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New York State Route 34 marker
New York State Route 34
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length99.32 mi[1] (159.84 km)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesTioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cayuga, Oswego
Highway system
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New York State Route 34 is a north-south New York state route located in Central New York. Its southern terminus is at the New York-Pennsylvania state line with Pennsylvania Route 199 and New York State Route 17 in the village of Waverly. Its northern terminus is at New York State Route 104, outside the village of Hannibal.

Route description

Tioga and Chemung Counties

The highway begins at Exit 61 of the Southern Tier Expressway, NY 17, where PA 199 crosses into New York state, and Tioga County, on Cayuta Avenue in Waverly, N.Y. Little more than half a mile into the state, Cayuta Street (NY 34) comes to a T-intersection with New York State Route 17C. Route 34 makes a sharp left and, shortly thereafter, a sharp right turn. NY 17C was formerly NY 17, and the afore-mentioned second sharp turn was once Route 34's southern terminus. NY 34 continues north along the east bank of Cayuta Creek across the county line to Van Etten, Chemung County.

In that village, NY 34 turns east at the eastern terminus of New York State Route 224. Less than a mile from NY 224, NY 34 exits Chemung County and reenters Tioga County. NY 34 continues east to Spencer, where it meets up with New York State Route 96. The routes converge from each end of Tioga Street and continue north together on Main Street. After exiting the village, NY 34 and NY 96 continue northward through the county, entering Tompkins County five miles from Spencer.

Tompkins County

A few miles south of Ithaca, NY 34 and NY 96 merge with Elmira Road, joining New York State Route 13 northward to the city.

In recent history, Meadow Street carried both directions of NY 13 and NY 34 through part of Ithaca; however, in the late 1990s southbound traffic was diverted to Fulton Street for a ten-block section. NY 96 diverges to the west at West Buffalo Street in this section. NY 34 diverges from the NY 13 freeway in the northern part of the city.

In Lansing, the highway intersects with New York State Route 34B, a loop that serves the small communities along the ridge to the west of NY 34. Six miles due north of the NY 34/NY 34B intersection, NY 34 passes into Cayuga County.

Cayuga County

Like NY 34B to the west, NY 34 serves a handful of small communities in southern and central Cayuga county, including Genoa, at the intersection with New York State Route 90. Five miles south of Auburn in Fleming, NY 34B rejoins NY 34, terminating at a T-intersection.

In downtown Auburn, NY 34 is co-signed with New York State Route 38 from the southern edge of the city north to New York State Route 5 and U.S. Route 20, where NY 38 turns west.

From Auburn, NY 34 continues north to Weedsport, where the route interchanges with the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) at exit 40. Farther north, NY 34 enters Cato and meets New York State Route 370 in the village center. Six miles to the north, NY 34 changes counties for the final time, entering Oswego County.

Oswego County

Of the 100 miles of NY 34, only four miles of the route exists in Oswego County. NY 34 intersects only six roads in the county, the most notable of which is NY 104, located south of Hannibal.

Communities along the route

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
TiogaWaverly0.00.0 I-86/NY 17Exit 61 (I-86/NY 17).
0.00.0 PA 199Northern terminus of PA 199.
0.71.1 NY 17CWestern terminus of NY 17C.
ChemungVan Etten13.922.4 NY 224Western terminus of NY 62A.
TiogaSpencer17.027.4 NY 96Southern terminus of concurrency.
TompkinsTown of Ithaca31.049.9 NY 13Southern terminus of concurrency.
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31.550.7 NY 327Southern terminus of NY 327.
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32.652.5 NY 13A
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Ithaca32.652.5 NY 96BWestern terminus of NY 96B.
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32.752.6
NY 79
Northern terminus of NY 61.
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32.852.8
NY 79
Northern terminus of concurrency.
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32.952.9 NY 96Southern terminus of concurrency.
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Town of Ithaca34.555.5 NY 13Northern terminus of concurrency.
South Lansing40.264.7 NY 34BWestern terminus of NY 18.
40.765.5 NY 34BWestern terminus of NY 18.
CayugaGenoa50.981.9 NY 90
Fleming64.7104.1 NY 34BEastern terminus of NY 34B.
Auburn69.1111.2 NY 38Southern terminus of concurrency.
70.0112.7 NY 5
US 20
70.0112.7 NY 38Northern terminus of concurrency.
Weedsport78.7126.7 NY 31
79.2127.5File:NYS Thruway Sign.gif I-90/ThruwayExit 40 (I-90/Thruway).
Cato86.8139.7 NY 370
OswegoHannibal99.3159.8 NY 104
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Attractions

History

Alignment through Ithaca

Prior to its routing on Meadow Street, NY 34 followed Elmira Road, Spencer Road and Cayuga Street through Ithaca, according to road maps from the 1930s.

New York State Route 34A

Triphammer Road, north of the Cornell University campus and northeast of Ithaca, may once have been signed as New York State Route 34A, according to road maps from the 1930s. It appears to have been decommissioned after only a few years. The route ran from the Cornell University campus north along Triphammer Road to the NY 34/NY 34B junction in Lansing.

Northern terminus

NY 34 once extended northward to New York State Route 3 in the center of Hannibal. When the NY 104 Super-2 was completed, NY 34 was truncated to its present northern terminus. Old NY 34 between NY 104 and NY 3 is now Oswego County Route 34.

References