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New York State Route 283 (NY 283) was an east–west
NY 283 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, extending from the Pennsylvania state line southwest of the village of Nichols to NY 17 in the village of Owego. The route also served the village of Nichols, through which it overlapped with NY 282. Although it was signed as a state route, the parts of NY 283 that did not overlap NY 282 were initially locally maintained. On January 1, 1949, NY 283 was truncated to begin at the east end of its overlap with NY 282 in Nichols. The remaining route from Nichols to Owego was split into two segments in the late 1960s as part of the Southern Tier Expressway's construction. About west of Owego, NY 283 ran along a narrow strip of land between the
state highway
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located within Tioga County in the Southern Tier
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in the United States. It ran along the south bank of the Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...
from an intersection with NY 282 in the village of Nichols to a junction with NY 17 (now NY 96 and NY 434) in the village of Owego. The route was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York as a Pennsylvania–Owego route. NY 283 was truncated to Nichols in 1949 and eliminated entirely in 1970. Its former routing is now mostly maintained by Tioga County as part of several county routes.
Route description
NY 283 began at an intersection with NY 282 in the village of Nichols, located on the southern bank of theSusquehanna River
The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...
in south-central Tioga County. The route headed to the east as East River Drive, crossing over Wappasening Creek Wappasening Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in New York (state), New York and Pennsylvania in the United States ...
as it left the village limits. From here, the route took on a more northeasterly course, following the east side of a deep, rural valley surrounding the Susquehanna River. About from Nichols, the highway entered the small hamlet of Lounsberry, located just south of NY 283's junction with Stanton Hill Road ( County Route 54 or CR 54). NY 283 continued northeast from the community, closely following the riverbank and the south edge of the encompassing valley to the village of Owego. The route served a mostly undeveloped area of the village before ending at a junction with NY 17 across the river from Owego's central business district.
History
NY 283 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, extending from the Pennsylvania state line southwest of the village of Nichols to NY 17 in the village of Owego. The route also served the village of Nichols, through which it overlapped with NY 282. Although it was signed as a state route, the parts of NY 283 that did not overlap NY 282 were initially locally maintained. On January 1, 1949, NY 283 was truncated to begin at the east end of its overlap with NY 282 in Nichols. The remaining route from Nichols to Owego was split into two segments in the late 1960s as part of the Southern Tier Expressway's construction. About west of Owego, NY 283 ran along a narrow strip of land between the Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...
to the north and a steep hill to the south. This section of NY 283 was abandoned to allow the linear strip to be used for the expressway's right of way. As a result, the NY 283 designation was removed on January 1, 1970.
As part of a 1966 agreement, most of NY 283's former routing is now maintained by Tioga County as part of several county routes. From the Pennsylvania state line to NY 282 in Nichols, old NY 283 is CR 4. After a brief state-maintained stretch as part of NY 282, the former routing of NY 283 continues as CR 6 to a dead end where the road was dismantled for the Southern Tier Expressway. The old route resumes about to the east as a town-maintained section of East River Drive, which feeds into CR 25 at its east end. CR 25 picks up what was once NY 283 and follows it into the village of Owego, connecting to NY 17 exit 64. At this point, the road becomes state-maintained again as part of NY 96, which uses old NY 283 to reach NY 434 and the Susquehanna River
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bridge leading to the center of the village.
Major intersections
See also
*List of county routes in Tioga County, New York County routes in Tioga County, New York, are signed with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices-standard yellow-on-blue pentagon shield. Even numbered routes are east–west in direction, while odd numbered routes are north–south. County r ...
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References
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