Road was added to the state highway system in stages during the late 1900s and early 1910s. The section north of the Clarkson–Hamlin town line cost $39,531.05 (equivalent to $ in ) to improve to state highway standards and was accepted into the system on December 1, 1909, as the unsigned State Highway 398 (SH 398). To the south, the piece between Ridge Road and the south end of SH 398 cost $20,199.14 (equivalent to $ in ) to bring up to standards and was included in the system on November 12, 1913, as SH 588. Neither SH 398 nor SH 588 were assigned a posted designation until the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, when they were collectively designated as NY 272. Major intersections The entire route is located on the Orleans–Monroe county line. See also References External links 272 Transportation in Orleans County, New York Transportation in Monroe County, New York