NY428 was assigned c.1932 and removed in 1980 after ownership and maintenance of the highway was transferred from the state of New York to Chautauqua County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. Although the swap took effect on April1, the NY428 designation was not removed until September9. The former routing of NY428 is now the northernmost section of County Route85 (CR85).
Route description
CR85 in June2015 heading away from US20 in Silver Creek
NY428 began at an intersection with NY39 and CR87 in Forestville. It headed north through the village on Center Street, passing by several blocks of homes and intersecting CR89 before it exited Forestville. Outside of Forestville in Hanover, NY428 continued northward as Bennett State Road through farmland, paralleling both CR89 and Walnut Creek to the hamlet of Keaches Corners, where it met CR84.[5][6]
The highway continued onward through open fields, intersecting CR86 just before passing over the New York State Thruway (I-90). Past the Thruway, NY428 continued north along Silver Creek into the village of Silver Creek, where it became known as Division Street at the village line. It followed Division Street for two blocks through a lightly populated area before turning west onto Burgess Street for another two blocks through a more densely populated portion of the community. NY428 ended at an intersection with US20 south of the village center.[5][6]
History
Former reference marker for NY428 in Hanover
NY428 was assigned c.1932 to a previously unnumbered roadway between Forestville and Silver Creek.[2][3] The route remained intact until 1980 when the roadway was given to Chautauqua County as part of a large-scale maintenance swap of routes within the county. Under the terms of the deal, NY428 was transferred to the county along with NY424, the segment of NY380 between NY424 and US20, and two reference routes in the vicinity of Dunkirk and Fredonia. In exchange, NYSDOT assumed control over NY394 between US20 and NY5 in Westfield, US62 from NY60 to NY394 east of Jamestown, and Forest Avenue (unsigned reference routeNY952P) from the Pennsylvania state line in Busti to NY60 in Jamestown. Although the swap was officially conducted on April1,[7] NY428 was not removed until September9.[4] CR85, which ran from CR66 in Thornton to NY39 in Forestville at the time,[8] was then extended northward over the former routing of NY428 to Silver Creek.[5]
