Lake Ontario State Parkway

rdf:langString Lake Ontario State Parkway

rdf:langString losp

rdf:langString losp

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString none

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString town

rdf:langString Monroe

rdf:langString Orleans

rdf:langString West

rdf:langString East

rdf:langString in Greece

rdf:langString in Carlton

rdf:langString in Hamlin

rdf:langString Greece

rdf:langString Parma

rdf:langString Rochester

rdf:langString Carlton

rdf:langString Kendall

rdf:langString Hamlin

rdf:langString Lake Ontario State Parkway highlighted in red and NY 948A in blue

rdf:langString Western terminus during seasonal closure from December to March.

rdf:langString Northern terminus of state maintenance; Lakeside Beach Drive continues west

rdf:langString Eastern terminus; At-grade intersection

rdf:langString Exit closed to all traffic during seasonal closure from December to March.

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 19

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 237

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 259

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 260

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 390

rdf:langString Northern terminus of NY 98.

rdf:langString Continuation beyond Lake Avenue; western terminus of unsigned NY 943F; eastern terminus of concurrency with the Seaway Trail

rdf:langString Western terminus of concurrency with the Seaway Trail; access via NY 948A.

rdf:langString Interchange; northbound terminus of concurrency with the Seaway Trail

rdf:langString Southern terminus of concurrency with the Seaway Trail

rdf:langString No commercial vehicles

rdf:langString Closed between NY 18 and NY 98 from December to March

rdf:langString Park access road

rdf:langString Lake Avenue

rdf:langString Lake Shore Road

rdf:langString Greenleaf Road

rdf:langString Latta Road

rdf:langString Long Pond Road

rdf:langString Pattonwood Drive /

rdf:langString Lake Ontario

rdf:langString NY

rdf:langString via NY 948A in Carlton

rdf:langString Lake Avenue in Rochester

rdf:langString concur

rdf:langString Parkway

rdf:langString The Lake Ontario State Parkway is a 35.05-mile (56.41 km) parkway along the southern shore of Lake Ontario in Western New York in the United States. The western end of the highway is at a partial interchange within Lakeside Beach State Park in Carlton, Orleans County. Its eastern terminus is at an intersection with Lake Avenue in the Charlotte neighborhood of the Monroe County city of Rochester. The parkway is internally designated by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) as New York State Route 947A (NY 947A), an unsigned reference route. A short, 0.55-mile (0.89 km) connector between the west end of the parkway and NY 18 is unsigned New York State Route 948A. The parkway mainline and the connector to NY 18 are both part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway that extends along the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario from northwestern Pennsylvania to the North Country area of New York. The Lake Ontario State Parkway passes through mostly open and rural areas, except near Greece and Rochester, where the land surrounding the highway is more developed. It serves mostly as a connector between Rochester and several lakeside state parks and communities. From its western terminus to the Rochester suburbs, the parkway is the closest continuous roadway to the Lake Ontario shore. The highway was one of several parkways built as part of a 145-mile (233 km) expansion to the state's parkway system in 1944. Construction of the Lake Ontario State Parkway began in the late 1940s, and the first section of the route—linking Hamlin Beach State Park to NY 261—opened in the early 1950s. The remainder of the highway through Greece and Rochester was built in stages during the 1950s and early 1960s, while the section between Lakeside Beach and Hamlin Beach State Parks was constructed in the early 1970s. The original plans for the highway called for it to extend as far west as Niagara Falls; later proposals moved the terminus to the north end of the Robert Moses State Parkway near Fort Niagara. The parkway has been underfunded for years by the state. At the beginning of its life, it was planned to go from Rochester to Niagara Falls. In 2017, the western half of the parkway was finally gifted $9 million, to begin project to repave the sections of Route 19 in Hamlin to Payne Beach (approximately 8 miles). In 2018, $5.2 million was given by the State Of New York. This project paved 7 miles, east and westbound lanes, west of Route 19 (Hamlin) and Route 237 (Kendall). The paving project began in April 2018 and finished in the fall of the same year. During these projects, shoulders were narrowed from 12 to 8 feet. Still, in 2019, about 12 miles of the parkway are in poor condition. Because of this, this section of the parkway sees barely any traffic, and is not driveable due to the rough road conditions that this area faces. Due to only seeing a few hundred cars a day, it was in consideration to be closed permanently, but was decided to be kept open to preserve the landmark.

rdf:langString losp