New York State Route 226 (NY 226) is a north–south
state highway
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in the
Finger Lakes
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region of
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in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with the
Southern Tier Expressway
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(Interstate 86 and
NY 17) just west of the
Savona
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village line in the
town of Bath. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with
NY 14A in the town of
Reading
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Route description
![NY 226 in Schuyler County](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/NY_226_in_Schuyler_County.jpg)
NY 226 begins at an intersection with the off-ramps from interchange 40 on the
Southern Tier Expressway
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(I-86 /
NY 17) in the town of
Bath
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. An eastward continuation of
County Route 12 (CR 12), the two routes are concurrent for a short distance, crossing under the expressway as West Lamoka Avenue. NY 226 and CR 12 cross Mud Creek and enter the village of
Savona
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, where CR 12 terminates, and NY 226 continues eastward as a four-lane arterial. After crossing the village line, NY 226 intersects with
NY 415 (Coopers–Bath Road). Changing cardinal directions, NY 226 proceeds east as a two-lane residential street, East Lamoka Avenue. Running along the northern end of the village, NY 226 proceeds east along Mud Creek, before turning northeast, becoming a two-lane rural roadway.
A short distance later, NY 226 leaves Savona for the town of Bath once again, dropping the Lamoka Avenue moniker and running along Mud Creek to the northeast. The route remains primarily rural, passing Peterson and Van Keuren Lakes, entering the hamlet of Sonora. Through Sonora, NY 226 remains rural, passing a few residences near an intersection with the northern terminus of
CR 18 (Sonora–South Bradford Road). After Sonora, NY 226 enters the town of
Bradford
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, where it continues northeast as a two-lane rural roadway. A short distance later, NY 226 begins a parallel with
CR 16 (Telegraph Road), the latter of which enters the hamlet of Bradford. NY 226 however remains to the south and crosses the
Schuyler County line, entering the town of
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![NY 226 in Reading](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/NY_226_in_Reading.jpg)
After crossing into Schuyler County, NY 226 continues northeast, passing south of Mill Pond as a two-lane rural roadway. The route continues a northeastern wind for several miles through Schuyler County, entering the town of
Tyrone, where it intersects with the western terminus of
CR 22 a short distance from the shore of
Lamoka Lake. NY 226 continues northward, intersecting with
CR 23A, and a short distance later,
CR 23 (Mud Lake Road). NY 226 continues north through Tyrone, running alongside a pond before bending east at an intersection with Kendall Hill Road. After the change in direction, NY 226 enters the hamlet of Altay. Through Altay, NY 226 is a two-lane residential street before leaving just after Bigelow Hill Road.
Continuing through Tyrone, NY 226 bends northeast at a fork with Altay Road. NY 226 continues this northeastern progression from Altay, crossing Pre-Emption Road at-grade. By this point, the route has entered the town of
Reading
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as a two-lane rural roadway. After a bend to the north,
CR 27 terminates at NY 226, which continues north a short distance before terminating itself at an intersection with
NY 14A near the
Yates County line.
History
NY 226 was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to the portion of its modern alignment northeast of
Savona
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.
The portion of the
Southern Tier Expressway
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near Savona and south of exit 40 was built in the late 1960s and completed by 1971.
U.S. Route 15, at the time the designation for the highway, left the expressway at its end west of Savona and followed West Lamoka Avenue into the village to rejoin its original alignment in the center of Savona.
An extension of the expressway northward from Savona was open by 1973 and became part of a realigned US 15. The portion of West Lamoka Avenue from exit 40 to Coopers–Bath Road in Savona became part of an extended NY 226 on July 1, 1974.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Transportation in Schuyler County, New York
Transportation in Steuben County, New York