History
When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, Broadway in Buffalo and points east became part of NY 5, a cross-state highway extending from the Pennsylvania state line northeast of Erie, Pennsylvania, to the Massachusetts state line west of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. By 1926, NY 5 had been shifted northward between Buffalo and Albany to follow what had previously been NY 5A. The former routing of NY 5 between the two cities became NY 7. In 1927, the portion of NY 7 between Buffalo and Canawaugus (west of Avon) was renumbered again to NY 35.
US 20 was assigned in 1927; however, it initially bypassed downtown Buffalo on modern US 20A. It was realigned c. 1938 to enter the eastern suburbs of Buffalo by way of Southwestern Boulevard and Transit Road. At Broadway, US 20 turned east onto what had been NY 35 and exited the city. The former routing of NY 35 to Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo was redesignated as NY 130. NY 130 was truncated to US 62 in the mid-1970s. The former section from Washington Street (four blocks east of Niagara Square) to US 62 is still maintained by NYSDOT as NY 954L, an unsigned reference route.
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