New York State Route 298
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| NY Route 298 |
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| Length: | 14.05 mi[1] (22.61 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930s[2] | ||||||||||||
| South end: | .svg/25px-I-690_(NY).svg.png){kind=small} I-690 in Syracuse |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-81 in Syracuse  I-90 / Thruway in DeWitt |
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| North end: |  NY 31 in Cicero |
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| Counties: | Onondaga | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 298 is a state highway located entirely within Onondaga County, New York. It runs in a generally northeast direction for 14.05 miles (22.61 km) from Interstate 690 in the city of Syracuse to NY 31 near the shores of Oneida Lake. Along its course it has exits with all four Interstate Highways in the area. Most of NY 298 was originally designated as part of NY 91 in 1930 before gaining its current designation later in the decade.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] City of Syracuse
Route 298 begins at Interstate 690's Exit 9 in Syracuse. Unusually, this terminus is not just administrative (as opposed to other state highways that end at expressways like 17K, 149 and 177), but physical and literal in that 298 merges directly onto the interstate. There is no continuing roadway.
This allows it to provide access from I-690 eastbound to Interstate 81 northbound, which it reaches a mile north of 690 (since 81 and 690 are running almost parallel when they meet in downtown Syracuse, and are elevated, it was extremely impractical to build an onramp between them).
Two blocks after 81, under the name Court Street, 298 intersects with paralleling US 11 at North Salina Street. From here it slowly curves to take a more due-east direction, which takes it through Salina (including Lyncourt) and some industrial parks to Carrier Circle in DeWitt, one of two of New York's rare traffic circles right off a New York State Thruway exit. NY 635 comes in from the south here as well.
The highway crosses the Thruway itself some distance later, and then leaves the city shortly afterwards.
[edit] Northeastern Onondaga County
Shortly beyond the inner city suburbs, 298 encounters Interstate 481 near the hamlet of Collamer. After that interchange, it heads east yet slightly northwards, through increasingly flat, wooded and undeveloped country to Manlius' Shepps Corners, where it turns northeast once again to enter Cicero.
This goes through the Cicero State Wildlife Management Area, a low-lying swamp that floods the roadway frequently in the spring, and then 298 reaches its northern end at Oneida Park where it intersects NY 31, just short of the county line and the hamlet of Bridgeport.
[edit] History
The portion of modern NY 298 from Salina Street (U.S. Route 11) in downtown Syracuse to NY 31 near Bridgeport was originally designated as the northernmost portion of NY 91 as part of the 1930 renumbering.[3][4] At the time, NY 91 was routed on a then-complete Court Street and Collamer Road between Midler Avenue and Molloy Road. By 1935, NY 91 was truncated to the intersection of US 11 and NY 173 while the former routing of NY 91 from the former northern terminus of its overlap with US 11 to Bridgeport was redesignated as NY 298.[2]
In the 1950s, NY 298 was altered between Midler Avenue and Molloy Road to follow its modern alignment. As part of the rerouting, two traffic circles—the Carrier Circle at the Thompson Road/New York State Thruway intersection and Military Circle at Townline Road—were installed along the route.[5][6] By 1962, NY 298 had been extended southwestward to its current terminus at Interstate 690 exit 9. At the time, traffic on I-690 flowed directly onto NY 298 and vice versa as the remainder of I-690 east of the interchange had yet to be built.[7] I-690 was completed through the city by 1973.[8]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Onondaga | Syracuse | 0.00 | I-690 west |
Exit 9 (I-690) |
| 1.04 | I-81 south |
Exit 22 (I-81); access to I-690 east | ||
| 1.22 |  US 11 |
Access to I-81 north | ||
| Salina | 3.74 |  NY 598 |
Northern terminus of NY 598 | |
| DeWitt | 5.45 | I-90 / Thruway NY 635 |
Carrier Circle; exit 35 (I-90/Thruway); northern terminus of NY 635 | |
| 8.28 | .svg/25px-I-481_(NY).svg.png){kind=small} I-481 |
Exit 7 (I-481) | ||
| Cicero | 14.05 | NY 31 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 277. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ a b Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
- ^ Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136.
- ^ 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
- ^ Sunoco. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1952)
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Syracuse East Quadrangle - New York - Onondaga Co. [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1978) Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Esso. New York with Sight-Seeing Guide [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1962)
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Syracuse West Quadrangle - New York - Onondaga Co. [map], 1 : 24,000, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). (1978) Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
