New York State Route 392 (NY 392) is an east–west

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in the

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region of

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in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with the

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of NY 13 and

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in the village of Dryden in

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. Its eastern terminus is at a junction with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the

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of Messengerville within the

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town of

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. NY 392 passes through the hamlet of Virgil, where it intersects

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. The portion of NY 392 east of NY 215 was originally designated as part of NY 90 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. In the early 1980s, the state of

assumed maintenance over an east–west county-maintained highway linking NY 13 and NY 38 in the village of Dryden to NY 90 in the hamlet of Virgil. NY 90 was truncated to

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following the acquisition of the roadway, and the new roadway was combined with NY 90's former routing from Virgil to Messengerville to create NY 392.

Route description

NY 392 begins at an intersection with NY 13 and

in the village of Dryden. The road quickly leaves Dryden, heading eastward through

. NY 392, known as Virgil Road, turns to the southeast quickly before turning to the northeast. The area NY 392 passes through is mostly rural, consisting largely of cultivated farmlands. After , NY 392 passes into

. Now in the town of

, NY 392 intersects with County Route 127A (CR 127A, named West Meeting House Road), a spur route of NY 392's predecessor, CR 127. It continues northeast, intersecting CR 128 (Owego Hill Road) before entering the

of Virgil. Here, it turns eastward at an intersection with

and CR 125 (West State Road). Past Virgil, it continues on an easterly routing for before curving to the southeast. After another , the route turns to the north as it enters the community of Messengerville. Once in Messengerville, NY 392 ends at a junction with US 11 just west of Interstate 81.

History

The east–west highway connecting the

s of Virgil to Messengerville in the town of

was originally designated as part of NY 90 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the time, NY 90 began in Messengerville and headed northwest to Cortland via Virgil. This section of NY 90 remained unchanged for the next half-century, save for an April 1, 1981, highway maintenance swap that transferred ownership and maintenance of the Virgil–Messengerville segment's easternmost mile from

to the state of New York. On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of East Main Street and Virgil Road from NY 13 and

in the village of Dryden to the Tompkins–Cortland county line was transferred from Tompkins County to the state of

as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. One year later, on April 1, 1981, ownership and maintenance of CR 127 and the portion of CR 128 north of CR 127—collectively a single highway linking Virgil Road at the county line to NY 90 in Virgil—was given to the state as part of the aforementioned maintenance swap with Cortland County. Following the second swap, NY 90 was truncated northward to

. Its former routing between Virgil and Cortland was redesignated as

while its old alignment from Virgil to Messengerville became part of NY 392, which also extended westward to Dryden over the newly acquired state highways.

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s along the Virgil–Messengerville stretch of NY 392 originally read "90" for the highway's former designation; however, they have since been replaced with markers reading "392".

Major intersections

References

External links

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Route description

History

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