New York State Route 20N (NY 20N) was a

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in the United States. It was an alternate route of U.S. Route 20 (US 20) that stretched for between Marcellus and Cazenovia. The road began at its parent route, US 20, and

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in Marcellus and ended at US 20, NY 20SY, and NY 92 in Cazenovia. All of NY 20N was

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with at least one other route, namely NY 174 in Marcellus, NY 175 from Marcellus to Onondaga Hill, NY 173 from Onondaga Hill to

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, and NY 92 and NY 20SY between Manlius and Cazenovia. NY 20N was assigned in May 1937 and removed in 1961 along with NY 20SY.

Route description

NY 20N began at an intersection with US 20 and

in the town of Marcellus. The route headed north,

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ping NY 174 through the town of Marcellus into the village of Marcellus. At the time, the two routes entered the village on South Street and followed it north to Main Street. NY 20N and NY 174 turned east, following Main for a half-block to North Street. Here, NY 20N and NY 174 split, with NY 174 heading to the west and NY 20N proceeding east along NY 175, which began at this junction at the time of NY 20N's removal. NY 20N and NY 175 continued east to

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, where NY 173 joined the two routes and created a three-route overlap for . At the east end of the overlap, NY 20N continued east along NY 173 into the southernmost section of

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. Here, the two routes intersected

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and US 11 and passed under Interstate 81 before exiting the city limits. Now in the town of De Witt, NY 20N and NY 173 met the northern terminus of NY 91 in the

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of Jamesville. The overlap between NY 20N and NY 173 ended to the east in the village of Manlius, where NY 92 and NY 20SY joined both routes just west of where NY 173 split from NY 20N and continued to the east. Outside of Manlius, NY 20N, NY 20SY and NY 92 headed southeast for to Cazenovia, where all three routes ended at US 20 adjacent to

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and west of the village.

History

The portion of NY 20N from the intersection of

and NY 175 in the village of Marcellus to the junction of NY 92 and NY 173 in

was part of the

Seneca Turnpike The Seneca Road Company was formed to improve the main road running west from Utica, New York, the Genesee Road, from Utica to Canandaigua and operate it as a toll road or turnpike. The road was originally laid out in 1794 from Baggs Square in down ...

. The turnpike was created in the 1800s and at the time was the longest in the state. The establishment of an alternate route to U.S. Route 20, which bypassed

to the south, began in 1933. Local restaurants, hotels and gas stations, along with the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce all demanded a route bearing the "20" number on it. This new route would be designated NY 20N, to be established in 1938. The route extended from the town of Marcellus to the village of Cazenovia and

ped NY 174, NY 175, NY 173, and NY 92 upon assignment. All four of the routes that NY 20N originally overlapped were assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. A second, more northerly alternate route of US 20 in the Syracuse area was assigned in 1951 and designated as NY 20SY. From Manlius to Cazenovia, NY 20SY overlapped NY 20N and NY 92. Both NY 20N and NY 20SY were removed in 1961.

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