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New York State Route 79




  type NY
  route 79
  length Mi 9333
  length Round 2
  length Ref New York Routes - New York State Route 79
  direction A West
  starting Terminus NY 414 in Watkins Glen
  junction US 11 in Lisle <br> I-81 in Lisle <br> US 11 in Whitney Point <br> I-88 in Colesville
  direction B East
  ending Terminus PA 92 in Windsor
  counties Schuyler , Tompkins , Tioga , Broome
  previous Type State
  previous Route 78
  next Type State
  next Route 80


New York State Route 79 is a west-east New York State Route that starts in the Finger Lakes region, runs through Central New York and ends on the western fringes of the Catskills . Its eastern terminus is located at the Pennsylvania State Line in The Town Of Windsor in Broome County . Its western terminus is located at its junction with NY-414 at the southern end of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen .

It is signed east-west, but from Whitney Point to the state line it runs in a north-south orientation.

From the PA border to The Town Of Colesville , NY-79 runs along the western bank of the Susquehanna River . Between Chenango Forks and Whitney Point , it runs along the eastern bank of the Tioughnioga River .

In Broome County it goes through Ouaquaga , originally a large Iroquois village which was destroyed by the Continental Army in 1778.

Communities along its route include the villages of Windsor , Whitney Point, Lisle , Burdett , and Watkins Glen , as well as The City Of Ithaca .


MAJOR INTERSECTIONS


  county Schuyler
  cspan 3
  location Watkins Glen
  mile 00
  road NY 414


  location Hector
  lspan 2
  mile 62
  road NY 227
  notes Hamlet of Reynoldsville<br>Southern terminus of NY 227


  mile 102
  road NY 228
  notes Hamlet of Mecklenburg


  county Tompkins
  cspan 5
  location Enfield
  mile 144
  road NY 327
  notes Northern terminus of NY 327


  location Ithaca
  area city
  lspan 4
  mile 211
  road NY 13A
  notes Northern terminus of NY 13A


  mile 212
  road <br> NY 89 <br><br> NY 96


  mile 214
  type mplex
  road NY 13 <br> NY 34 <br> NY 96
  notes concurrency on eastbound NY 79 only to access Green Street Westbound: no concurrency


  mile 227
  road NY 366
  notes Western terminus of NY 366


  county Tioga
  location Richford
  mile 393
  road NY 38


  county Broome
  cspan 11
  location Lisle
  area town
  lspan 2
  mile 506
  type mplex
  road US 11
  notes Northern terminus of concurrency


  mile 519
  road I-81
  notes Exit 8 (I-81)


  location Whitney Point
  lspan 2
  mile 529
  type mplex
  road US 11 <br> NY 26
  notes Southern terminus of US 11/NY 79 concurrency<br>Western terminus of NY 26/NY 79 concurrency


  type mplex
  mile 530
  road NY 26 <br> NY 206
  notes Eastern terminus of NY 26/NY 79 concurrency<br>Western terminus of NY 206


  location Chenango Forks
  lspan 2
  mile 620
  type mplex
  road NY 12
  notes Western terminus of concurrency


  mile 622
  type mplex
  road NY 12
  notes Eastern terminus of concurrency


  location Colesville
  lspan 3
  mile 743
  type mplex
  road NY 7
  notes Western terminus of concurrency


  mile 756
  type mplex
  road NY 7
  notes Eastern terminus of concurrency


  mile 757
  road I-88
  notes Exit 6 (I-88)


  location Windsor
  area village
  mile 872
  road NY 17
  notes Exit 79 (NY 17)


  location Windsor
  area town
  mile 933
  road PA 92
  notes Northern terminus of PA 92



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