New York State Route 91 (NY 91) is a north–south
state highway in
Central New York
Central New York is the central region of New York State, including the following counties and cities:
With a population of about 773,606 (2009) and an area of , the region includes the Syracuse metropolitan area.
Definitions
The New York ...
in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is located at an intersection with
NY 13 in the
Cortland County
Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population of Cortland County was 46,809. The county seat is Cortland. The county is named after Pierre Van Cortlandt, president of the convention ...
town of
Truxton. Its northern terminus is located at a junction with
NY 173 in the
Onondaga County
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse.
Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
hamlet of
Jamesville. In between, NY 91 serves the
village of Fabius and the
hamlet
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of
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of ...
, where it meets
NY 80 and
U.S. Route 20 (US 20), respectively.
NY 91 originally extended as far south as
Cincinnatus
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Cincinnatus ...
and as far north as
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
when it was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The route was truncated to its current northern terminus at Jamesville in the late 1930s and cut back to its modern southern terminus at Truxton in 1981. Most of NY 91's former routing northeast of
Syracuse became
NY 298
New York State Route 298 (NY 298) is an east–west state highway located entirely within Onondaga County, New York, in the United States. It runs in a generally northeast direction for from an interchange with Interstate 690 (I-6 ...
while the highway that NY 91 followed from Cincinnatus to Truxton is now maintained by Cortland County as County Route 600 (CR 600) and County Route 600A.
Route description
![NY 91 north in Truxton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/NY_91_north_in_Truxton.jpg)
NY 91 begins at an intersection with
NY 13 (Main Street) at the eastern end of the
hamlet
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of
Truxton. NY 91 proceeds north across and along Labrador Creek, crossing a junction with the terminus of
County Route 151 (Prospect Street). Paralleling Labrador Creek and winds northward through the town of Truxton as a two-lane rural roadway, crossing northeast across the creek near Shackham Road. Turning northwest through the
Labrador Hollow Unique Area, NY 91 begins paralleling the Labrador Pond and crosses the county line from
Cortland County
Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population of Cortland County was 46,809. The county seat is Cortland. The county is named after Pierre Van Cortlandt, president of the convention ...
to
Onondaga County
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse.
Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
. Now in the town of
Fabius
In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother.
In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the '' Parallel Lives'' by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the coun ...
, NY 91 continues north past Labrador Crossover.
The rural roadway continues northeast through the town and soon becomes a local roadway along the fields in Onondaga County. Now entering the hamlet of
Apulia, NY 91 reaches a junction with
NY 80. NY 91 and NY 80 form a concurrency through Fabius, crossing a junction with the southern terminus of Berwyn Road (unsigned
CR 114) The route remains rural as it runs eastward past the junction with Swift Road (
CR 237). NY 80 and NY 91 enter the village of
Fabius
In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother.
In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the '' Parallel Lives'' by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the coun ...
. Now known as Main Street, the two-lane road enters the village to the west, and at the junction with Mill Street, where NY 91 turns north and leaves out of the village.
Continuing through the town of Fabius, NY 91 remains the two-lane rural roadway, turning westward at a junction with Cemetery Road (
CR 170). This western stint is short, with NY 91 turning north again at a junction with the eastern terminus of Chase Road (
CR 237A). Now in the town of
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of ...
, NY 91 continues north into the hamlet of Pompey. In the center, NY 91 reaches a junction with
US 20 and Cherry Street (
CR 109 /
CR 109A). Through downtown Pompey, the route remains primarily residential, soon leaving the hamlet.
Continuing northwest through the town of Pompey, the route runs along the northeastern edge of the Pompey Golf Club and soon reaches the
Jamesville Beach County Park. Running northwest, NY 91 runs just east of the Jamesville Reservoir, soon reaching the hamlet of
Jamesville. Passing northbound,. NY 91 and
CR 2 (South Street) parallel each other along Butternut Creek. A short distance later, both routes reach respective junctions with
NY 173 (East Seneca Turnpike) in the town of
De Witt. This junction marks the northern terminus of NY 91.
History
![Cortland 600A in Cheningo NY](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Cortland_600A_in_Cheningo_NY.jpg)
When NY 91 was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York,
it was substantially longer than it is today. NY 91 originally began at
NY 26
New York State Route 26 (NY 26) is a north–south state highway that runs for through Central New York in the United States. Its southern terminus is located at the Pennsylvania state line south of the town of Vestal in Broo ...
in
Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus ( – ) was a Roman patrician, statesman, and military leader of the early Roman Republic who became a legendary figure of Roman virtue—particularly civic virtue—by the time of the late Republic.
Cincinnatus ...
and followed Taylor Valley Road and Cheningo Road through the
Truxton hamlet of
Cheningo to the
hamlet
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of Truxton, where it joined its modern alignment and proceeded north to
Jamesville. From there, the route continued north past Jamesville to
NY 31
New York State Route 31 (NY 31) is a state highway that extends for across western and central New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 104 in the city of Niagara Falls. Its ea ...
in
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
by way of
overlap
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s with
NY 173 and
US 11 through downtown
Syracuse and what is now
NY 298
New York State Route 298 (NY 298) is an east–west state highway located entirely within Onondaga County, New York, in the United States. It runs in a generally northeast direction for from an interchange with Interstate 690 (I-6 ...
from Syracuse to Bridgeport. NY 91 was truncated southward to the intersection of US 11 and NY 173 west of Jamesville and eastward to its current northern terminus at Jamesville at some point between 1935 and 1938.
In the late 1930s, the route was truncated northward to begin in Cheningo. The former route to Cincinnatus on Taylor Valley Road was designated as CR 600 by 1974.
NY 91 was truncated again on April 1, 1981, when ownership and maintenance of the portion of the route south of
NY 13 in the hamlet of Truxton was transferred to Cortland County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the county and the state of
New York. While NY 91 was cut back to the eastern terminus of its then-overlap with NY 13,
the former routing of NY 91 south of Truxton to Cheningo on Cheningo Road was redesignated as CR 600A.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of county routes in Cortland County, New York County routes in Cortland County, New York, are not signed with route marker
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References
External links
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Transportation in Onondaga County, New York
Transportation in Cortland County, New York