New York State Route 48 (NY 48) is a north–south
state highway
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in
Central New York
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With a population of about 773,606 (2009) and an area of , the region includes the Syracuse metropolitan area.
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The New York ...
in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is located at
Interstate 690 (I-690) exit 3 near the interchange between I-690 and the
New York State Thruway
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(
I-90
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) in
Van Buren, northwest of
Syracuse. The northern terminus is located at an intersection with
NY 104 in
Oswego. In between, NY 48 passes through the riverside communities of
Baldwinsville and
Fulton
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* Fulton Allem (born 1957), South African golfer
* Fult ...
and runs alongside both the
Seneca River and
Oswego River. For most of its route, NY 48 serves as an alternate route of
NY 481. The routes share similar alignments along the Oswego River from the Syracuse area to Oswego, with NY 481 following the eastern riverbank between the two locations.
When the route was originally assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it extended southward into downtown
Syracuse. NY 48 was truncated to Van Buren after I-690 was built over portions of the road in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The portion of former NY 48 that was not supplanted by I-690 was turned over to
Onondaga County
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Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
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; however, the state reacquired the segment adjacent to the
New York State Fairgrounds
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in 1980. Around 1931, a suffixed spur of NY 48, New York State Route 48A was designated as an alternate from Oswego to the town of
Minetto. The route was deleted from the state highway system around 1940.
Route description
![NY 48 south in Baldwinsville](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/NY_48_south_in_Baldwinsville.jpg)
NY 48 begins at
I-690 exit 3 just west of the
Geddes town line in
Van Buren,
Onondaga County
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Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
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. Known as State Fair Boulevard, it proceeds west-northwest, paralleling both
NY 690 (the northward continuation of I-690) and the
Seneca River as it passes south of the Seneca Golf Club and Community Park. Shortly after passing the park, NY 48 enters the village of
Baldwinsville on Syracuse Street and intersects Downer Street, the former routing of
NY 31
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west of the village. Originally, NY 31 overlapped NY 48 across the Seneca River (here part of the
Erie Canal
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) to Genesee Street; now, however, NY 48 continues alone to Genesee, where it intersects the modern routing of NY 31 (concurrent with
NY 370
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) through Baldwinsville. North of NY 31 and NY 370, NY 48 becomes Oswego Street and turns northwest before traveling south of Lysander Park as it exits the village and becomes Oswego Road.
In the town of
Lysander
Lysander (; grc-gre, Λύσανδρος ; died 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an en ...
, NY 48 overlaps
NY 631 for a short distance westward to an intersection with the northern end of NY 690. Here, NY 48 turns north, and begins to run as an alternate to
NY 481. Both routes run from the Syracuse area to downtown Oswego. NY 48 runs right along the western side of the Oswego River, while NY 481 runs along the eastern side of the river. Both routes run through downtown Fulton and Oswego which are the two cities along the Oswego River. At several points, all that separates the two routes is the river itself.
![North end of NY 48](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/North_end_of_NY_48.jpg)
Further north in Lysander, NY 48
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the
CSX Transportation
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-owned
Baldwinsville Subdivision
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before turning to the northeast as it passes through the hamlet of Wrights Corners and entering
Oswego County
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. Just past the county line in
Granby, the route turns northwest, following the western bank the
Oswego River (and paralleling
County Route 57 or CR 57 on the opposite side) as it intersects
CR 46 near the hamlet of Hinmansville. NY 48 continues along the riverbank to the city of
Fulton
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People
* Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steam-powered ship
* Fulton (surname)
Given name
* Fulton Allem (born 1957), South African golfer
* Fult ...
, where it gains the name West First Street south of an intersection with
NY 176. Like NY 31 in Baldwinsville, NY 48 originally overlapped NY 176 north to
NY 3 (Broadway), where NY 176 continued east. Now, however, NY 176 ends here and NY 48 continues solo to NY 3. Past Broadway, NY 48 proceeds north through the remainder of Fulton, now paralleling
NY 481 extremely close with just Oswego River separating the two.
Midway between Fulton and the
Minetto hamlet of the same name, NY 48 serves
Battle Island State Park
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, named for a small island in the Oswego River a short distance to the north. NY 48 presses onward along the edge of the Oswego to the hamlet of
Minetto, where it intersects
CR 24,
formerly NY 48A.
North of the hamlet, NY 48 passes by the Oswego Country Club as it enters the
Oswego city limits. Once in the City of Oswego, NY 48 becomes West First Street. At Utica Street, NY 48 briefly turns west before turning back north at West Fifth Street and terminating at
NY 104 (Bridge Street). West First Street continues north for an additional six blocks to the
Lake Ontario
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shoreline.
NY 48 is city-maintained within the cities of Fulton and Oswego; the rest of the highway is maintained by the
New York State Department of Transportation
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(NYSDOT).
History
![NY 48 south at NY 3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/NY_48_south_at_NY_3.jpg)
In the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 48 was assigned to a previously unnumbered roadway between downtown
Syracuse and
Oswego. From
Van Buren north to Oswego, NY 48 roughly followed its modern alignment;
[''Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book'', 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering] south of Van Buren, NY 48 was routed on State Fair Boulevard and Geddes Street to terminate at
NY 5
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, then routed on Erie Boulevard. The route was realigned slightly within Syracuse between 1938 and 1940 to use portions of Hiawatha Boulevard and West Genesee Street (as well as a new portion of State Fair Boulevard) to meet NY 5 at the modern intersection of Erie Boulevard and Genesee Street.
The portion of the
New York State Thruway
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from
Rochester
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east to the
Westmoreland hamlet of Lowell opened on June 24, 1954. At the time, exit 39 connected directly to NY 48. As early as 1954, plans were drawn up to construct a
freeway
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along the NY 48 corridor between the Thruway and NY 48 at the
New York State Fairgrounds
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just northwest of the Syracuse city limits. Construction on the highway, situated between NY 48 and Onondaga Lake, began in the mid-1950s and was completed by 1961. Other areas of State Fair Boulevard (NY 48) were upgraded into
limited-access highway
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s, including at Thruway exit 39 and in downtown Syracuse. As a result, NY 48 was truncated to its present southern terminus at the freeway, designated as
I-690, in Van Buren.
Following the removal of NY 48 south of the Thruway, the portion of State Fair Boulevard from the Syracuse city line north to I-690 exit 5 in
Geddes became CR 80.
On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of CR 80 between I-690 exits 6 (
NY 695) and 7 (
NY 297) was transferred to the state of
New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the state and
Onondaga County
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Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
.
This segment, in length, is now designated as NY 931B, an unsigned
reference route.
The remainder of State Fair Boulevard within Geddes is still designated as CR 80 even though the designation now exists in two parts.
NY 48A
NY 48A was a designation assigned to an alternate route of NY 48 between the city of
Oswego and the
Minetto hamlet
of the same name. It was assigned and began at the modern junction of NY 48 and
CR 24 in Minetto. From there, it proceed west on what is now CR 24 and north on West Fifth Street (partly
CR 25) to Oswego, where NY 48A reconnected to its parent by way of Niagara Street.
The designation was removed .
Major intersections
See also
*
List of county routes in Onondaga County, New York County routes in Onondaga County, New York, are not signed in any form, serving as little more than references for inventory purposes. One county route, County Route 91 (CR 91), has route markers posted along its length; however, the signs ...
References
External links
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Transportation in Onondaga County, New York
Transportation in Oswego County, New York