Route Description
NY 386 begins at a three-way intersection with NY 383 on the west side of the village of Scottsville. From this junction, NY 383 heads south and east while NY 386 takes the west exit, passing under the Rochester and Southern Railroad and turning to the northwest as it encircles the village. At North Road, which acts as a westward extension of NY 253, NY 386 passes the middle and high schools of the Wheatland–Chili Central School District and becomes Scottsville–Chili Road. The route continues onward, leaving Scottsville and entering an open, rural area of the town of Wheatland. NY 386 remains on a northwesterly track to the Chili town line, where it curves to the north as it approaches and crosses over the New York State Thruway (I-90).
The highway continues generally northward through Chili, traversing open fields and crossing over Black Creek ahead of an intersection with NY 252. Roughly 0.4 miles (0.6 km) to the northwest, NY 386 intersects NY 33A. NY 386 turns east here, overlapping NY 33A for 1 mile (1.6 km) east to the hamlet of Chili Center. The amount of development along the overlap remains low until the highway crosses the CSX Transportation-owned West Shore Subdivision, at which point the fields that had surrounded the route are replaced with homes and businesses. In Chili Center, the commercial center of the town of Chili, the concurrency ends at an intersection that also includes the former western terminus of NY 252A. NY 386 takes the north path out of the junction, becoming Chili Center–Coldwater Road. At this point, ownership and maintenance of NY 386 shifts from NYSDOT to Monroe County.
About 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Chili Center, NY 386 connects to I-490 at exit 5. North of the exit, Chili Center–Coldwater Road comes to an end at West Side Drive, forcing NY 386 to turn east onto West Side Drive for 0.5 miles (0.8 km) before returning north and entering the town of Gates on Coldwater Road. While on Coldwater Road, NY 386 crosses the CSX Transportation-owned Rochester Subdivision as it heads northward to a junction with NY 33. NY 386 turns east, sharing Buffalo Road with NY 33 for one block to Elmgrove Road, where it turns northward once again.
Proceeding north on Elmgrove Road, NY 386 passes the sprawling Rochester Tech Park and the Total Sports Experience prior to intersecting NY 531 by way of an interchange. This exit, the final on NY 531 eastbound before it merges with I-490, is also the starting point for the two service roads that parallel the expressway between Elmgrove and Manitou Roads. Past NY 531, NY 386 enters the hamlet of Elmgrove, centered around the junction between NY 31 and NY 386. The route continues onward, passing through mostly residential areas as it proceeds into the town of Greece. In Greece, the surroundings remain unchanged as NY 386 heads northward to an area of town known as South Greece, where it crosses over the Erie Canal. The route ends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) later at a junction with NY 104 near Elm Ridge Plaza.
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