Rochester, New York
Photos of Rochester city streets and boulevards from 2000 and 2005.

Mrchants Road north at Wisconsin Street south and Wyand Crescent north. Merchants Road provides a cut-off between Browncroft Road west from NY 286/590 to Culver Road north. 05/10/05

Southbound Merchants Road at the five point intersection with Winton Road and Elm Drive east. Winton Road heads south to I-490 (Exit 20) and north to NY 404 near NY 590 (Seabreeze Expressway). 05/10/05

Merchants Road south merges with Browncroft Boulevard east ahead of the parclo interchange with NY 590. Browncroft becomes NY 286 east from NY 590 into Penfield. 05/10/05

Traveling south on Plymouth Avenue from the Inner Loop to W Main Street at Church Street. Church Street connects Plymouth with State Street. 05/10/05

Southbound Plymouth Avenue at W Main Street. Travelers bound for I-490 east and the Inner Loop are directed one block further south to NY 31 (Broad Street). 05/10/05

State Street north at Commercial Street within the High Falls area of Downtown Rochester. Commercial Street heads two blocks to Browns Race within the High Falls Heritage Area. 05/10/05

Westbound at the north end of Factory Street beside the Kodak Building. Factory Street runs between State and Mill Streets. 05/10/05

Southward facing view of State Street at Platt Street. Platt Street flows northward from the Frontier Field area to the Pont de Rennes pedestrian bridge across the Genesee River. 05/10/05

Nearing the Inner Loop freeway, State Street intersects Commercial Street. A truss bridge carries a CSX Railroad above State Street between the traffic light and Central Avenue west. 05/10/05

Central Avenue connects the split diamond interchange of the Inner Loop between State Street and Plymouth Avenue. The westbound frontage street provides access to the Inner Loop on-ramp to I-490 west. 05/10/05

Winton Road is a through street in east Rochester. Pictured here is the northbound intersection with Main Street; Main Street stems west from Winton to Downtown. 05/10/05

The next traffic light along Winton Road north is at Merchants Road, a through street between Browncroft Boulevard near NY 590 and Culver Road. 05/10/05

Northerly view from Mill Street at the Kodak Building adjacent to the intersection of Factory Street and State Street. 05/10/05

The Pont de Rennes is a pedestrian bridge high above the Genesee River between the High Falls Heritage Area and the Genesee Brewing Company area on St. Paul Street. The bridge commemorates the friendship between Rochester and Rennes, France, the first sister city, established in 1958. 05/10/05
Photos by Alex Nitzman
Page Updated Tuesday June 09, 2020.