New York State Route598 (NY598) is a north–south state highway located within Onondaga County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 2.31 miles (3.72km) from an intersection with NY5 in the city of Syracuse to a junction with NY298 in the adjacent town of Salina. The route intersects Interstate 690 (I-690) near its southern terminus and passes through Syracuse's Eastwood neighborhood near its midpoint, where it meets NY290.
NY598 was assigned c.2004. The northernmost portion of the route replaced NY930M, a short unsigned reference route that extended from NY298 in Salina southeast to the Syracuse city line at North Midler Avenue. NY930M itself was a remnant of New York State Route433, a highway assigned in the early 1950s and removed in the mid-1960s that, upon removal, followed the same alignment as modern NY598.
Route description
Southbound on NY598 at the intersection of South Midler Avenue and Sunnycrest Road in Syracuse
NY598 begins at an intersection with NY5 (Erie Boulevard) east of downtown Syracuse. The route heads north as the four-lane South Midler Avenue, crossing a CSX Transportation-owned railroad spur known as the Peat Street Runner at-grade ahead of an interchange with I-690 (exit11) at the southern edge of the Eastwood neighborhood. North of I-690, the route narrows to two lanes as it travels through the densely populated residential neighborhood.[4]
The homes cease temporarily around NY598's intersection with NY290 (James Street), a prominent retail corridor in eastern Syracuse. Upon crossing NY290, NY598 becomes North Midler Avenue as it becomes surrounded by houses once more. At the Syracuse city line three blocks to the north, North Midler Avenue splits off to the northeast while NY598 becomes New Court Avenue. The switch in both the town of DeWitt and name also brings about a switch in surroundings as the route heads northwest into a heavily industrial area built up along CSX's Mohawk Subdivision rail line. NY598 ends shortly afterward at an intersection with NY298 just inside the Salina town line.[4] The portion of NY598 in DeWitt and Salina is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); the remainder of the route is maintained by the city of Syracuse.[5]
History
All of Midler Avenue, including the portion of the street not currently part of NY598 in DeWitt, was originally designated as NY433 in the early 1950s. At the time, NY433 ended at the junction of Midler Avenue and Court Street Road (then NY298).[6][7] By 1954, New Court Avenue, an east–west connector between NY298 and NY433 in DeWitt, was designated as NY436.[8] In the late 1950s, construction began on a bypass of Court Street that extended from the western terminus of NY436 in Salina to the junction of NY298 and Thompson Road (modern NY635) in DeWitt.[9][10] The bypass was opened to traffic as a realignment of NY298 by 1961. NY433 was then extended northeastward along NY298's former routing on Court Street to Carrier Circle, where it met the realigned NY298.[11]
The alignments of NY433 and NY436 north of the Syracuse city line were flipped c.1962, placing NY433 on Midler Avenue and New Court Avenue and NY436 on Midler Avenue and Court Street Road.[11][12] Both designations were removed at some point in the latter half of the 1960s.[13][14] The portion of NY433's former routing outside of Syracuse became NY930M, an unsigned reference route.[2] NY930M went unchanged until c.2004 when it was incorporated into NY598, a new route extending from NY5 to NY298 by way of NY433's final alignment.[2][3]
↑New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
↑New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
↑New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
↑New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
12New York and Metropolitan New York (Map) (1961–62ed.). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
↑New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1962.
↑New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Mobil Oil Company. 1965.
