# New York State Route 98 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_York_State_Route_98 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_York_State_Route_98.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_98 > Source revision: 1317914516 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Highway in western New York}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=NY |type=NY |route=98 |map={{maplink-road}} |map_custom=yes |map_alt=Map of New York State Route 98 |map_notes=Map of western New York with NY 98 highlighted in red |maint=[NYSDOT](/source/NYSDOT) and the city of [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York) |length_mi=97.57 |length_ref= |established=1930 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=NY|US|219}} in [Great Valley](/source/Great_Valley%2C_New_York) |junction={{jct|state=NY|NY|39}} in [Arcade](/source/Arcade_(village)%2C_New_York)
{{jct|state=NY|US|20A}} in [Sheldon](/source/Sheldon%2C_New_York)
{{jct|state=NY|US|20}} in [Alexander](/source/Alexander_(village)%2C_New_York)
{{jct|state=NY|I|90|NYST}} in [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York)
{{jct|state=NY|NY|31}} in [Albion](/source/Albion_(village)%2C_New_York) |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Lake Ontario}} in [Carlton](/source/Carlton%2C_New_York) |counties=[Cattaraugus](/source/Cattaraugus_County%2C_New_York), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming_County%2C_New_York), [Genesee](/source/Genesee_County%2C_New_York), [Orleans](/source/Orleans_County%2C_New_York) |previous_type=NY |previous_route=97 |next_type=I |next_route=99 }} '''New York State Route 98''' ('''NY 98''') is a [state highway](/source/state_highway) in the [western part](/source/western_New_York) of [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with [U.S. Route 219](/source/U.S._Route_219_in_New_York) (US 219) in the town of [Great Valley](/source/Great_Valley%2C_New_York) in [Cattaraugus County](/source/Cattaraugus_County%2C_New_York). The northern end is at an interchange with the [Lake Ontario State Parkway](/source/Lake_Ontario_State_Parkway) in the town of [Carlton](/source/Carlton%2C_New_York) in [Orleans County](/source/Orleans_County%2C_New_York), near the southern shore of [Lake Ontario](/source/Lake_Ontario). In between, NY 98 serves the [city of Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York), connects to the [New York State Thruway](/source/New_York_State_Thruway) ([Interstate 90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York) or I-90), and passes by the [Attica Correctional Facility](/source/Attica_Correctional_Facility). Most of the route passes through rural, undeveloped areas; however, in southern [Genesee County](/source/Genesee_County%2C_New_York), it traverses more urbanized areas that lie in and around Batavia. Most of modern NY 98 north of Batavia was originally designated as '''New York State Route 74''' in the mid-1920s. It was extended south to [US 20](/source/U.S._Route_20_in_New_York) (now [US 20A](/source/U.S._Route_20A_(New_York))) in [Varysburg](/source/Varysburg%2C_New_York) in the late 1920s. NY 98, meanwhile, was assigned as part of the [1930 renumbering of state highways in New York](/source/1930_state_highway_renumbering_(New_York)), utilizing NY 74 north of Varysburg and its modern alignment south of the hamlet. Initially, it followed what is now US 219 into Salamanca and ended at [NY 18](/source/New_York_State_Route_18) in Carlton. The extension into Salamanca was eliminated in the 1960s, while the route was extended north to meet the Lake Ontario Parkway in the 1970s. Other changes, including a pair of substantial realignments, have also occurred in the time since the route was originally assigned. ==Route description== Most of NY 98 is maintained by the [New York State Department of Transportation](/source/New_York_State_Department_of_Transportation). The only non-state-maintained section of the route lies within the [city of Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York), where the route is locally maintained from the southern city line to the south end of the [overlap](/source/overlap_(road)) with [NY 33](/source/New_York_State_Route_33).{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-repository2/INV_2010-03-02_genesee.csv |title=Genesee County Inventory Listing |date=March 2, 2010 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |format=CSV |access-date=December 5, 2010}} ===Great Valley to Arcade=== NY 98 begins at an intersection with [US 219](/source/U.S._Route_219_in_New_York) in Great Valley, a [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(New_York)) located northeast of [Salamanca](/source/Salamanca_(city)%2C_New_York) in the town of [Great Valley](/source/Great_Valley%2C_New_York). The route heads northeast across [Cattaraugus County](/source/Cattaraugus_County%2C_New_York), paralleling Forks Creek through northeast Great Valley and the northwestern corner of [Humphrey](/source/Humphrey%2C_New_York) to the [town of Franklinville](/source/Franklinville_(town)%2C_New_York). The creek ends southwest of the [village of Franklinville](/source/Franklinville_(village)%2C_New_York); however, NY 98 continues northeast for an additional {{convert|3.5|mi|1}} across sparsely populated areas to the hamlet of Cadiz, where it intersects [NY 16](/source/New_York_State_Route_16) just south of Franklinville. Here, NY 98 joins NY 16 northward through the village to the town of [Farmersville](/source/Farmersville%2C_New_York), where the two routes split.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} left|thumb|NY 98 north from NY 78 in Waldos Corners East of NY 16, NY 98 continues generally northeastward across rural terrain through the hamlets of Farmersville and Farmersville Station to an isolated junction east of the latter, where NY 98 intersects [NY 243](/source/New_York_State_Route_243) at a T-intersection. While NY 243 leaves to the right (east), NY 98 turns left, initially heading northwest before curving to the north as it crosses into the town of [Freedom](/source/Freedom%2C_New_York). The route initially heads north toward the hamlet of the same name in the northeastern corner of the county, but ultimately bypasses the hamlet to the west to follow Clear Creek into Sandusky, the last settlement on NY 98 within the county. At the hamlet, NY 98 turns back to the northwest and crosses into [Wyoming County](/source/Wyoming_County%2C_New_York) and the town of [Arcade](/source/Arcade%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Across the county line, the amount of development along the route increases as NY 98 enters the [village of Arcade](/source/Arcade_(village)%2C_New_York) on Liberty Street. In the center of the village, NY 98 turns east to overlap with [NY 39](/source/New_York_State_Route_39) for two long blocks along Main Street. The two routes split at Water Street, with NY 98 following the street northward across [Cattaraugus Creek](/source/Cattaraugus_Creek) to a junction with North Street in the lightly populated northern portion of the village. At this point, Water Street merges into North Street, and the latter parallels the [Arcade and Attica Railroad](/source/Arcade_and_Attica_Railroad) (ARA) and Cattaraugus Creek as it carries NY 98 northeastward out of the village. NY 98 follows the creek to an area of farmlands known as Arcade Center, where the route and the railroad both turn north toward [Java](/source/Java%2C_New_York), a mostly rural town dominated by farmland.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ===Java to Attica=== NY 98 heads virtually due north through Java, remaining in close proximity to the ARA up to the hamlet of Java Center. NY 98 crosses the railroad at a [grade crossing](/source/grade_crossing) just south of the hamlet before meeting [NY 77](/source/New_York_State_Route_77) and [NY 78](/source/New_York_State_Route_78) at a four-way junction in the center of the community. NY 77 continues north from the intersection on Cattaraugus Road while NY 98 joins NY 78 eastward on Main Street, traversing the ARA at another grade crossing on their way out of the hamlet. The overlap extends for {{convert|2.5|mi|1}} across farmlands and through forests to a point once known as Five Corners, where NY 98 separates from NY 78 and turns northward once more. The route continues across a mixture of cultivated fields and forests to North Java, a small hamlet located at the junction between NY 98 and Perry and Wethersfield Roads. Not far to the north is the Java–[Sheldon](/source/Sheldon%2C_New_York) town line, where NY 98 curves to follow a slightly northeastward alignment across Sheldon.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} thumb|Southbound on NY 98 from NY 354 in Attica About {{convert|1.5|mi|1}} into Sheldon, NY 98 passes the southern end of [Tonawanda Creek](/source/Tonawanda_Creek), the source of which is located along the west side of NY 98. The route follows the water body along the Sheldon–[Orangeville](/source/Orangeville%2C_New_York) town line to a junction with [US 20A](/source/U.S._Route_20A_(New_York)) just inside of the town of Orangeville. NY 98 joins US 20A here, following the latter northwestward to [Varysburg](/source/Varysburg%2C_New_York), a small creekside hamlet in Sheldon. At the center of Varysburg, NY 98 leaves US 20A to follow Creek Road northward through the towns of [Bennington](/source/Bennington%2C_New_York) and [Attica](/source/Attica_(town)%2C_New_York), following the base of a large valley surrounding Tonawanda Creek. Due to the terrain of the area, the routing of NY 98 is fairly isolated from the remainder of the county until it reaches the outskirts of the [village of Attica](/source/Attica_(village)%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} South of the village, the route comes within view of the [Attica Correctional Facility](/source/Attica_Correctional_Facility), the site of the 1971 [Attica Prison riot](/source/Attica_Prison_riot). The route enters the village shortly afterward, following High Street through the lightly developed southern half of Attica. The amount of development begins to increase at a junction with [NY 354](/source/New_York_State_Route_354), known here as the Attica–Bennington Highway. One block later, NY 98 passes under the [Norfolk Southern Railway](/source/Norfolk_Southern_Railway)'s [Southern Tier Line](/source/Southern_Tier_Line) and joins [NY 238](/source/New_York_State_Route_238) at Main Street. The junction of Main and High Streets marks the start of Attica's business district, which follows NY 98 and NY 238 north for two blocks along Market Street to Buffalo Street. Here, NY 238 leaves NY 98 to continue toward [Darien](/source/Darien%2C_New_York) while NY 98 remains on Market Street to the northern village and town lines, which also serves as the Wyoming–[Genesee](/source/Genesee_County%2C_New_York) county line, though a small northernmost portion of the village of Attica, which NY 98 returns slightly, is in the town of Alexander.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ===Batavia area=== Across the county line in the [town of Alexander](/source/Alexander_(town)%2C_New_York), NY 98 passes through lightly but consistently populated areas that serve as the suburbs of [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York). As Alexander Road, the route meets [US 20](/source/U.S._Route_20_in_New_York) at an interchange in the [village of Alexander](/source/Alexander_(village)%2C_New_York). The Alexander Road name remains through Alexander, past the [CSX Transportation](/source/CSX_Transportation)-owned [Rochester Subdivision](/source/Rochester_Subdivision) in the [town of Batavia](/source/Batavia_(town)%2C_New_York) (which NY 98 passes under), and up to the Batavia city limits, leaving the town of the same name, where it becomes Walnut Street. Within the city, NY 98 continues to run through mostly residential areas as it crosses the [Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad](/source/Depew%2C_Lancaster_and_Western_Railroad) at-grade. On the southern fringe of downtown Batavia, Walnut Street turns westward and becomes South Main Street, avoiding the nearby Tonawanda Creek. NY 98 meets [NY 33](/source/New_York_State_Route_33) one block later, and the two routes join on Oak Street for one block to cross over Tonawanda Creek and enter the city's commercial district.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} On the opposite bank, NY 33 separates from NY 98 at an intersection with West Main Street ([NY 5](/source/New_York_State_Route_5) and [NY 63](/source/New_York_State_Route_63)), one of Batavia's main commercial strips. While NY 33 heads southeast toward downtown Batavia, NY 98 continues north on Oak Street through a residential part of the city to the northern city limits, coming back to the town of Batavia, where it connects to the [New York State Thruway](/source/New_York_State_Thruway) ([I-90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York)) via an interchange south of the [Genesee County Airport](/source/Genesee_County_Airport). At this point, NY 98 becomes Oak Orchard Road and heads through progressively less developed areas to the [village of Elba](/source/Elba_(village)%2C_New_York), located in an area of the [town of Elba](/source/Elba_(town)%2C_New_York) dominated by open farmland. NY 98 overlaps [NY 262](/source/New_York_State_Route_262) through the southern fringe of the village before continuing through Elba as Main Street. Just north of the village limits, Oak Orchard Road leaves NY 98 to follow a more easterly routing into [Orleans County](/source/Orleans_County%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ===Orleans County=== NY 98, meanwhile, proceeds toward the county line on Quaker Hill Road, which forms the first portion of the linear north–south alignment that the remainder of NY 98 takes to its northern terminus near [Lake Ontario](/source/Lake_Ontario). About {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} south of Orleans County, NY 98 passes through a marshy area and crosses over [Oak Orchard Creek](/source/Oak_Orchard_Creek), here contained within a canal that takes the stream through the nearby swamps. The marshes follow NY 98 into Orleans County and the town of [Barre](/source/Barre%2C_New_York), where the route meets [County Route 99](/source/County_Route_99_(Orleans_County%2C_New_York)) (CR 99) at a junction {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of the county line.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Until the early 1950s, CR 99 (West Barre Road) was part of [NY 279](/source/New_York_State_Route_279), which overlapped NY 98 between this point and its current southern terminus in the town of [Gaines](/source/Gaines%2C_New_York).{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |cartography=[Rand McNally and Company](/source/Rand_McNally_and_Company) |year=1952}}{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[Esso](/source/Esso) |cartography=[General Drafting](/source/General_Drafting) |edition=1955–56 |year=1954}} Past CR 99, Oak Orchard Road returns from its eastern sojourn and carries NY 98 as it heads across firmer areas through Barre Center and crosses into the [town of Albion](/source/Albion_(town)%2C_Orleans_County%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} thumb|left|NY 98 through downtown Albion|alt=A wide, wet street with tall commercial buildings on either side. Two approaching vehicles have their headlights on, and a traffic light behind them is green. In the rear of the image the street narrows to go over a small bridge. Just north of the Barre–Albion town line, NY 98 intersects [NY 31A](/source/New_York_State_Route_31A), a southerly alternate route of [NY 31](/source/New_York_State_Route_31) across Orleans and [Monroe](/source/Monroe_County%2C_New_York) counties. NY 98 continues on for {{convert|2|mi|1}} to the [village of Albion](/source/Albion_(village)%2C_New_York), where it becomes Main Street and intersects NY 31 itself. Past NY 31, NY 98 passes the [county courthouse](/source/Orleans_County_Courthouse_Historic_District) before going through the village's [downtown](/source/North_Main-Bank_Streets_Historic_District) district and crossing over the [Erie Canal](/source/Erie_Canal). On the other side of the canal, the route enters the town of [Gaines](/source/Gaines%2C_New_York) before exiting the Albion village limits. At Five Corners, a small hamlet north of Albion, NY 98 intersects the current southern terminus of NY 279. From this point north, NY 98 traverses far less developed areas, save for a handful of hamlets. One of these is [Childs](/source/Childs%2C_New_York), where NY 98 meets [NY 104](/source/New_York_State_Route_104) ([Ridge Road](/source/Ridge_Road_(Western_New_York))), just west of the [Cobblestone Historic District](/source/Cobblestone_Historic_District), a [National Historic Landmark](/source/National_Historic_Landmark).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} North of Childs lies the town of [Carlton](/source/Carlton%2C_New_York), the final town that NY 98 traverses. The route proceeds through the hamlet of Carlton to an area known as Baldwin Corner, where [NY 18](/source/New_York_State_Route_18) enters from the east and merges with NY 98. NY 18 and NY 98 remain concurrent to a hamlet known as The Bridges, where NY 18 turns west and crosses over Oak Orchard Creek, which enters The Bridges from the southwest. NY 98, meanwhile, crosses over a small tributary known as Marsh Creek and meets Oak Orchard River Road on the northern bank. From here, NY 98 continues northward along the eastern edge of Oak Orchard Creek as Point Breeze Road to an interchange with the [Lake Ontario State Parkway](/source/Lake_Ontario_State_Parkway), where NY 98 terminates just {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} south of Lake Ontario.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ==History== The segment of modern NY 98 between [Varysburg](/source/Varysburg%2C_New_York) and [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York) was originally designated as part of Route 19, an unsigned [legislative route](/source/legislative_route), by the [New York State Legislature](/source/New_York_State_Legislature) in 1908.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60 |author=State of New York Department of Highways |title=The Highway Law |year=1909 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |location=[Albany, NY](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) |page=60 |access-date=May 10, 2010}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Sj4CAAAAYAAJ |author=New York State Department of Highways |title=Report of the State Commissioner of Highways |year=1920 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |location=Albany, NY |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Sj4CAAAAYAAJ/page/n526 528] |access-date=May 10, 2010}} In the mid-1920s, what is now NY 98 between Batavia and modern [NY 18](/source/New_York_State_Route_18) in [Carlton](/source/Carlton%2C_New_York) was designated as NY 74.{{cite news |title=New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 21, 1924 |page=XX9}}{{cite map |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_008.html |title=Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (western New York) |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |year=1926 |access-date=May 10, 2010 |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010002048/http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/NewYork/unitedstates1926ra_008.html |url-status=dead }} The route was extended southward to Varysburg over the former routing of legislative Route 19 in the late 1920s.{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York in Soconyland |year=1927 |publisher=[Standard Oil Company of New York](/source/Standard_Oil_Company_of_New_York) |cartography=General Drafting}}{{cite map |title=New York in Soconyland |year=1929 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}} In the [1930 renumbering of state highways in New York](/source/1930_state_highway_renumbering_(New_York)), NY 74 became part of NY 98, a new route that extended from [Salamanca](/source/Salamanca_(city)%2C_New_York) in the south to Carlton in the north via [Great Valley](/source/Great_Valley%2C_New_York), [Franklinville](/source/Franklinville_(town)%2C_New_York), [Arcade](/source/Arcade_(village)%2C_New_York), and Varysburg.{{cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Leon A. |title=New Signs for State Highways |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=January 12, 1930 |page=136}} When [US 219](/source/U.S._Route_219_in_New_York) was extended into [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) {{circa|1935}},{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |publisher=[Texas Oil Company](/source/Texas_Oil_Company) |year=1934 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}{{cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide – New York |publisher=[Sun Oil Company](/source/Sun_Oil_Company) |year=1935 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} it was routed on NY 98 between Salamanca and Great Valley.{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940fr.pdf |title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania |format=PDF |year=1940 |server=[Pennsylvania Department of Highways](/source/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Highways) |url-status=dead |access-date=May 10, 2010 }} The overlap between US 219 and NY 98 remained intact until {{circa|lk=no|1962}} when NY 98 was truncated on its southern end to Great Valley.{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=Sunoco |cartography=[H.M. Gousha Company](/source/H.M._Gousha_Company) |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}}{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=Esso |cartography=General Drafting |year=1962}} Originally, NY 98 followed a more easterly alignment through the towns of [Elba](/source/Elba_(town)%2C_New_York) and [Barre](/source/Barre%2C_New_York). At the northern edge of the village of [Elba](/source/Elba_(village)%2C_New_York), NY 98 left its modern alignment and followed modern CR 24 in Genesee County and CR 98 in Orleans County before rejoining its current alignment near Barre Center. The route was realigned to follow a linear path between the two communities in July 1952.{{cite news|title=Around the Square|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%25201952-1956%2520a%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%25201952-1956%2520a%2520-%25200110.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3cdb5c2d%26DocId%3D12204882%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D2%26hits%3D444%2B445%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%25201952-1956%2520a%2FHolley%2520NY%2520Standard%25201952-1956%2520a%2520-%25200110.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3cdb5c2d%26DocId%3D12204882%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D2%26hits%3D444%2B445%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|access-date=March 13, 2018|work=The Holley Standard|date=July 3, 1952|page=7}} Farther south, NY 98 was originally routed on East Arcade Road (now Wyoming County's CR 11) between Arcade and North Java.{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}} NY 98 was realigned {{circa|lk=no|1933}} to follow Curriers, Chaffee, and Cattaraugus Roads between Arcade and Java Center and [overlap](/source/overlap_(road)) with [NY 78](/source/New_York_State_Route_78) between Java Center and its original alignment to the east. The portion of the route between Arcade and Java Center was also designated as part of [NY 77](/source/New_York_State_Route_77).{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=Texas Oil Company |year=1932 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}{{cite map |title=Texaco Road Map – New York |publisher=Texas Oil Company |year=1933 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} NY 98 was relocated back onto its original alignment via East Arcade Road {{circa|lk=no|1939}} while NY 77 was truncated north to [Corfu](/source/Corfu%2C_New_York).{{cite book |last=Thibodeau |first=William A. |title=The ALA Green Book |edition=1938–39 |year=1938 |publisher=Automobile Legal Association}}{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[Standard Oil Company](/source/Standard_Oil_Company) |year=1939 |cartography=General Drafting}} NY 77 was reextended to the vicinity of Arcade {{circa|lk=no|1961}}, following the modern routing of NY 98 between Arcade and Java Center.{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map |publisher=[Gulf Oil Company](/source/Gulf_Oil_Company) |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1960}} NY 98 was realigned in the early 1960s to follow NY 77 between Arcade and Java Center, resulting in the truncation of NY 77 to Java Center.{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[Sinclair Oil Corporation](/source/Sinclair_Oil_Corporation) |year=1962 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=Sinclair Oil Corporation |year=1964 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}} When the [Lake Ontario State Parkway](/source/Lake_Ontario_State_Parkway) was constructed in the 1970s, NY 98 was extended north along NY 18 and Point Breeze Road to meet the parkway at a new interchange near the Carlton hamlet of The Bridges.{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |format=PDF |access-date=January 3, 2010}}{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[Exxon](/source/Exxon) |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}} Although the short extension of the route was signed as a [state highway](/source/state_highway), ownership and maintenance of it was not transferred from [Orleans County](/source/Orleans_County%2C_New_York) to the state of [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) until April 1, 1989.{{cite web |author=New York State Legislature |author-link=New York State Legislature |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS+&QUERYDATA=$$HAY341$$@TXHAY0341+&LIST=LAW+&TARGET=VIEW |title=New York State Highway Law § 341 |access-date=December 5, 2010}} The segment of Point Breeze Road from the parkway to the [Lake Ontario](/source/Lake_Ontario) shoreline remains county maintained as [CR 37](/source/County_Route_37_(Orleans_County%2C_New_York)).{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=n13 |title=Kent Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1998 |scale=1:24,000 |access-date=May 10, 2010}} ==Major intersections== {{NYinttop|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf |title=2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |date=June 16, 2009 |format=PDF |pages=155–156 |publisher=[New York State Department of Transportation](/source/New_York_State_Department_of_Transportation) |access-date=January 30, 2010}}}} {{NYint |county=Cattaraugus |cspan=4 |location=Great Valley |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|219|city1=Salamanca|city2=Ellicottville|areadab2=village|city3=Buffalo}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{NYint |location=Franklinville |area=town |mile=12.38 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|16|dir1=south}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of NY 16 / NY 98 [overlap](/source/overlap_(road)); [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(New_York)) of Cadiz }} {{NYint |location=Farmersville |mile=15.54 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|16|dir1=north|city1=Delevan}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of NY 16 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Freedom |mile=25.00 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|243|dir1=east|city1=Rushford|areadab1=CDP}} |notes=Western terminus of NY 243 }} {{NYint |county=Wyoming |cspan=9 |location=Arcade |area=village |lspan=2 |mile=34.01 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|39|dir1=west}} |type=concur |notes=Western terminus of NY 39 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=34.14 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|39|dir1=east|city1=Bliss|city2=Pike|areadab2=CDP}} |type=concur |notes=Eastern terminus of NY 39 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Java |lspan=2 |mile=42.92 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|77|dir1=north|city1=Bennington Center}}
{{jct|state=NY|NY|78|dir1=north}} |type=concur |notes=[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(New_York)) of [Java Center](/source/Java_Center%2C_New_York); western terminus of NY 78 / NY 98 overlap; southern terminus of NY 77 }} {{NYint |mile=45.47 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|78|dir1=south|city1=Pike|areadab1=CDP}} |type=concur |notes=Eastern terminus of NY 78 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Orangeville |mile=53.18 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|20A|dir1=east|city1=Warsaw|areadab1=village}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of US 20A / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Sheldon |mile=53.79 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|20A|dir1=west|city1=East Aurora}} |type=concur |notes=Hamlet of [Varysburg](/source/Varysburg%2C_New_York); northern terminus of US 20A / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Attica |area=village |lspan=3 |mile=61.27 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|354|dir1=west|city1=Bennington}} |notes=Eastern terminus of NY 354 }} {{NYint |mile=61.39 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|238|dir1=south}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of NY 98 / NY 238 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=61.69 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|238|dir1=north}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of NY 98 / NY 238 overlap }} {{NYint |county=Genesee |cspan=6 |location=Alexander |area=village |mile=64.91 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|20|city1=Buffalo|city2=Avon|areadab2=village}} }} {{NYint |location=Batavia |area=city |lspan=3 |mile=72.34 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|33|dir1=west}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of NY 33 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=72.42 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|5|NY|63|NY|33|dir1=east}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of NY 33 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=73.53 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|90|NYST|city1=Buffalo|city2=Albany}} |type=etc |notes=Exit 48 on I-90 / Thruway }} {{NYint |location=Elba |area=town |mile=77.05 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|262|dir1=east}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of NY 98 / NY 262 overlap }} {{NYint |location=Elba |area=village |mile=77.28 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|262|dir1=west}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of NY 98 / NY 262 overlap }} {{NYint |county=Orleans |cspan=8 |location=Albion |area=town |mile=87.15 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|31A|city1=Medina|city2=Clarendon}} }} {{NYint |location=Albion |area=village |mile=89.08 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|31}} }} {{NYint |location=Gaines |lspan=2 |mile=90.57 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|279|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of NY 279 }} {{NYint |mile=92.22 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|104|city1=Rochester|city2=Niagara Falls}} |notes=Hamlet of [Childs](/source/Childs%2C_New_York) }} {{NYint |location=Carlton |lspan=4 |mile=95.80 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|18|dir1=east|to1=yes}} |notes=Access via {{jct|state=NY|NY|941M|noshield1=yes}}; hamlet of [Baldwin Corner](/source/Baldwin_Corner%2C_New_York) }} {{NYint |mile=96.00 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|18|dir1=east}} |type=concur |notes=Hamlet of Baldwin Corner; southern terminus of NY 18 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=96.54 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|18|dir1=west|location1=[Lakeside Beach State Park](/source/Lakeside_Beach_State_Park)}} |type=concur |notes=Hamlet of The Bridges; northern terminus of NY 18 / NY 98 overlap }} {{NYint |mile=97.57 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Lake Ontario|location1=[Hamlin Beach](/source/Hamlin_Beach_State_Park)|city2=Rochester|location3=[Lakeside Beach State Park](/source/Lakeside_Beach_State_Park)}} |notes=Interchange; northern terminus }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur,etc}} ==See also== {{Portal|U.S. roads}} *[List of county routes in Genesee County, New York (21–30)](/source/List_of_county_routes_in_Genesee_County%2C_New_York_(21%E2%80%9330)) *[List of county routes in Orleans County, New York](/source/List_of_county_routes_in_Orleans_County%2C_New_York) *[List of county routes in Wyoming County, New York](/source/List_of_county_routes_in_Wyoming_County%2C_New_York) ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category|New York State Route 98}} {{Attached KML}} {{NYSR external links|type=N|nyroutes=yes|termini=yes|route=98|alps=yes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:New York State Route 098}} 098 Category:Transportation in Cattaraugus County, New York Category:Transportation in Genesee County, New York Category:Transportation in Orleans County, New York Category:Transportation in Wyoming County, New York --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [New York State Route 98](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_98) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_98?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.