Route Description
Lake Road begins at the eastern approach to the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge in the town of Webster. The bridge is a seasonal bridge; it is closed during the summer months to allow boat traffic to pass from Irondequoit Bay to Lake Ontario through the Outlet. During the winter months, it connects to Culver Road on the opposite side of the Outlet. Lake Road heads east as unsigned CR 1 along a narrow peninsula separating the bay from the lake, serving a variety of seaside structures. Just northeast of the end of the peninsula, Lake Road intersects Bay Road (CR 16), a roadway that serves as the primary eastern lakeside highway.
The road continues along the lakeshore to the hamlet of Forest Lawn, a small community in north Webster. Here, it intersects the northern terminus of NY 250. Past NY 250, Lake Road meets several local north–south roadways before crossing into Wayne County and the town of Ontario. At the county line, Lake Road intersects County Line Road, a highway maintained here by Wayne County as CR 100, a designation signed only on blade signs for the roadway. Meanwhile, Lake Road continues on as CR 101, intersecting with local roads and heading through a small, residential community known as Ontario-on-the-Lake.
East of the community, Lake Road intersects with Lakeside Road (CR 102). This intersection is the northern terminus of the county designation, with Lakeside Road continuing north as a town highway. Lake Road continues through a short residential stretch that has fields along its northern side. After an intersection with North Slocum Road, Lake Road continues through fields, and eventually intersects with a local dirt road, which leads to an industrial complex. The road continues on, intersecting Ontario Center Road, Knickerbocker Road (CR 108) and Furnace Road (CR 110) as it heads along the Lake Ontario shoreline and enters the town of Williamson.
In Williamson, the fields continue, this time to the south of the highway, as lakeside homes run along the northern side. The route begins its way on a northeast stretch, passing by residential homes and fields. It intersects Stoney Lonesome Road (CR 112) on its way to Pultneyville, a large lakeside hamlet. Inside the community, it intersects Hamilton Street (CR 120) at a junction that was once the northern terminus of NY 21.
Outside of Pultneyville, Lake Road continues along the shoreline, intersecting with several roads of local importance. At East Townline Road (CR 118), Lake Road passes into the town of Sodus. East of the town line, the highway curves southeast to follow a more inland routing. It intersects Maple Avenue (CR 134), a north–south highway leading to the village of Sodus, then returns northeastward as it approaches the village of Sodus Point. It intersects North Geneva Road (CR 140) west of the village, then enters Sodus Point. CR 101 ends at the village line, and the final mile (1.6 km) of Lake Road is maintained by the village of Sodus Point. Lake Road continues east through the western portion of the village to NY 14, where Lake Road ends and continues east as Bay Street, which is part of NY 14.
The entirety of Lake Road east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway.
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