New York State Route 384
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| NY Route 384 |
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| Delaware Avenue | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 21.72 mi[1][2][3] (34.95 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  NY 5 in Buffalo |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-290 in Kenmore  I-190/Thruway in Niagara Falls |
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| North end: |  Robert Moses Pkwy/Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls |
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| Counties: | Erie, Niagara | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 384 is a state highway in the western part of New York in the USA. NY 384 is a north-south route extending from Erie County to Niagara County, where it is one of several routes directly connecting the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Through its entire course in Erie County, it is known as Delaware Avenue for the street it follows in the city. Concurrent with NY 265, 384 follows the Niagara River in southern Niagara County.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Erie County
The highway's southern terminus is the intersection of Delaware and Main Street (NY 5) in downtown Buffalo. In the late 19th century, when Buffalo was a prosperous and booming industrial city, many local businessmen built lavish houses for themselves in various Victorian styles along Delaware, making it the city's most fashionable street. The striking houses remain today although most of the industries are long gone, and many are local landmarks.
A few miles north of downtown, Delaware passes the final resting place of many who built the houses, Forest Lawn Cemetery. Former President Millard Fillmore and funk legend Rick James are among those buried there. It then goes through some S-curves, difficult to drive during the city's winter snowstorms, and has an exit at the Scajaquada Expressway (NY 198).
Past the Scajaquada, Delaware continues in a straight northward course trending slightly westward through outlying regions of the city and into the village of Kenmore, where it becomes the main street. North of Kenmore, it crosses the busy Sheridan Drive (NY 324) and then Interstate 290, the Youngmann Expressway. It then narrows to two lanes and enters the city of Tonawanda. At the north end of the city it reaches Tonawanda Creek and crosses the county line.
[edit] Niagara County
In North Tonawanda 384 joins with NY 265 and becomes Main Street, then River Road as the two highways run along the Niagara River after NY 429 splits off. The concurrency ends just short of the North Grand Island Bridge, with 384 continuing along the riverside as it provides the southernmost Niagara County exit for Interstate 190 (This is also, technically, where NY 324 ends).
NY 384 enters the city of Niagara Falls as Buffalo Avenue, intersecting NY 61 at the city line. Farther west, the route splits from Buffalo Avenue and continues onto Rainbow Boulevard, passing the site of the old Nabisco Shredded Wheat plant ahead of an intersection with the southern segment of the Robert Moses State Parkway. At the intersection, NY 384 turns north onto John B. Daly Boulevard, following the street (former Reference Route 952B) to its terminus at Niagara Street. NY 384 turns west onto Niagara (partially former Reference Route 951A) to access downtown Niagara Falls, where it intersects the western terminus of NY 104 at First Street and the southern terminus of the northern segment of the Robert Moses State Parkway, as well as the Rainbow Bridge, at Rainbow Boulevard. Instead of continuing to the bridge, NY 384 terminates at the intersection.
[edit] History
Until recently, NY 384 continued west on Rainbow Boulevard past John B. Daly Boulevard to First Street, where Rainbow split into the parallel one-way streets of Rainbow Boulevard North and South. NY 384 followed Rainbow north to NY 104, where the two unidirectional streets fed into the Robert Moses State Parkway.[4] In December 2005, construction began on a project to convert both one-way streets of Rainbow Boulevard into dual-direction streets. The location where the dual-direction Rainbow Boulevard split into the parallel streets would then be turned into a roundabout. Finally, Rainbow Boulevard North would be renamed First Street while Rainbow Boulevard South would become Rainbow Boulevard.[5] By August 2007, work had completed on the conversion of both streets and NY 384 had been routed onto its current alignment through downtown.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1][2][3] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Erie | Buffalo | 0.00 | NY 5 east |
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| 0.52 | NY 5 west |
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| 3.71 |  NY 198 |
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| Kenmore | 6.88 |  NY 324 |
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| Town of Tonawanda | 7.90 | I-290 |
Exit 1 (I-290) | |
| Niagara | North Tonawanda | 10.34 |  NY 265 south |
Southern terminus of overlap |
| 10.74 |  NY 429 |
Southern terminus of NY 429 | ||
| Niagara Falls | 15.84 | NY 265 north |
Northern terminus of overlap | |
| 17.62 |  I-190/Thruway/Robert Moses State Parkway north/LaSalle Expressway east |
Exit 21 (I-190); southern terminus of RMSP (southern segment); western terminus of the LaSalle Expressway | ||
| 19.10 |  NY 61 |
Southern terminus of NY 61 | ||
 NY 104 |
Western terminus of NY 104 | |||
| 21.72 | Robert Moses State Parkway/Rainbow Bridge |
Southern terminus of RMSP (northern segment) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 305 to NY 427 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 908F to NY 953B (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
- ^ a b Calculated using Microsoft Streets and Trips. Mileage calculated on 2007-09-13.
- ^ Google Maps - Niagara Falls, NY. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ NY Route 384 (Rainbow Boulevard). Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
