County route
A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...
s in
Wayne County, New York
Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 91,283. The county seat is Lyons. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American Revolutionary War hero and American statesman.
Wayne Coun ...
, are only posted on street blade signs. Each route number is the product of two different numbering systems, both county-wide in nature. The last two digits of the route number serve as a road's base designation and are assigned sequentially from the
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line in the west to the
Cayuga County line in the east and from the
Lake Ontario
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shoreline in the north to the
Ontario
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and
Seneca county lines in the south. The first digit of each route's designation indicates where the route is located: routes numbered in the 100s are north of
Ridge Road; routes in the 200s are south of Ridge Road and north of
New York State Route 31 (NY 31); and routes in the 300s are south of NY 31. If a road crosses either of those highways, the first digit of the route's number changes to reflect the road's location in the latter numbering grid.
Routes ending in an even number run from north to south; routes with an odd designation travel from east to west.
Routes 100–199
Routes 200–299
Routes 300 and up
See also
*
County routes in New York
*
List of former state routes in New York (301–400)
References
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT_2021_LHI_County_Roads_Wayne_County.pdf, title=County Roads Listing - Wayne County, publisher=]New York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the Government of New York (state), New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, Rail transport, railroads, mass transit systems ...
, access-date=August 13, 2021, date=June 22, 2021
External links
Empire State Roads – Wayne County Roads