New York State Route 404 - Route Description

Route Description

NY 404 begins at NY 590 exit 8 in Irondequoit as Empire Boulevard, although the 0.71-mile (1.14 km) portion of Empire Boulevard between NY 590 and the Rochester city line is also state maintained as NY 941B, an unsigned reference route. Irondequoit Bay is northeast of this intersection, and Empire Boulevard serves as the northernmost non-bridge route from one side of the bay to the other; that is, between the inner-ring suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton and the outer-ring suburbs of Webster and Penfield. The four-lane Empire Boulevard heads east from NY 590, intersecting North Winton Road (former NY 47) in a residential neighborhood before descending into a valley surrounding the bay. NY 404 continues east across the base of the valley, crossing the southern tip of the bay at the Irondequoit–Penfield town line.

At the eastern edge of the bay valley, the route begins to turn to the northeast, slowly ascending in elevation as it heads away from Irondequoit Bay. The terrain levels off at the top of the valley, where NY 404 enters a major commercial strip that follows the route for 2 miles (3.2 km) into the adjacent town of Webster. This strip is largely based around NY 404's junction with Bay Road, a north–south highway connecting NY 404 to Lake Road. The segment of Empire Boulevard between Culver Road (located just west of the Rochester city line) and Bay Road is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway. NY 404 continues into Webster, where it narrows to two lanes ahead of an intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. The route merges with Ridge Road, taking on that name as it heads east toward the village of Webster.

From West Webster to the village of Webster, a distance of 2.5 miles (4.0 km), NY 404 runs along the edge of a small ridge as it passes through a commercial corridor anchored by a series of shopping plazas at the base of the hill. The commercial surroundings continue into the village, where NY 404 becomes West Main Street. It changes names to East Main Street upon intersecting NY 250 in Webster's central business district, but the Ridge Road name returns east of the Webster village limits. NY 404 continues on, passing through a residential area of the town as it approaches the Monroe–Wayne County line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8 km) before the county line, NY 404 turns north onto Ridge Road Junction, a road that heads northeast down the edge of the ridge that gives Ridge Road its name. Upon reaching the base of the hill, NY 404 merges with County Line Road for a short distance to reach an intersection with NY 104, where NY 404 terminates.