Route 15

Remaining U.S. 15 trailblazer posted one block ahead of the southbound beginning of NY 15 / old U.S. 15 on NY 31 (South Avenue) eastbound in Rochester. - 01/18/2017

New York Route 15 follows the former route of U.S. 15 north from Interstate 390 in the town of Wayland to Woodbury Boulevard in Rochester. The 47.28 mile long highway initially overlaps with NY 21 north into the village of Wayland. Entering Livingston County, NY 15 continues into the town of Springwater, where NY 15A separates. NY 15A travels along the east side of Hemlock Lake while NY 15 shifts west of the lake to the village of Livonia.

NY 15 overlaps with U.S. 20 west from Livonia to Lakeville on the north side of Conesus Lake. The state route resumes a northward course from there, paralleling Interstate 390 north through the town of Avon, town of Rush and Henrietta through the south Rochester suburbs. NY 15A returns to NY 15 (Mt. Hope Avenue) in south Rochester. Mt. Hope Avenue leads the route north to Byron Street south of I-490. NY 15 extends 0.30 miles north along Clinton Avenue into Downtown Rochester.

Truncated south from Rochester to Painted Post in 1974, U.S. 15 was decommissioned in part because the Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17) and construction of Interstate 390. Old U.S. 15 was renumbered as NY 415 where it paralleled the freeway system between Painted Post and Cohocton. NY 15 was signed alongside by NY 17 and I-390 north to Wayland for continuity purposes. This eventually changed with NY 15 dropped south of Wayland in 2009, though several signs remained posted as of 2017.

North

Heading north from NY 21 (E Naple Streets) and NY 63 (W Naples Street) on NY 15 (Lackawanna Street) within the village of Wayland.

05/09/05

NY 15 (Rochester Road) north at the NY 256 (Lima Road) south. NY 256 travels 21.03 miles south from Lakeville along Conesus Lake to Dansville.

05/08/05

CR 52 (Triphammer Road) east and CR 19 (S Lima Road) west converge with NY 15 (Lakeville Road) just north of NY 256 (Lima Road). CR 19 connects the NY 15 with NY 39 (Avon Road). S Lima Road bee lines east to the South Lima community and CR 55 (Poplar Hill Road).

05/08/05

NY 15 (Lakeville Road) continues north into the town of Avon.

05/08/05

Passing under the Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad line along NY 15 (Lakeville Road) north in Avon.

05/08/05

A diamond interchange joins Interstate 390 with NY 15 in Avon.

05/08/05

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Interstate 390 continues north from NY 15 to Henrietta and Rochester. The two routes cross paths again at North Rush (Exit 11).

05/08/05

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NY 15 (Lakeville Road) passes over Interstate 390 at Exit 9 The freeway southbound heads toward Geneseo, Dansville, Wayland and I-86/NY 17.

05/08/05

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Advancing north from I-390, NY 15 intersects Agar Road west and Marshall Road east through agricultural areas.

05/08/05

Northbound Lakeville Road at Sutton Road east and Lake Road west to East Avon.

05/08/05

NY 15 (Lakeville Road) intersects U.S. 20/NY 5 (Avon-Lima Road) east of the Avon town center.

05/08/05

U.S. 20/NY 5 overlap for 67.6 miles east from Avon to Auburn. U.S. 20 runs along a rural course through much of Upstate New York between the Buffalo suburbs and Albany. Following U.S. 20, NY 5 is the fourth longest route in the state, logging 371 miles.

05/08/05

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A pair of NY 15 northbound shields line East Avon Rochester Road beyond the traffic light with U.S. 20/NY 5 (Avon-Lima Road).

07/02/05

NY 15 (E Avon Rochester Road) north after the intersection with Barber Road west and North Avon Road east.

07/02/05

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NY 15 (W Henrietta Road) proceeds 0.6 miles north from Barber Road to the Monroe County line.

07/02/05

A set of flashers operate at the intersection of NY 15 and Monroe County Route 63. CR 63 leads west to E River Road (CR 84) and east to NY 15A near Honeoye Falls.

07/02/05

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NY 15 (W Henrietta Road) switches sides with Interstate 390 just north of CR 63.

07/02/05

Honeoye Falls Five Points Road stems east from NY 15 to Five Points and NY 15A (Rush Lima Road) before this reassurance shield.

07/02/05

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Lowering toward Honeoye Creek, NY 15 (W Henrietta Road) north next intersects Rush-West Rush Road.

07/02/05

Approaching the signalized intersection with NY 251 (Rush Scottsville Road), a 17.79 mile state route west to SR 383 near Scottsville and east to NY 96 near Victor.

07/02/05

A split diamond interchange connects I-390 with NY 251 (Rush Scottsville Road) and NY 15 (W Henrietta Road).

07/02/05

A service road between NY 251 and NY 15 (W Henrietta Road) joins the northbound ramps with I-390 at Exit 11.

07/02/05

Interstate 390 continues north from NY 15 to the New York Thruway (I-90) and NY 253 (Lehigh Station Road) at Henrietta. Rochester is 13 miles away.

07/02/05

NY 15 follows Byron Street east from Mt. Hope Avenue between South Avenue and S Clinton Avenue. Removed by 2007, an overhead formerly directed motorists to I-490 and the Inner Loop via NY 15 north.

05/10/05

NY 15 turns onto S Clinton Avenue north to Downtown Rochester.

05/10/05

Removed overhead for I-490 and the Inner Loop freeway at Byron Street and Clinton Avenue. The Inner Loop was demolished and replaced with an urban boulevard between I-490 at NY 15 and E Main Street.

05/10/05

The last confirming marker for NY 15 northbound appears on the viaduct leading S Clinton Avenue across Interstate 490 and Howell Street (former Inner Loop).

05/10/05

The previous Welcome to Rochester sign along NY 15 (S Clinton Avenue) north ahead of NY 31 (Woodbury Boulevard).

07/02/05

The end shield for New York Route 15 north along Clinton Avenue was removed by 2005.

05/28/00

Unmarked along NY 15, westbound NY 31 overtakes Clinton Avenue north two blocks to E Broad Street. Eastbound NY 31 follows Woodbury Boulevard east from South Avenue to Chestnut Street.

05/10/05

South

NY 31 turns onto South Avenue from Broad Street two blocks south to the implied beginning of NY 15 and two entrance ramps for Interstate 490 east.

01/18/17

Eastbound NY 31 turns from South Avenue onto Woodbury Boulevard at the ramps for Interstate 490 east. NY 31 follows Woodbury Boulevard east two blocks to the north end of NY 15 and another block to Chestnut Street south.

01/18/17

A second U.S. 15 trailblazer was previously posted along South Avenue (NY 31) at Woodbury Boulevard. NY 15 is not inventoried by NYSDOT along South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue.

05/28/00

Woodbury Boulevard extends west from NY 31 and the north end of NY 15 at Clinton Avenue to South Avenue.

05/10/05

An original state named shield for Interstate 490 directed traffic from Woodbury Boulevard west onto the eastbound on-ramp at South Avenue (NY 31 east). It was removed in 2018.

01/18/17

South Avenue partitions with an entrance ramp for Interstate 490 east. This ramp is redundant to the ramp from adjacent South Avenue Extension. It was originally built for the unconstructed extension of Genessee Expressway (I-390) north from I-590.

01/18/17

South Avenue emerges from below I-490 across the Frederick Douglass - Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge at Griffith Street. The first shield for NY 15 references the Mount Hope Avenue southwest from Byron Street.

05/10/05

NY 15 follows Mt. Hope Avenue southwest along Genesee Gateway Park. Byron Street leads NY 15 northbound east to S Clinton Avenue, which turns the route north to NY 31 at Woodbury Boulevard.

05/10/05

Heading south along NY 15 (E Avon Rochester Road) to U.S. 20/NY 5 in the town of Avon.

05/08/05

U.S. 20/NY 5 follow Avon East Avon Road west into the village of Avon and then part ways to Lancaster and Caledonia respectively. Eastward, U.S. 20/NY 5 follow East Avon Lima Road to a parclo interchange (Exit 10) with I-390 nearby en route to Lima and Canandaigua.

05/08/05