Ridge Road (Western New York)

Ridge Road
Map of western New York with Ridge Road highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT, Monroe and Wayne counties, and several villages and cities
Length:	121.48 mi (195.50 km)
History:	Established prior to 19th century as Indian trail; rebuilt as road in early 20th century
Major junctions
West end:	Water Street in Lewiston
	Niagara Scenic Parkway in Lewiston NY 63 near Medina NY 390 in Greece NY 590 in Irondequoit NY 88 in Sodus
East end:	NY 370 near Red Creek
Location
Counties:	Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne
Highway system
New York Highways Interstate U.S. State Reference Parkways

Ridge Road is a 121.5-mile (195.5 km) east–west road that traverses four counties in Upstate New York in the United States. The road begins adjacent to the Niagara River at an intersection with Water Street in Lewiston, Niagara County, and passes through several towns, villages, and the city of Rochester before arriving at its eastern terminus at a junction with New York State Route 370 (NY 370) southwest of Red Creek, Wayne County. It is named for the rise atop which the road was built, a mound of sand and gravel that was formed when it was the shoreline of ancient Glacial Lake Iroquois (now Lake Ontario). The ridge is often confused with the nearby Niagara Escarpment, which is much taller, geologic in origin, and lies a few miles to the south.

Most of the road is maintained by either the New York State Department of Transportation as a touring route or by county highway departments as a county road. 70 miles (113 km) of Ridge Road—over half of the road's total length—is part of NY 104, which joins the road outside of Lewiston and leaves it upon crossing the Genesee River in Rochester. From the Monroe–Wayne county line to Red Creek, Ridge Road is a two-lane, mostly county-owned road that parallels the NY 104 super two as both head eastward across Wayne County. Ridge Road is part of the Seaway Trail from its junction with NY 14 east of Sodus to its end at NY 370.