Lake Road (Western New York)
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Lake Road is an east–west roadway in western New York
, United States
. It extends for 29.01 miles (46.69 km) from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
in the Monroe County
town of Webster
to NY 14
in the Wayne County
village of Sodus Point
. As its name implies, it follows the southern shore of Lake Ontario
for its entire length. Lake Road serves as the northern terminus of NY 250
and was once the northern terminus of NY 21
. The entirety of the roadway east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail
, a National Scenic Byway
.
The portion of Lake Road west of NY 250 in Webster became part of NY 18
in the early 1930s. NY 18 never extended eastward from its junction with NY 250. In the early 1970s, NY 18 was truncated to NY 104
in Rochester
. The portion of Lake Road remained state-maintained as an unsigned reference route for some time afterward; however, ownership of the roadway was transferred from the state of New York
to Monroe County as part of a highway maintenance swap that took effect on November 26, 2007. All of Lake Road west of Sodus Point is now county-maintained as County Route 1 in Monroe County and County Route 101 in Wayne County; however, the road is commonly known by its road name instead. The portion within Sodus Point is locally maintained.
in the town of Webster
. The bridge is a seasonal bridge; it is closed during the summer months to allow boat traffic to pass from Irondequoit Bay
to Lake Ontario
through the Outlet. During the winter months, it connects to Culver Road on the opposite side of the Outlet. Lake Road heads east as unsigned County Route 1 along a narrow peninsula
separating the bay from the lake, serving a variety of seaside structures. Just northeast of the end of the peninsula, Lake Road intersects Bay Road (CR 16), a roadway that serves as the primary eastern lakeside highway.
The road continues along the lakeshore to the hamlet of Forest Lawn, a small community in north Webster. Here, it intersects the northern terminus of NY 250
. Past NY 250, Lake Road meets several local north–south roadways before crossing into Wayne County
and the town of Ontario
. At the county line, Lake Road intersects County Line Road, a highway maintained here by Wayne County as County Route 100, a designation signed only on blade signs for the roadway. Meanwhile, Lake Road continues on as CR 101, intersecting with local roads and heading through a small, residential community known as Ontario-on-the-Lake.
East of the community, Lake Road intersects with Lakeside Road (CR 102). This intersection is the northern terminus of the county designation, with Lakeside Road continuing north as a town highway. Lake Road continues through a short residential stretch that has fields along its northern side. After an intersection with North Slocum Road, Lake Road continues through fields, and eventually intersects with a local dirt road, which leads to an industrial complex. The road continues on, intersecting Ontario Center Road, Knickerbocker Road (CR 108) and Furnace Road (CR 110) as it heads along the Lake Ontario shoreline and enters the town of Williamson
.
In Williamson, the fields continue, this time to the south of the highway, as lakeside homes run along the northern side. The route begins its way on a northeast stretch, passing by residential homes and fields. It intersects Stoney Lonesome Road (CR 112) on its way to Pultneyville
, a large lakeside hamlet. Inside the community, it intersects Hamilton Street (CR 120) at a junction that was once the northern terminus of NY 21
.
Outside of Pultneyville, Lake Road continues along the shoreline, intersecting with several roads of local importance. At East Townline Road (CR 118), Lake Road passes into the town of Sodus
. East of the town line, the highway curves southeast to follow a more inland routing. It intersects Maple Avenue (CR 134), a north–south highway leading to the village of Sodus
, then returns northeastward as it approaches the village of Sodus Point
. It intersects North Geneva Road (CR 140) west of the village, then enters Sodus Point. CR 101 ends at the village line, and the final mile (1.6 km) of Lake Road is maintained by the village of Sodus Point. Lake Road continues east through the western portion of the village to NY 14
, where Lake Road ends and continues east as Bay Street, which is part of NY 14.
The entirety of Lake Road east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail
, a National Scenic Byway
.
In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 18
was extended eastward from its original terminus in Buffalo
to a new terminus in Rochester
. NY 18 was extended again by the following year to end at an intersection with NY 250
in Webster
. In between the Irondequoit Bay
Outlet and NY 250, NY 18 utilized Lake Road. Although Lake Road continued east to Sodus Point
, NY 18 never extended any farther eastward than its junction with NY 250. Ca. 1973, NY 18 was truncated to NY 104
in the area of Rochester
known as Kodak Park
. The former routing of NY 18 east of the north end of the Sea Breeze Expressway became NY 941L, an unsigned reference route. At some point between 2004 and 2007, the definition of NY 941L was altered to include only Lake Road; that is, the portion of NY 18's former routing from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
to NY 250.
In 2007, ownership and maintenance of NY 941L was transferred from the state of New York
to Monroe County
as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate
on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly
on June 20. The act was signed into law by Governor Eliot Spitzer
on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007. The former routing of NY 941L became a westward extension of County Route 1.
|rowspan=2 colspan=3 align="center"|Lake Road becomes CR 101 eastbound and CR 1 westbound
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|colspan=4 align="center"|Sodus Point village line; CR 101 ends eastbound and begins westbound
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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It extends for 29.01 miles (46.69 km) from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
The Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge is a bobtail swing truss bridge in the northeastern suburbs of Rochester, New York, in the United States. It spans the outlet of Irondequoit Bay at Lake Ontario, carrying vehicular traffic between Culver Road in Irondequoit and Lake Road in Webster...
in the Monroe County
Monroe County, New York
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 744,344. It is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America. Its county seat is the city of Rochester....
town of Webster
Webster (town), New York
Webster is a town in the northeast corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 42,641 at the 2010 census....
to NY 14
New York State Route 14
New York State Route 14 is a state highway located in western New York in the United States. Along with NY 19, it is one of two routes to transect the state in a north–south fashion between the Pennsylvania border and Lake Ontario...
in the Wayne County
Wayne County, New York
Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...
village of Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York
Sodus Point is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a nearby body of water, Sodus Bay. It is considered within the larger Rochester metropolitan area....
. As its name implies, it follows the southern shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
for its entire length. Lake Road serves as the northern terminus of NY 250
New York State Route 250
New York State Route 250 is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Monroe County, New York, in the United States. It extends for just over from an intersection with NY 96 in the town of Perinton to a junction with Lake Road near the Lake Ontario shoreline in the...
and was once the northern terminus of NY 21
New York State Route 21
New York State Route 21 is a state highway extending for through the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 417 in Andover. The northern terminus is at NY 104 in Williamson...
. The entirety of the roadway east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail
Seaway Trail
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail, formerly named and commonly known as the Seaway Trail, is a National Scenic Byway in the northeastern United States, mostly contained in New York but with a small segment in Pennsylvania...
, a National Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often...
.
The portion of Lake Road west of NY 250 in Webster became part of NY 18
New York State Route 18
New York State Route 18 is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the south shore of Lake Ontario for most of its length between Niagara County and Monroe County...
in the early 1930s. NY 18 never extended eastward from its junction with NY 250. In the early 1970s, NY 18 was truncated to 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...
in Rochester
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. The portion of Lake Road remained state-maintained as an unsigned reference route for some time afterward; however, ownership of the roadway was transferred from the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to Monroe County as part of a highway maintenance swap that took effect on November 26, 2007. All of Lake Road west of Sodus Point is now county-maintained as County Route 1 in Monroe County and County Route 101 in Wayne County; however, the road is commonly known by its road name instead. The portion within Sodus Point is locally maintained.
Route description
Lake Road begins at the eastern approach to the Irondequoit Bay Outlet BridgeIrondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
The Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge is a bobtail swing truss bridge in the northeastern suburbs of Rochester, New York, in the United States. It spans the outlet of Irondequoit Bay at Lake Ontario, carrying vehicular traffic between Culver Road in Irondequoit and Lake Road in Webster...
in the town of Webster
Webster (town), New York
Webster is a town in the northeast corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 42,641 at the 2010 census....
. The bridge is a seasonal bridge; it is closed during the summer months to allow boat traffic to pass from Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit Bay is a large body of water located in northeastern Monroe County, New York. The bay, roughly wide and in length, is fed by Irondequoit Creek to the south and flows into Lake Ontario at its northern end...
to Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
through the Outlet. During the winter months, it connects to Culver Road on the opposite side of the Outlet. Lake Road heads east as unsigned County Route 1 along a narrow peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
separating the bay from the lake, serving a variety of seaside structures. Just northeast of the end of the peninsula, Lake Road intersects Bay Road (CR 16), a roadway that serves as the primary eastern lakeside highway.
The road continues along the lakeshore to the hamlet of Forest Lawn, a small community in north Webster. Here, it intersects the northern terminus of NY 250
New York State Route 250
New York State Route 250 is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Monroe County, New York, in the United States. It extends for just over from an intersection with NY 96 in the town of Perinton to a junction with Lake Road near the Lake Ontario shoreline in the...
. Past NY 250, Lake Road meets several local north–south roadways before crossing into Wayne County
Wayne County, New York
Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...
and the town of Ontario
Ontario, New York
Ontario is a town in the northwest corner of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,778 at the 2000 census, and 10,136 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Great Lake on its northern border.- History :...
. At the county line, Lake Road intersects County Line Road, a highway maintained here by Wayne County as County Route 100, a designation signed only on blade signs for the roadway. Meanwhile, Lake Road continues on as CR 101, intersecting with local roads and heading through a small, residential community known as Ontario-on-the-Lake.
East of the community, Lake Road intersects with Lakeside Road (CR 102). This intersection is the northern terminus of the county designation, with Lakeside Road continuing north as a town highway. Lake Road continues through a short residential stretch that has fields along its northern side. After an intersection with North Slocum Road, Lake Road continues through fields, and eventually intersects with a local dirt road, which leads to an industrial complex. The road continues on, intersecting Ontario Center Road, Knickerbocker Road (CR 108) and Furnace Road (CR 110) as it heads along the Lake Ontario shoreline and enters the town of Williamson
Williamson, New York
Williamson is an Upstate New York town in the northwest part of Wayne County, New York, U.S. on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The population was 6,777 at the time of the 2000 census. The town is named after Charles Williamson, a land agent of the Pultney Estate...
.
Pultneyville, New York
Pultneyville is a hamlet located in the Town of Williamson, Wayne County, New York, USA. Framing the mouth of Salmon Creek, it is on the northern border of the town, the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The hamlet was originally laid out in 1806 and is listed with the National Register of Historic...
, a large lakeside hamlet. Inside the community, it intersects Hamilton Street (CR 120) at a junction that was once the northern terminus of NY 21
New York State Route 21
New York State Route 21 is a state highway extending for through the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 417 in Andover. The northern terminus is at NY 104 in Williamson...
.
Outside of Pultneyville, Lake Road continues along the shoreline, intersecting with several roads of local importance. At East Townline Road (CR 118), Lake Road passes into the town of Sodus
Sodus (town), New York
Sodus is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 8,949 at the 2000 census. The town takes its name from a native word for the bay in the eastern part of the town: "Assorodus," meaning "silvery water."...
. East of the town line, the highway curves southeast to follow a more inland routing. It intersects Maple Avenue (CR 134), a north–south highway leading to the village of Sodus
Sodus (village), New York
Sodus is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 1,735 at the 2000 census.The Village of Sodus is near the center of the Town of Sodus and lies between Rochester and Syracuse. The village contains the government center for the Town of Sodus.- History :The village area was part...
, then returns northeastward as it approaches the village of Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York
Sodus Point is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a nearby body of water, Sodus Bay. It is considered within the larger Rochester metropolitan area....
. It intersects North Geneva Road (CR 140) west of the village, then enters Sodus Point. CR 101 ends at the village line, and the final mile (1.6 km) of Lake Road is maintained by the village of Sodus Point. Lake Road continues east through the western portion of the village to NY 14
New York State Route 14
New York State Route 14 is a state highway located in western New York in the United States. Along with NY 19, it is one of two routes to transect the state in a north–south fashion between the Pennsylvania border and Lake Ontario...
, where Lake Road ends and continues east as Bay Street, which is part of NY 14.
The entirety of Lake Road east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail
Seaway Trail
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail, formerly named and commonly known as the Seaway Trail, is a National Scenic Byway in the northeastern United States, mostly contained in New York but with a small segment in Pennsylvania...
, a National Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often...
.
History
New York State Route 18
New York State Route 18 is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the south shore of Lake Ontario for most of its length between Niagara County and Monroe County...
was extended eastward from its original terminus in Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
to a new terminus in Rochester
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. NY 18 was extended again by the following year to end at an intersection with NY 250
New York State Route 250
New York State Route 250 is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Monroe County, New York, in the United States. It extends for just over from an intersection with NY 96 in the town of Perinton to a junction with Lake Road near the Lake Ontario shoreline in the...
in Webster
Webster (town), New York
Webster is a town in the northeast corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 42,641 at the 2010 census....
. In between the Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit Bay is a large body of water located in northeastern Monroe County, New York. The bay, roughly wide and in length, is fed by Irondequoit Creek to the south and flows into Lake Ontario at its northern end...
Outlet and NY 250, NY 18 utilized Lake Road. Although Lake Road continued east to Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York
Sodus Point is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a nearby body of water, Sodus Bay. It is considered within the larger Rochester metropolitan area....
, NY 18 never extended any farther eastward than its junction with NY 250. Ca. 1973, NY 18 was truncated to 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...
in the area of Rochester
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
known as Kodak Park
Kodak Park
Eastman Business Park, formerly Kodak Park, is a large manufacturing and industrial complex in the city of Rochester, New York, in the United States. The complex is run by Eastman Kodak and is located north of downtown Rochester and south of Lake Ontario...
. The former routing of NY 18 east of the north end of the Sea Breeze Expressway became NY 941L, an unsigned reference route. At some point between 2004 and 2007, the definition of NY 941L was altered to include only Lake Road; that is, the portion of NY 18's former routing from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge
The Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge is a bobtail swing truss bridge in the northeastern suburbs of Rochester, New York, in the United States. It spans the outlet of Irondequoit Bay at Lake Ontario, carrying vehicular traffic between Culver Road in Irondequoit and Lake Road in Webster...
to NY 250.
In 2007, ownership and maintenance of NY 941L was transferred from the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to Monroe County
Monroe County, New York
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 744,344. It is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America. Its county seat is the city of Rochester....
as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms one may serve...
on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
on June 20. The act was signed into law by Governor Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American lawyer, former Democratic Party politician, and political commentator. He was the co-host of In the Arena, a talk-show and punditry forum broadcast on CNN until CNN cancelled his show in July of 2011...
on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007. The former routing of NY 941L became a westward extension of County Route 1.
Major intersections
|-|rowspan=2 colspan=3 align="center"|Lake Road becomes CR 101 eastbound and CR 1 westbound
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|rowspan=5|Wayne
Wayne County, New York
Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...
|rowspan=2|Ontario
Ontario, New York
Ontario is a town in the northwest corner of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,778 at the 2000 census, and 10,136 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Great Lake on its northern border.- History :...
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|colspan=4 align="center"|Sodus Point village line; CR 101 ends eastbound and begins westbound