New York State Route 356 (NY 356) was an east–west

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in Erie County, New York, in United States. The final western terminus of the route was at an intersection with U.S. Route 62 (US 62) on the Tonawanda–

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town line. Its eastern terminus was at a junction with NY 270 in the Amherst hamlet of Getzville. When NY 356 was first assigned in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it began at NY 384 in the city of Tonawanda. It was truncated to US 62 in 1980 and removed entirely on January 7, 1988. The former routing of NY 356 east of the Tonawanda city limits is now maintained by Erie County.

Route description

NY 356 began at an intersection with

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in the city of Tonawanda. It headed eastward on Young Street, then North Ellicott Creek Road, running along the northern edge of Ellicott Creek as it headed through the town of Amherst. NY 356 met Sweet Home Road, a local highway leading to the main campus of

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, and crossed over Ellicott Creek shortly afterward. Not far to the northeast of the creek, North Ellicott Creek Road merged into Dodge Road. NY 356 continued east on Dodge Road to the hamlet of Getzville, where it ended at a junction with NY 270.

History

NY 356 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It began at NY 384 (now NY 266) in the city of Tonawanda and ended at NY 270 in the hamlet of Getzville. On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 356 between the Tonawanda city line and US 62 was transferred from the state of

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to Erie County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. As a result, NY 356 was truncated eastward to begin at US 62. The NY 356 designation was removed entirely on January 7, 1988. The former routing of NY 356 is now maintained by Erie County as County Route 580 (CR 580) from the Tonawanda city line to US 62, CR 232 between US 62 and Sweet Home Road, and CR 294 (North Forest Road) and CR 45 (Dodge Road) east of Ellicott Creek. The portion of NY 356's former routing that traversed Ellicott Creek was dismantled as part of

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's construction.

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