:New York State Route 323

File:NY 323 reference markers.jpg

NY 323 began at an intersection with NY 249 and CR 9 north of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Brant. The route headed northward as Brant–Angola Road through a rural area dominated by open fields and forests. It proceeded to the Brant–Evans town line, where it met Cain Road (CR 491) a short distance south of the New York State Thruway (I-90). The highway progressed onward, passing over the Thruway on its way to a junction with Dunfee Road, a connector leading to US 20. NY 323 met US 20 itself a short distance to the northwest.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}}

The route headed northwest from US 20, intersecting with Pontiac Road (CR 490) as it curved back to the north and entered the village of Angola. Within Angola, NY 323 followed Main Street northward past several blocks of homes and business. At Orchard Avenue, the street turned to the northwest, roughly paralleling Big Sister Creek as both exited the village limits. Past this point, the amount of development along the route dropped slightly as it continued northward toward the hamlet of Evans Center. NY 323 crossed over Big Sister Creek south of the community before ending at a junction with NY 5 in the center of the hamlet.

File:Angola NY.jpg

NY 323 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and served as a connector between NY 249 in Brant and US 20 (now NY 5) in Evans.{{cite map |title=Road Map of New York |year=1930 |publisher=Standard Oil Company of New York |cartography=General Drafting}} On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of NY 323 was transferred from the state of New York to Erie County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.{{cite web |author=New York State Legislature |author-link=New York State Legislature |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS |title=New York State Highway Law § 341 |access-date=December 23, 2009}} The NY 323 designation was officially removed on August 14, 1980.{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%20tour-bk.pdf |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author=New York State Department of Transportation |author-link=New York State Department of Transportation |date=January 2017 |format=PDF |access-date=January 9, 2017}} The former routing of NY 323 became an extension of CR 9,{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=s6 |title=Angola Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1986 |scale=1:24,000 |access-date=December 23, 2009}}{{cite map |url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=t6 |title=Farnham Digital Raster Quadrangle |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |year=1986 |scale=1:24,000 |access-date=December 23, 2009}} which had ended at the junction of NY 249 and NY 323 prior to the swap.{{cite map|title=Highway Map of Erie County, New York|date=1954|publisher=Erie County, New York}}

{{NYinttop|length_ref={{bing maps |url=http://binged.it/1LDft2v |title=overview map of former NY 323 |access-date=June 28, 2015}}|county=Erie|former=yes}}

{{NYint

|mile=0.00

|location=Brant

|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|249|CR|9|county2=Erie|nolink2=yes}}

}}

{{NYint

|location=Evans

|lspan=2

|mile=2.25

|road={{jct|state=NY|US|20|name1=Southwestern Boulevard}}

}}

{{NYint

|mile=5.24

|road={{jct|state=NY|NY|5}}

|notes=Hamlet of Evans Center

}}

{{NYintbtm}}

{{Portal|U.S. roads}}

• List of county routes in Erie County, New York (1–32)

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|New York State Route 323}}

{{Attached KML}}

{{NYSR external links|type=N|nyroutes=yes|route=323}}

{{Good article}}

323

Category:Transportation in Erie County, New York