New York State Route380 (NY380) was a 23-mile (37km) north–south state highway in Chautauqua County, New York, in the United States. The southern terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY60 in the town of Gerry. Its northern terminus was at a junction with NY5 north of the village of Brocton in the town of Portland. In actuality, most of NY380 was maintained by Chautauqua County; the only part that was maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation was from NY424 in Stockton to the west end of its overlap with U.S. Route20 (US20) in Brocton.
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New York State Route 380
Map of Chautauqua County with NY380 highlighted in red
NY380 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. On April1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY380 from NY424 to the east end of its overlap with US20 was transferred to Chautauqua County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the county and the state of New York. NY380 was redesignated as County Route380 (CR380) just over four months later on August7, 1980. Unlike its state-numbered predecessor, CR380 continues south of NY60 to the town of Busti, where it ends at a junction with Forest Avenue.
Route description
NY380 began at the modern intersection of NY60 and CR44 in the Ellicott community of Kimball Stand.[3] The route proceeded west along modern CR44 to what is now CR380, where it turned north to join the current alignment of CR380. NY380 left the vicinity of Kimball Stand and headed northwest along the base of a valley surrounding Cassadaga Creek to the hamlet of Towerville, where it intersected with CR59 and CR48.[4][5] After leaving Towerville, Route380 went northward into the town of Ellery. Here, it intersected CR52 and CR66 in Redbird, a community in the extreme northeastern corner of the town.[5][6]
The route continued past Redbird into the town of Stockton, where it left Cassadaga Creek and headed uphill as it curved to the west. In Centralia, NY380 met CR54 and CR57 at a four-way intersection. Here, NY380 turned back to the north and descended into another valley surrounding the Bear Lake Outlet. The route crossed the outlet and followed the waterway into the hamlet of Stockton, centered on the intersection between NY380 and NY424 (now part of CR58).[5][7]
NY380 continued to run along the Bear Lake Outlet to a junction known as Kelly Corners southeast of Bear Lake. At this point, NY380 turned westward and crossed over the outlet on its way to a more isolated area of the town. It intersected CR37 before curving back to the north and passing through the town of Portland on its way into the village of Brocton. Here, NY380 overlapped with US20 for about 0.25 miles (0.40km) before exiting the village. NY380 crossed over the New York State Thruway (Interstate90) just before it came to an end at an intersection with NY5 on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Lake Erie State Park is about a few hundred feet up the road on NY5 eastbound.[5][7]
On April1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY380's lone independent, state-maintained portion from NY424 to the east end of its overlap with US20 was transferred from the state of New York to Chautauqua County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. The county also assumed maintenance of NY424, NY428, and two reference routes in Dunkirk and Fredonia in the swap. In exchange, the state received ownership and maintenance of NY394 between US20 and NY5 in the town of Westfield, US62 from NY60 to NY394 through the hamlet of Frewsburg, and Forest Avenue from the Pennsylvania state line in Busti to NY60 in Jamestown.[12] Forest Avenue became NY952P, an unsigned reference route.[13]
Although the entirety of NY380 was now maintained by Chautauqua County, save for the portion that overlapped US20 in Brocton, the NY380 designation remained in place until August7, 1980,[2] when it was redesignated as CR380. Unlike NY380, CR380 continues south from the hamlet of Kimball Stand, intersecting NY394 in Falconer and passing through the hamlet of Stillwater to the town of Busti, where it ends at Forest Avenue in the hamlet of Busti 15 miles (24km) south of Kimball Stand.[14] The highways that comprise the "extension" of the 380 designation were already county routes prior to 1980.[11][15] A small portion of NY380's routing in Kimball Stand is now part of CR44.[14]
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