New York State Route 233 (NY 233) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County is a county in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,125. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League or ''Haudenos ...
,
United States
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. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with
NY 12B southwest of the
Clinton. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with the
Utica–Rome Expressway within the
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
city limits but southeast of the inner tax boundary. NY 233 is the most direct connection between Rome and the
New York State Thruway
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, alternate_name = Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway
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, which it meets at exit 32 in
Westmoreland.
Route description
![NY233 North - NY5 + Thruway Signs (42756862602)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/NY233_North_-_NY5_%2B_Thruway_Signs_%2842756862602%29.jpg)
NY 233 begins at an intersection with
NY 12B southwest of the village of
Clinton in the town of
Kirkland. It heads north as Harding Road and passes the
Harding Farm
Harding Farm is a historic site west of the village of Clinton in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located on New York State Route 233 (Harding Road) and is situated south of the junction of NY 233 and New York State Route 412 ...
historic site before intersecting
NY 412 (College Hill Road) directly west of Clinton. NY 412 heads east from here to serve Clinton while College Hill Road heads west to serve
Hamilton College
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...
. North of the NY 412 junction, NY 233 is named Bristol Road as it passes through the
hamlet
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of Kirkland (where it meets
NY 5
New York State Route 5 (NY 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, Sy ...
) and enters the town of
Westmoreland.
![NY 233 at the City of Rome](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/NY_233_at_the_City_of_Rome.jpg)
In the hamlet of Westmoreland, NY 233 meets the
New York State Thruway
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, type = NYST
, alternate_name = Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway
, maint = NYSTA
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(
Interstate 90
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) at its exit 32. NY 233 does not directly connect to the exit ramps, making the connection instead by way of Cider Road. North of the interchange, the route becomes Rome–Westmoreland Road. Just before entering the large city of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, NY 233 cuts through the extreme northwestern corner of the town of
Whitestown. Here, the route intersects
County Route 840 (Sutliff Road), the county-maintained extension of
NY 840. NY 233 continues into Rome to the hamlet of Stanwix and intersects
NY 69 in the center of the community near where the
Utica–Rome Expressway (
NY 49 and
NY 365) passes by Stanwix, with the connection between NY 233 and the eastbound direction of the expressway made via NY 69 eastbound. NY 69 joins NY 233 here, and both routes continue to the westbound on-ramps for the expressway. At this point, NY 69 turns west to join the expressway, while NY 233 ends.
History
The alignment of NY 233 has remained virtually unchanged since the route was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It initially ended at a junction with
NY 5S (now
NY 69) in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
(at Stanwix).
The section of the
Utica–Rome Expressway near Stanwix was constructed in the late 1970s,
at which time NY 233 was extended a short distance along NY 69 to connect to an interchange with the expressway.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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233
Transportation in Oneida County, New York
Transportation in Rome, New York