NY76 begins at a fork in the road with NY474 in the hamlet of North Clymer within the town of Clymer. Intersecting with Church Street, a short connector between both roads, NY76 bends to the north and out of North Clymer. The route soon bends to the northwest as a two-lane rural road, intersecting with the eastern terminus of County Route4 (CR4; Alder Bottom Road) after turning north into the town of Sherman. The route continues northward through the rural parts of Sherman, passing to the far east of Slab City, before turning northeastward and into the village of Sherman. During this northwestern bend, NY76 enters interchange 6 of I-86 and NY17 before entering the downtown portion of the village. In downtown Sherman, NY76 gains the moniker of Osborne Street until the intersection with Mill Street, where it changes to Franklin Street. A short stint from the name change is all of Franklin Street, before NY76 intersects with NY430 (Main Street). The two routes head westward on a short concurrency, before NY76 turns northwestward on Kipp Street, leaving the village of Sherman.[3]
After leaving the village of Sherman for the namesake town, NY76 changes names to Sherman-Ripley Road. A short distance later, the route crosses into the town of Westfield, forking west at an intersection with CR21 (Sherman-Westfield Road) and CR22 (Nettle Hill Road). The route bends southwestward, until the intersection with CR6 (Northeast Sherman Road), where NY76 turns northward as Sherman Road. The road remains rural, entering the town of Ripley and to the east of the hamlet of Wattlesburg. At the intersection with Noble Road, NY76 bends westward once again, crossing to the north of Wattlesburg. Residences begin following the highway as the route begins to wind to the northwest through Ripley, becoming known as South State Street in the hamlet of Ripley. Passing to the southwest of Quincy Rural Cemetery, NY76 crosses a former New York Central Railroad alignment before crossing an intersection with US20 (Main Street) in Ripley. After this intersection, NY76 becomes a major local thoroughfare, passing a long stretch of residences before crossing under I-90 and the New York State Thruway. After the crossing, NY76 becomes a two-lane rural road before terminating at an intersection with NY5 (Lake Road) in Ripley, just off the shore of Lake Erie.[3]
