New York State Route 427

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NY 427 begins at an intersection with NY 14 (the Clemens Center Parkway) in Southport (Southport is located south of the city of Elmira.) It heads east, following Cedar Street and paralleling Seeley Creek through the southern suburbs of Elmira to an intersection with Maple Avenue near Notre Dame High School. Here, NY 427 turns south to follow Maple Avenue into the adjacent town of Ashland and across Seeley Creek.{{bing maps |url=http://maps.bing.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.031445&lon=-76.716975&zoom=14&q1=42.05822%2C-76.8http://binged.it/1eZLuny|title=overview map of NY 427 |access-date=July 14, 2015}}

As the route heads through Ashland, it turns to the southeast to match the curvature of the Chemung River valley. The valley contains the river, NY 427, and the Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17). NY 427 follows the river and the expressway into Wellsburg. Wellsburg is a small village sandwiched between the Chemung River and the Pennsylvania state line. In the center of the village, NY 427, named Front Street, intersects with the northern end of NY 367, a short highway linking NY 427 to the Pennsylvania border. Just east of NY 367, NY 427 intersects County Route 8 (CR 8). CR 8 crosses the Chemung River and links Wellsburg to NY 17 at exit 58.

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Outside of Wellsburg, NY 427 becomes Wilawana Road and heads eastward, and parallels the Chemung River and the Norfolk Southern Railway-owned Southern Tier Line through the town of Chemung toward the Pennsylvania state line. Less than {{convert|300|yd|m}} from the Pennsylvania border, NY 427 departs Wilawana Road and turns northeast onto Wyncoop Creek Road. Wilawana Road from here to the border is unsigned NY 961B. NY 427 crosses the Chemung River before coming to an end at an interchange with NY 17 {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} later. Although NY 427 comes to an end at this interchange, the road continues onward through the interchange as NY 961A; NY 961A is an unsigned reference route.

Most of what is now NY 427 was originally designated as NY 17D in the 1930 renumbering. NY 17D began at the intersection of East Water Street (NY 17) and Madison Avenue (NY 14 and NY 17) in downtown Elmira. NY 17D headed west, overlapping NY 14 along Water Street to Lake Street, where NY 17D turned south and followed Lake Street and Pennsylvania Avenue over the Chemung River to Maple Avenue. Here, NY 17D turned to the southeast to follow Maple Avenue through southern Elmira. At Cedar Street, NY 17D joined the modern alignment of NY 427. From this point east, NY 17D followed what is now NY 427 to Wyncoop Creek Road in Chemung. From Wyncoop Creek it continued on Wilawana Road to the Pennsylvania border.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

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In the months immediately following the 1930 renumbering, NY 14 was routed on Pennsylvania Avenue and South Main Street through southern Elmira.{{cite map |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf |format=PDF |title=Tourist Map of Pennsylvania |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways |year=1930 |access-date=November 14, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} By 1935, NY 14 was rerouted to follow Pennsylvania Avenue into downtown. As a result, all of NY 17D north of the junction of Pennsylvania and Maple avenues became concurrent with NY 14.{{cite map |title=Road Map & Historical Guide – New York |publisher=Sun Oil Company |year=1935 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}{{cite book |last=Thibodeau |first=William A. |title=The ALA Green Book |edition=1938–39 |year=1938 |publisher=Automobile Legal Association}} The overlap was eliminated in the early 1940s when NY 17D was pulled back to the intersection of Pennsylvania and Maple avenues and renumbered as NY 427.{{cite map |title=New York Info-Map |publisher=Gulf Oil Company |year=1940 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}{{cite map |title=New York with Pictorial Guide |publisher=Esso |year=1942 |cartography=General Drafting}}

The 1930s-era realignment of NY 14 was reverted in c. 1961 as the route was reconfigured to follow South Main Street into downtown Elmira. NY 427 was extended northward along Pennsylvania Avenue to a new terminus at Water Street (NY 14 and NY 17E; later NY 352) as part of the change.{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map |publisher=Gulf Oil Company |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1960}}{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=Sunoco |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}} At the other end of the route, the easternmost part of NY 427 was realigned {{circa|lk=no|1967}} to follow Wyncoop Creek Road to a new interchange (exit 59) with the Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17) in Chemung.{{cite document |title=Structure 1061310 |author=Federal Highway Administration |author-link=Federal Highway Administration |type=National Bridge Inventory |publisher=United States Department of Transportation |year=2008}}{{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 |access-date=November 14, 2009}} The former routing of NY 427 along Wilawana Road between Wyncoop Creek Road and the Pennsylvania state line was designated as NY 961B. NY 961B is an unsigned reference route like NY 961A.{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/tour_route_0.pdf |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State |author=New York State Department of Transportation |date=October 2004 |access-date=November 14, 2009}}

On October 23, 1978, NY 427 was rerouted to bypass Elmira entirely. Instead of continuing north into downtown, NY 427 turned west at Cedar Street and followed it through Southport to a new terminus at Pennsylvania Avenue (NY 14). The realignment of NY 427 through Southport supplanted NY 379;{{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 |access-date=January 9, 2017}}{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}}{{cite map |title=I Love New York Tourism Map |publisher=State of New York |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1981}} the route had been assigned to the portion of Cedar Street between Pennsylvania and Maple avenues since {{circa|lk=no|1931}}.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Kendall Refining Company |year=1931 |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company}} NY 427's former alignment along Maple Avenue from Cedar Street north to the Elmira city line was redesignated as NY 961K.{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/tour_route_0.pdf |title=Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State |author=New York State Department of Transportation |date=October 2004 |access-date=November 14, 2009}} Although this part of Maple Avenue is still listed as a state highway in the New York State Highway Law,{{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=November 14, 2009}} NY 961K ceased to exist at some point between 2004 and 2006{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Data%20Report%202005.pdf |title=2005 Traffic Data Report for New York State |date=August 16, 2006 |page=331 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |access-date=November 14, 2009}} and the road is now maintained by Chemung County and designated as CR 85.{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Highway%20Inventory%20-%20Chemung%20County.csv |title=Chemung County Inventory Listing |date=February 28, 2012 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |format=CSV |access-date=April 6, 2013}}

The Clemens Center Parkway was completed {{circa|lk=no|2002}}, and created a continuous four-lane arterial between Southport and the northernmost part of Elmira. South of downtown Elmira, the highway loosely paralleled Pennsylvania Avenue and South Main Street.{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=The Road Atlas, Large Scale – United States |year=2001 |page=141 |section=WN9 |inset=Elmira |isbn=0-528-84394-X}}{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=The Road Atlas, Large Scale – United States |year=2002 |page=141 |section=WN9 |inset=Elmira |isbn=0-528-84450-4}} NY 14 was realigned {{circa|lk=no|2004}} to follow all but the northernmost part of the parkway, and the west end of NY 427 was shifted {{convert|0.25|mi|2}} east to Cedar Street's junction with the parkway as part of the change.{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202004.pdf |title=2004 Traffic Volume Report for New York State |pages=255–256 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |access-date=May 20, 2010}}{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=The Road Atlas: United States, Canada & Mexico |year=2004 |page=70 |section=NJ1 |inset=Elmira |isbn=0-528-84519-5}} The portion of Cedar Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and NY 14 is now CR 84.

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