Route 250

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Location

North-south highway East of Rochester

Google Map NY Route 250 - provides access to panorama street views of full route.

Boundaries

About the Route
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NY State Route 250 is a major artery on the east side and home to lots of small businesses; it is absolutely worth a drive.

Its southern terminus is Route 96, a little under a mile east of I-490 at exit 28, just before 96 becomes a divided highway. This is a largely residential area, but you won't actually see houses, as they are on cul de sacs and subdivisions just off of this road. Woodcliff Golf Club is on your left as we head north. Near Garnsey Road, you will start to see houses, but not many.

At Route 31 (Pittsford-Palmyra Road), is the Perinton Hills Office Park, which also provides direct access to Perinton Hills Mall (a strip mall). Then come some more subdivisions and then we finely start seeing houses on both sides of the road.

At Hulburt Road, we enter Fairport and Route 250 becomes South Main Street. Just before the Erie Canal, are Fairport Village Landing and Packetts Landing (more strip malls). Crossing the canal, the road becomes North Main Street (mind the railroad tracks). This segment is largely commercial.

Crossing Whitney Road, we change names, becoming Fairport-Nine Mile Point Road, home to Eagle Vale Golf Course - and more subdivisions. Quickly, however, we enter Penfield and intersect with Route 441. Grab a bite to eat at Wegmans, pop your head into Birds Unlimited, and take a quick side trip to Harris Whalen Park.

At Penbrooke Drive, the commercial festivities end and we once again see a mix of trees and houses, intermingled with the occasional farm or industrial complex. Near Route 286, it's pretty much just farms.

Between Bainbridge Lane and State Road, we change names, becoming Webster Road, appropriately named, as we soon enter Webster, where Route 250 goes by the name of South Avenue. You'll pass by water towers, the back entrance to a school, and then enter another commercial district near Route 404. Now, of course, we are on North Avenue, where we could turn on to a ramp for Route 104.

Having continued farther north, the road becomes Webster Road once more and the view largely consists of houses, subdivisions and trees once more as well.

Finally, we come to the northern terminus of Route 250, Lake Road, less than a thousand feet from Lake Ontario. Continue northwest on to Lake Shore Drive, and you will have a scenic view of houses with a view of the lake.

References:

• NY State 250