United States Highway 219 - New York

Southern Entrance:  New York/Pennsylvania Boundary north of Bedford

Northern Terminus:  At a partial interchange with I-90 South of Buffalo

Length:  67.5 miles

Counties: Cattaraugus, Erie

Routing: US-219 runs north from Pennsylvania through Salamanca and Springville ending at I-90 in the Buffalo Suburbs.  North of Springville, US-219 is a full freeway.  Construction started this year to extend the freeway south to south of Springville.  This construction should be completed in 2009.

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Pictures on this page are arranged in order from south to north. US-219 North photos are left-aligned in the last column, while US-219 South photos are right-aligned.  Center-line pictures are centered within the last column.  Unless otherwise noted, all high-resolution photos are 1,280 x 960.



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Cattaraugus County View looking south along US-219 from roughly 4 miles north of the Pennsylvania Boundary.  Note the different driving surfaces on the opposing carriageways along US-219.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Opposing view looking north as US-219 crests a long hill about 2 miles south of the Southern Tier Expressway.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Oversized warning sign advising drivers of at-grade intersections between the Southern Tier Expressway in Pennsylvania Boundary.  In Pennsylvania US-219 is a freeway for a short distance where it by-passes the town of Bedford.
 

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County View looking south from the I-86/NY-17 interchange.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Junction assembly for the eastern US-219/I-86/NY-17 interchange.  At this interchange US-219 piggybacks along the Southern Tier Expressway (I-86/NY-17) westerly to Salamanca.  Old US-219 (now Business US-219) continues straight ahead.

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County View looking northerly at US-219 as it approaches the diamond interchange with I-86/NY-17.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County US-219 at the eastern Route 417 junction in Salamanca.  Traffic bound north along US-219 must turn left at this junction.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Signage assembly at Route 417 in Salamanca

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Junction assembly at the 219/242 intersection just west of Ellicottville.

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Green and yellow guide signage found southbound at the Route 242 junction

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Facing south towards the Route 242 junction.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County Looking north into the hills from Route 242

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Cattaraugus County 3-lane portion of US-219 south of Springfield as the highway passes over the Cattaraugus River

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Erie County Route 39 looking east from the end of the US-219 freeway to the at-grade intersection with US-219 South.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Erie County Two photos looking north at the start of the US-219 expressway from Route 39.  The advance grading for the future southern extension is very noticeable.

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Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

Erie County Erroneous guide signage showing US-20A as a State Highway.

Photographer: Scott Steeves

Date: 03/11/2007

US-219 ends at I-90 just Southwest of Buffalo. Click here for I-90 images.
 

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Page Created: June 6, 2007.
Last Updated: M
arch 15, 2008.