is a 155 mile (249 km) long New York State Route that runs mainly north and south between New York State Route 17 (future Interstate 86 ) in Horseheads and New York State Route 3 west of Pulaski .
NY 13 intersects with Interstate 81 at Cortland and Interstate 90 , the New York State Thruway , in Canastota. NY 13 takes a looping route between Cortland and Pulaski that may be avoided by using Interstate 81 .
The most heavily traveled section of the route is the 50 mile (90 km) northeast/southwest section between Horseheads and Cortland , servicing Ithaca . At one point it was proposed to convert this part of NY 13 into an expressway, however this plan quickly fell out of favor with local residents. A small stretch of NY 13 follows an expressway alignment in the Ithaca area.
NY 13 is co-signed with New York State Route 34 and New York State Route 96 between Newfield and Ithaca ; New York State Route 38 briefly in The Village Of Dryden ; U.S. Route 11 and New York State Route 41 briefly within the city of Cortland ; New York State Route 80 between Sheds and New Woodstock; New York State Route 5 between Chittenango and Canastota; New York State Route 49 for a few miles in Oneida County, and New York State Route 69 for one block in The Village Of Camden .
Principal communities along NY 13:
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Chemung
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2
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00
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I-86 / NY 17
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Horseheads
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village
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Exit 54 (NY 17/I-86) Southern terminus
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28
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NY 223
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Veteran
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Western terminus of NY 223
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Tompkins
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13
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mplex
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236
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NY 34 <br/> NY 96
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Ithaca
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town
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3
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West Danby Rd
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Southern terminus of concurrency
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241
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NY 327
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Enfield Falls Rd
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Southern terminus of NY 327
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252
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NY 13A
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Five Mile Dr
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Southern terminus of NY 13A
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273
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NY 96B
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Ithaca
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city
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4
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Northern terminus of NY 96B
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mplex
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274
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<br /> NY 79
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East Green St
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NY 79 joins the concurrency
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mplex
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275
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<br /> NY 79
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West Seneca St
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Northern terminus of NY 13/NY 34/NY 79/NY 96 concurrency
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mplex
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276
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NY 96 <br /> NY 89
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West State St
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Northern terminus of NY 13/NY 34/NY 96 concurrency Southern terminus of NY 89
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mplex
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292
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NY 34
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Cayuga Heights
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East Shore Rd
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Northern terminus of concurrency
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mplex
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353
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NY 366
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Dryden
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town
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2
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Western terminus of concurrency
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mplex
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365
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NY 366
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Eastern terminus of concurrency
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mplex
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412
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NY 38
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Dryden
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village
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3
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Southern terminus of concurrency
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412
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NY 392
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Western terminus of NY 392
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mplex
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418
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NY 38
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Northern terminus of concurrency
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Cortland
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7
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488
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NY 281
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Cortlandville
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Southern terminus of NY 281
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509
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NY 215
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Cortland
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5
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Northern terminus of NY 215
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516
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NY 222
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Eastern terminus of NY 222
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Madison
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8
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mplex
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764
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NY 80
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DeRuyter
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village
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Southern terminus of concurrency
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mplex
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798
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NY 80
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Cazenovia
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town
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Northern terminus of concurrency
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mplex
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858
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US 20
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Cazenovia
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village
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2
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mplex
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956
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NY 5
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Chittenango
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mplex
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1022
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NY 5
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Canastota
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2
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Oneida
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4
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mplex
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1144
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NY 49
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Vienna
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2
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mplex
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1228
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NY 69
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Camden
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village
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2
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Oswego
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5
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1335
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NY 183
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Williamstown
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2
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Northern terminus of NY 183
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1367
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NY 104
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Eastern terminus of NY 104
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1488
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I-81
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Pulaski
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2
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Exit 36 (I-81)
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1526
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NY 3
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Port Ontario
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Northern terminus
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NY 13 once extended as far south as U.S. Route 15 in the Town Of Lindley in Steuben County , according to road maps from the 1930s. Instead of continuing south at the intersection with New York State Route 223 northwest of Horseheads, NY 13 turned west onto Old Ithaca Road and followed the street to South Main Street in downtown Horseheads. NY 13 then ran south along South Main into Elmira, where the road becomes Lake Road and, eventually Lake Street. At Church Street, then bi-directional and now only westbound New York State Route 352 , NY 13 turned west to West Elmira , where NY 13 turned west onto the right-of-way of present-day New York State Route 225 .
NY 13 continued on NY 225 to Caton , where NY 13 continued west on what is now County Route 120 , remaining on the road to US 15 in Lindley.
By the 1950s, the route was truncated to the intersection of Lake Street and Church Street in downtown Elmira. Eventually, by the mid-1950s, NY 13 no longer entered Elmira, continuing south from NY 223 instead along a new road leading to a newly-constructed interchange with New York State Route 17 .
In the mid-1980s, the Sullivanville Dam project forced a portion of the route to be rerouted northeast of Horseheads. Due to the elevated water level caused by the dam, the route had to be moved to higher ground west of the hamlet of Sullivanville in the Town Of Veteran . A section of the old highway remains under the impounded water. Another section north of the dam exists as an extension of Sullivanville Road.
From its current alignment on Meadow Street, NY 13 was once co-signed with NY 79 through downtown Ithaca, then followed Mitchell Street and Dryden Road (now NY 366 ) through the Cornell Plantations, before continuing on to Dryden. In the early 1970s, a new expressway was built along the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake , bypassing downtown Ithaca on the west and north. After this, Meadow Street carried NY 13 traffic in both directions along the western edge of Ithaca until the late 1990s, when southbound traffic was diverted from Meadow Street to Fulton Street for a ten block section.
As part of the "Horseheads Bypass" project to upgrade NY 17 to Interstate standards, the southern terminus of NY 13 may be moved a short distance west to New York State Route 14 in Horseheads when the project is complete. At least one "NY 13 South" sign assembly is exposed along the westbound Frontage Road leading from exit 54 (NY 13). Several similarly shaped signs on similar sign assemblies are covered along the route.
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