junction is the abandoned Black River Canal, which NY 46 parallels as it heads through Western. History The origins of NY 274 date back to the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, when an alternate route of NY 46 between Rome and the Western hamlet of Frenchville was designated as NY 46A. The route began in downtown Rome and followed Floyd Avenue, and Brooks, Middle, and Stearns Roads east to Floyd, where it continued on to Holland Patent by way of what is now NY 365. At Holland Patent, NY 46A turned north and followed the entirety of modern NY 274 to rejoin NY 46 in Frenchville. NY 46A was rerouted by 1932 to follow Old Floyd Road between Rome and Floyd. Within a year, the portion of NY 46A between Rome and Holland Patent became concurrent with NY 365, a new route that connected NY 5 in Oneida to U.S. Route 9 in Plattsburgh. In the early 1940s, NY 46A was reconfigured to bypass Griffiss Air Force Base to the south. It now began at the junction of James and Dominick Streets in downtown Rome and overlapped NY 49 and NY 365 east to Koenig Road, where NY 46A and NY 365 left NY 49 and proceeded north on Koenig Road to Floyd. In the late 1940s, NY 365 was rerouted to follow a new highway (New Floyd Road) between Rome and Floyd; however, NY 46A remained on River and Koenig Roads until the early 1950s, when it was routed onto New Floyd Road as well. The NY 46A designation was removed by 1954, at which time the portion of the route north of Holland Patent became NY 274. Major intersections See also References External links 274 Transportation in Oneida County, New York