south of the center of the hamlet. The CSX main line serves as the north end of the Corning Secondary, which ends east of the NY 14 overpass. The route continues on, crossing over the Erie Canal and passing through the halet's major commercial and residential areas on Geneva and Phelps streets before exiting Lyons. Another of rolling, open terrain brings the highway to the town of Sodus, where it intersects NY 104 south of the hamlet of Alton. The route continues into the small hamlet, one of many communities located along Ridge Road. NY 14 joins the old road for one block westward before leaving Alton to the north. From Ridge Road north to Lake Road in Sodus Point, NY 14 is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway. This stretch of NY 14 heads due north across cultivated fields for before curving to the northwest to avoid Sodus Bay. At this point, the farmlands are gradually replaced by waterside homes and communities as NY 14 closes in on the bay's shoreline. It reaches the water's edge as it enters Sodus Point, where it initially follows South Fitzhugh Street. At Lake Road, the Seaway Trail heads west to follow the southern edge of Lake Ontario while NY 14 turns east onto Bay Street. After three blocks, Bay Street gives way to Greig Street, a dead-end street leading out onto a peninsula protruding into the mouth of Sodus Bay. The street and the route both end in a cul-de-sac at the east end of the peninsula. History Origins and early changes In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 12, an unsigned legislative route that extended from Horseheads to Lyons via Watkins Glen, Dundee, Penn Yan, and Geneva. When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, legislative Route 12 became the basis for NY 14, which continued south to Elmira and north to the mouth of Sodus Bay at Sodus Point via the hamlet of Alton. By 1926, the route was extended south through Elmira to the Pennsylvania state line at Ashland. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the portions of NY 14 north of Geneva and south of Watkins Glen were unchanged; however, the Watkins Glen–Geneva segment was realigned to follow the west shore of Seneca Lake and serve the lakeside village of Dresden. The former