enters a major commercial strip that follows the route for into the adjacent town of Webster. This strip is largely based around NY 404's junction with Bay Road, a north–south highway connecting NY 404 to Lake Road. The segment of Empire Boulevard between Culver Road (located just west of the Rochester city line) and Bay Road is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway. NY 404 continues into Webster, where it narrows to two lanes ahead of an intersection with Ridge Road in the Webster hamlet of West Webster. The route merges with Ridge Road, taking on that name as it heads east toward the village of Webster. From West Webster to the village of Webster, a distance of , NY 404 runs along the edge of a small ridge as it passes through a commercial corridor anchored by a series of shopping plazas at the base of the hill. The commercial surroundings continue into the village, where NY 404 becomes West Main Street. It changes names to East Main Street upon intersecting NY 250 in Webster's central business district, but the Ridge Road name returns east of the Webster village limits. NY 404 continues on, passing through a residential area of the town as it approaches the Monroe–Wayne County line. Roughly a half-mile (0.8 km) before the county line, NY 404 turns north onto Ridge Road Junction, a road that heads northeast down the edge of the ridge that gives Ridge Road its name. Upon reaching the base of the hill, NY 404 merges with County Line Road for a short distance to reach an intersection with NY 104, where NY 404 terminates. History In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 30, an unsigned legislative route extending from Niagara Falls to Rouses Point via Rochester and Maple View. Route 30 exited Rochester on Empire Boulevard and followed it northeastward around Irondequoit Bay to where it merged with Ridge Road west of Webster. The route continued eastward on Ridge Road through Webster and into Wayne County. When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, most of legislative Route 30 in northeastern Monroe County became part of NY 3, a cross-state highway that extended from the Niagara Frontier to the North Country and passed through downtown Rochester. In eastern Monroe County, NY 3 originally followed the path of legislative Route 30