Genesee Street, intersecting with the eastern terminus of NY 446 (Water Street). After crossing a commercial strip, NY 305 enters interchange 28 of I-86 and NY 17 (the Southern Tier Expressway). Crossing a former railroad alignment, NY 305 continues through the town of Cuba as a two-lane road into the hamlet of North Cuba. Crossing an intersection with CR 25 (South Shore Road), NY 305 leaves North Cuba near Cuba Lake. After an intersection with CR 7, NY 305 parallels a railroad alignment into the town of New Hudson, where it enters the hamlet of Lyons Corners. Northeast of Lyons Corners, the route enters the hamlet of Black Creek, where NY 305 intersects with CR 41 (Tibbetts Hill Road). The two routes parallel, crossing northeast through New Hudson as a two-lane rural road. After, NY 305 enters the town of Belfast, paralleling several residences to the northeast and into the hamlet of Rockville, where the route turns eastward, crossing the former railroad right-of-way. After the right-of-way, NY 305 turns the southeast, crossing several residences. After an intersection with Lake Road, NY 305 turns northeast through Belfast. Paralleling the former railroad right-of-way, the route remains rural for several miles, intersecting with NY 19 (Transit Hill Road) in the town of Belfast. NY 305 terminates at this intersection, along with the right-of-way. History The segment of modern NY 305 north of Cuba was originally the southernmost portion of Route 16, an unsigned legislative route assigned by the New York State Legislature in 1908. At Belfast, Route 16 continued north on what is now NY 19. The Cuba–Belfast section of legislative Route 16 was assigned a posted route designation as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when it was designated as the northern half of NY 94, which continued south through Cuba to NY 17 (now NY 417) in Portville. At the same time, what is now NY 45 in Rockland County was designated as NY 305. The NY 94 and NY 305 designations were swapped in the early 1940s, placing NY 305 on its current alignment from Portville to Belfast. South of Portville, what is now NY 305 was originally designated as part of NY 16 . It was added to NY 305 in August 1962 when NY 16 was rerouted south of Olean to follow what had been NY 16A. Major intersections See also References External