New York State Route 17C
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State route in New York | |
| NY-17C | |
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| Junction | Location |
| Tioga | |
| NY-34 | 0.00 |
| NY-282 | 0.00 |
| NY-225 | 0.00 |
| NY-96 | 0.00 |
| NY-17 | |
| NY-962J | |
| Broome | |
| NY-26 | 0.00 |
| NY-17 | 0.00 |
| NY-201 | 0.00 |
| US-11 | 40.34 |
| [WikiProject New York State routes/Routebox legendLegend] | |
| New York State Routes Current - Deleted | |
New York State Route 17C is a state highway in the Southern Tier of New York state. It is in Tioga and Broome counties. The western terminus is at the intersection with NY-34 in Waverly, New York, and the eastern terminus is at the intersection with US-11 in Binghamton. It runs concurrently with NY-96 for a block in Owego and for a few blocks with NY-26 in Endicott.
The stretch between Waverly and Owego is the former NY-17, as it was routed prior to the opening of the Southern Tier Expressway. The stretch from Route 96 to Binghamton is the original Route 17C and serves as an alternate route between Owego and the Triple Cities.
Route description
Route 17C officially runs east from the intersection with Route 34 in the eastern part of Waverly, but there are street signs along Chemung Street that say "Route 17C" as far west as the Shepherd Hills Golf Course, near the Chemung County line. There is little, if any, evidence that New York state ever signed the highway that far west.
From Waverly, the route passes through the Ellistown area and runs parallel to and north of the Southern Tier Expressway. In fact, this part of the highway was Route 17 prior to the opening of the expressway in the 1970s.
Where the expressway crosses the Susquehanna River just south of the Cannon Hole area, Route 17C stays on the north side of the river, bypassing the Cannon Hole neighborhood and the hamlet of Barton. NY-282 runs south from Route 17C about midway between the hamlets of Smithboro and Tioga Center.
In Tioga Center, Route 17C is the southern terminus of Halsey Valley Road, which was New York state's first NY-225. That highway was decommissioned some time in the 1930s or 1940s, by which time the number had been reassigned to the highway between Sagetown, Chemung County and Corning, Steuben County.
The highway in Main Street in Owego, entering the village near the fairgrounds. At the village's main square, Route 17C meets NY-96, follows the one-way sections of Central Avenue on either side of the square, and continues east on Front Street through an old residential area. This was where the original Route 17C started, as pre-expressway Route 17 followed Route 96 to a routing across the river.
In the eastern part of the village, Route 17C follows the north bank of the river where Front Street continues straight. The highway between that intersection and the NY-17 access road near Hickories Park is well-developed with retail establishments.
For the next several miles, the highway runs alongside the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, which separate it from the north bank of the river. Near Camptown, the highway serves as the northern terminus of NY-962J, one of two typically unsigned state reference routes that actually have posted route signs. The route is a connector between Campville and Apalachin that was built in the mid- to late-1990s.
After passing through Campville, the highway crosses into Broome County, then enters Endicott as West Main Street, near the En-Joie Golf Course, site of the PGA's annual B.C. Open. The highway runs concurrently with NY-26 for a couple of blocks in the village before Route 26 continues to the south.
Between Endicott and Johnson City, Route 17C is split into one-way sections, with each serving as a frontage road for the expressway.
The divided highway comes back together just west of Johnson City and south of the Oakdale Mall. There are arches over the highway at either end of Johnson City commemmorating the village's role as home to the former Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corporation.
Route 17C ends at Route 11 in Binghamton, just west of the Chenango River.
Towns along the route
- Waverly
- Barton
- Smithboro
- Tioga Center
- Owego
- Campville
- Endicott
- Johnson City
- Binghamton
Major Intersections
History
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