of Lower Mountain and Junction Roads. NY 93 was realigned in the late 1970s to bypass Lower Mountain and Gothic Hill Roads on Junction and Upper Mountain Roads, replacing NY 270 along Junction Road. The Lower Mountain Road portion of NY 93's former routing is now maintained by Niagara County
as County Route 902.
was transferred from Niagara County to the state of New York on September 1, 1990, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. The portion of NY 93 between NY 78 and Akron Road became state-maintained on October 1, 1998, as part of another swap that also transferred ownership and maintenance of Akron Road to Niagara County.
On November 1, 2005, the Niagara County Legislature voted on a measure that, if passed, would allow the county to ask the New York State Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT) to remove the NY 93 designation from Upper Mountain Road, a county-maintained highway, and reassign it to Junction Road (NY 270) and Saunders Settlement Road (NY 31). This part of the agenda was passed. NYSDOT obliged to the request soon afterward, rerouting NY 93 as proposed and truncating NY 270 southward to NY 31.
State highway
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in western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
in the United States
United States
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. It runs in a northwest–southeast direction between NY 18F
New York State Route 18F
New York State Route 18F is a long state highway in northwestern Niagara County, New York, United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with NY 104 and the Robert Moses State Parkway just east of the village of Lewiston. The northern terminus is at an...
near the Niagara River
Niagara River
The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada and New York State in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the river...
in the village of Youngstown
Youngstown, New York
Youngstown is a village in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 1,957 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
and NY 5
New York State Route 5
New York State Route 5 is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, and several other smaller cities and...
just south of the village of Akron
Akron, New York
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means a high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
. NY 93 passes through the area around the city of Lockport
Lockport (city), New York
Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a set of Erie canal locks within the city. Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County and is surrounded by the town of Lockport...
; however, it bypasses much of the city to the west and south. As the route progresses southeastward from Youngstown, it intersects several regionally important highways, including NY 104
New York State Route 104
New York State Route 104 is a long east–west state highway in Upstate New York, United States. It spans six counties and enters the vicinity of four cities—Niagara Falls, Lockport, Rochester, and Oswego—as it follows a routing largely parallel to that of the southern shoreline of Lake...
and NY 78
New York State Route 78
New York State Route 78 , most commonly known as Transit Road, is a state highway in Western New York, USA. While it is signed north–south, the lower portion runs in an east–west direction across Wyoming County, from its beginning north of the Village of Gainesville.NY 78 is...
.
Route description
NY 93 begins in the center of the village of YoungstownYoungstown, New York
Youngstown is a village in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 1,957 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, heading east from an intersection with NY 18F (Main Street) along Lockport Street. It meets the Robert Moses State Parkway
Robert Moses State Parkway
The Robert Moses State Parkway is an long north–south highway in western Niagara County, New York, United States. Its southern terminus is at the LaSalle Expressway on the east bank of the Niagara River in Niagara Falls. The northern terminus is at NY 18 at Four Mile Creek State Park in...
at an interchange at the eastern village line then proceeds in an east southeast direction across the town of Porter
Porter, New York
Porter is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 6,771 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Judge Augustus Porter....
as Youngstown-Lockport Road, passing through the hamlet of Ransomville
Ransomville, New York
Ransomville is a hamlet located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 1,488 at the 2000 census. Portions of the hamlet of Ransomville are also in Town of Wilson and Town of Cambria...
just before entering the town of Cambria
Cambria, New York
Cambria is a town in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 5,839 at the 2010 census. Cambria is an early name for Wales.The Town of Cambria is in the center of Niagara County.New York State Route 93 passes through the town.- History :...
(via a short run through the southwest corner of the town of Wilson
Wilson, New York
Wilson is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 1,213 at the 2000 census. The village is said to be named after Luther Wilson. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
). In Cambria, it turns east onto North Ridge Road to its intersection with NY 104. From here, NY 93 runs along NY 104 until the Lockport
Lockport (town), New York
Lockport is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 20,529 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the series of canal locks on the Erie Canal...
town line, where it then turns south along Townline Road (also known as Lockport Junction Road).
At the intersection with NY 31, NY 93 turns east, joining NY 31 towards the city of Lockport
Lockport (city), New York
Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a set of Erie canal locks within the city. Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County and is surrounded by the town of Lockport...
. The southward continuation of the road becomes NY 270. Just outside the city of Lockport, NY 93 leaves NY 31 at the intersection with the Lockport Bypass (officially known as the William Gregory Bypass). It heads southeast and south across the southwest corner of the city along the Lockport Bypass until the intersection with Robinson Road. From here, NY 93 then turns east along Robinson Road, later becoming Dysinger Road. Soon after crossing into the town of Royalton
Royalton, New York
Royalton is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 7,660 at the 2010 census.The Town of Royalton is in the southeast corner of the county and is east of the City of Niagara Falls.- History :...
, NY 93 turns onto Akron Road, which proceeds generally southeast towards Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda Creek is a small river in Western New York, in the United States. William Bright says the best that can be said of the name is that it is "probably from an Iroquoian source, but of unclear derivation".-Description:...
. After crossing the creek into the town of Newstead
Newstead, New York
Newstead is the most northeastern town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 8,404 at the 2000 census. The name is reportedly derived from Newstead Abbey in England....
(and Erie County
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
), NY 93 turns south towards the village of Akron
Akron, New York
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means a high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
along Maple Street. It shifts east along Lewis Road to Cedar Street and runs north–south across the center of Akron, leaving the village along Buell Street, which ends at an intersection with NY 5 south of the village.
Designation and early changes
NY 93 was established as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, connecting the cities and villages of YoungstownYoungstown, New York
Youngstown is a village in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 1,957 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Lockport
Lockport (city), New York
Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a set of Erie canal locks within the city. Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County and is surrounded by the town of Lockport...
, and Akron
Akron, New York
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means a high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....
. While the termini of NY 93 have remained the same to this day, several portions of the route have been realigned since that time. When NY 93 was first assigned, it turned south at the hamlet of North Ridge and overlapped with NY 425
New York State Route 425
New York State Route 425 is a New York state highway that runs from NY 18 in Wilson, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario to a connection with Interstate 290 in the Town of Tonawanda...
along Cambria–Wilson Road to Lower Mountain Road, then part of NY 3
New York State Route 3
New York State Route 3 is a major east–west state highway in New York, United States, that connects central New York to the North Country region near the Canadian border via Adirondack Park. The route extends for between its western terminus at an intersection with NY 104A in the Cayuga...
. NY 425 went west from this junction while NY 93 headed eastward, following NY 3 along Lower Mountain, Gothic Hill, Upper Mountain, and Saunders Settlement Roads to the city of Lockport. At Locust Street, NY 93 left NY 3 and exited the city along Locust, High, and Akron Streets and Akron Road. It met its current alignment southeast of the city in Royalton
Royalton, New York
Royalton is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 7,660 at the 2010 census.The Town of Royalton is in the southeast corner of the county and is east of the City of Niagara Falls.- History :...
.
NY 3 was realigned ca. 1932 to follow Saunders Settlement Road between Shawnee Road (NY 425) and Upper Mountain Road. The former routing of NY 3 along Shawnee, Lower Mountain, Gothic Hill, and Upper Mountain Roads was redesignated as NY 3A even though all of NY 3's former routing was already part of either NY 425 or NY 93. The NY 3A designation was eliminated ca. 1935 when NY 3 was truncated eastward to a new western terminus in central New York
Central New York
Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities:...
. In the early 1940s, NY 93 was altered to follow North Ridge Road, U.S. Route 104 (now NY 104
New York State Route 104
New York State Route 104 is a long east–west state highway in Upstate New York, United States. It spans six counties and enters the vicinity of four cities—Niagara Falls, Lockport, Rochester, and Oswego—as it follows a routing largely parallel to that of the southern shoreline of Lake...
), and Junction Road between North Ridge and Lower Mountain Road.
Around the same time that NY 93 was rerouted, NY 270
New York State Route 270
New York State Route 270 is a north–south state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs through rural and wooded areas of the town of Amherst in Erie County and the town of Pendleton in Niagara County. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 263...
was also extended northward along Junction Road from NY 31
New York State Route 31
New York State Route 31 is a state highway that extends for across western and central New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 104 in the city of Niagara Falls. Its eastern terminus is at a traffic circle with NY 26 in Vernon...
to US 104. As a result, NY 93 overlapped NY 270 between Lower Mountain Road and US 104. The overlap with NY 270 remained in place until ca. 1963 when NY 270 was truncated southward to the intersection of Lower Mountain and Junction Roads. NY 93 was realigned in the late 1970s to bypass Lower Mountain and Gothic Hill Roads on Junction and Upper Mountain Roads, replacing NY 270 along Junction Road. The Lower Mountain Road portion of NY 93's former routing is now maintained by Niagara County
Niagara County, New York
Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...
as County Route 902.
Lockport realignments
The Lockport Bypass, a highway bypassing downtown Lockport to the southwest, was opened to traffic on July 26, 1991. The highway cost $7.7 million (equivalent to $ in ) to construct and extended from the junction of NY 31 and NY 93 west of the city to Robinson Road south of downtown. NY 93 was realigned to follow the new bypass south to Robinson Road, where it turned east and followed Robinson Road (County Route 123) and Dysinger Road (County Route 133) to Akron Road in Royalton. The portion of Akron Road (NY 93's former routing) east of the Lockport city limits became NY 954M, an unsigned reference route. Ownership and maintenance of Robinson Road from the bypass to NY 78New York State Route 78
New York State Route 78 , most commonly known as Transit Road, is a state highway in Western New York, USA. While it is signed north–south, the lower portion runs in an east–west direction across Wyoming County, from its beginning north of the Village of Gainesville.NY 78 is...
was transferred from Niagara County to the state of New York on September 1, 1990, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. The portion of NY 93 between NY 78 and Akron Road became state-maintained on October 1, 1998, as part of another swap that also transferred ownership and maintenance of Akron Road to Niagara County.
On November 1, 2005, the Niagara County Legislature voted on a measure that, if passed, would allow the county to ask the New York State Department of Transportation
New York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S...
(NYSDOT) to remove the NY 93 designation from Upper Mountain Road, a county-maintained highway, and reassign it to Junction Road (NY 270) and Saunders Settlement Road (NY 31). This part of the agenda was passed. NYSDOT obliged to the request soon afterward, rerouting NY 93 as proposed and truncating NY 270 southward to NY 31.