Route 204 - Airport Expressway
NY 204 provides a cut off from Interstate 490 east in the town of Gates to Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC). Measuring 3.35 miles in length, the state route branches east from I-490 along the Airport Expressway to NY 33A (Chili Avenue). Overlapping with NY 33A, NY 204 continues onto Brooks Avenue to the airport passenger terminal and Interstate 390 at Exit 18.
Cancelled due to community opposition,1 the Airport Expressway was originally planned to continue east from NY 33A (Chili Avenue) directly to Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC). A half diamond interchange was built at NY 33A in anticipation of extending Airport Expressway to Interstate 390.
East
Ramps from Interstate 490 combine along the Airport Expressway east ahead of the Pixley Road underpass.
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Airport Expressway travels just 1.04 miles from I-490 to NY 33A (Chili Avenue).
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NY 204 turns east onto Chili Avenue, a five lane commercial boulevard through Gates.
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A 17.13 mile long route, NY 33A heads southwest to Chili Center and Bergen and northeast to W Main Street (NY 33) in Rochester.
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NY 33A/204 combine for 0.76 miles between Airport Expressway and Brooks Avenue.
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The entrance to Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) lies 1.6 miles to the east via NY 204 along Brooks Avenue.
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The previous half diamond interchange on NY 204 at NY 33A (Chili Avenue) was redesigned into a T intersection in 2001.
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West
NY 204 turns onto the Airport Expressway from NY 33A (Chili Avenue) along a single lane ramp.
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NY 204 (Airport Expressway) crosses Pixeley Road ahead of the trumpet interchange with Interstate 490.
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Airport Expressway defaults onto I-490 west to Chili Center, West Chili and Churchville. Eastbound I-490 heads north to NY 33 (Buffalo Road) and NY 531 (Spencerport Expressway) before turning east to Rochester.
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- Alex Nitzman: 05/10/05
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Page Updated Thursday March 12, 2020.