Lewiston to Rochester The right-of-way of Ridge Road begins on the eastern bank of the
Niagara River at the intersection of Center and Water streets in the
village of Lewiston. Following Center Street east, the right-of-way meets
NY 18F (at this point maintained by
Niagara County as the unsigned
County Route 907 or CR 907) four blocks later at 4th Street. Here, Center Street changes from a village street to a state-maintained highway as NY 18F joins Center Street east through the village to an interchange with the
Robert Moses State Parkway and
NY 104 in the shadow of the
Niagara Escarpment. NY 18F and the Center Street name both end here, giving way to NY 104 and the Ridge Road moniker. East of this location, Ridge Road and NY 104 parallel the east–west running escarpment to its south as both entities head across
western New York. Most of Ridge Road between Lewiston and the city of
Rochester to the east passes through rural, outlying areas of Niagara,
Orleans, and western
Monroe counties. While
NY 31, a parallel highway to the south, passes through most of the region's largest communities—including the
city of Lockport and the villages of
Medina,
Albion, and
Brockport—Ridge Road and NY 104 bypass them entirely. Instead, the two-lane road passes through only small
hamlets built up around junctions between NY 104 and other state routes. as it serves as the backbone of a large commercial district in the
town of Greece. Once in Rochester, West Ridge Road enters areas more residential and industrial in nature, including the sprawling
Eastman Business Park near the
Genesee River.
Rochester area At the Genesee River, NY 104 and West Ridge Road cross the
Veterans Memorial Bridge and become an expressway on the east bank of the river. Ridge Road, however, continues to the north of NY 104 as East Ridge Road, which parallels the
Keeler Street Expressway as both travel through the area. The latter begins at St. Paul Street a short distance south of
Seneca Park Zoo and heads eastward as a city-maintained street, carrying
NY 104 Truck through a residential section of the city. East Ridge Road crosses into the town of
Irondequoit just east of Seneca Avenue, at which point it becomes county-maintained as CR 241. NY 104 Truck leaves to the south at Hudson Avenue, the first major intersection East Ridge Road has in Irondequoit. Like in Greece, the Irondequoit portion of Ridge Road is lined with businesses ranging from big-box stores to small establishments. The road's status as an anchor for the town's economy is supported by the presence of a
Wal-Mart supercenter on Hudson Avenue between NY 104 and East Ridge Road and
Skyview on the Ridge, formerly known as both the Irondequoit Mall and Medley Center, located on East Ridge Road between North Goodman Street and Culver Road. Past Culver Road, the look along the four-lane East Ridge Road changes slightly as it gains a median while the surrounding neighborhood begins to shift from commercial to residential—a change ushered in by the presence of
Eastridge High School. The divided highway, as well as CR 241, NY 404 takes on the Ridge Road name and heads east through the
village of Webster to an intersection west of the
Wayne County. Here, NY 404 vacates Ridge Road to follow Ridge Road Junction northeasterly down the escarpment—which Ridge Road runs on the edge of throughout most of its alignment in Webster—to NY 104. Ridge Road, in the meantime, becomes locally maintained for its remaining half-mile in Monroe County. The route heads along the top of the escarpment, passing by a smattering of homes, while NY 104—visible from Ridge Road for most of the latter's routing through the town of
Ontario—serves a line of businesses at the escarpment's base. The two roads, which run parallel to one another between the village of
Webster and
Ontario Center, begin to separate at
NY 350 in Ontario Center. East of the hamlet, both Ridge Road and NY 104 enter a less-developed area of the county consisting of forests along NY 104 and fields adjacent to Ridge Road. Across the town line in
Williamson, Ridge Road and NY 104 pass along opposite ends of
Spencer Speedway prior to entering the hamlet of Williamson. Here, Ridge Road takes on the name Main Street as it passes east–west through the community and intersects
NY 21 south of where it ends at NY 104. The Ridge Road name returns outside the community; however, the fields do not as the road initially passes by a steady stream of homes on both sides of the highway. It briefly veers northward outside of Williamson, but returns to a more easterly routing ahead of East Townline Road and the
Sodus town line. It is at the latter that the amount of development along Ridge Road finally decreases, giving way to slightly more open areas. In western Sodus, Ridge Road and NY 104 follow parallel, slightly northeasterly alignments that eventually lead both to the
village of Sodus. Prior to reaching the village, both highways pass by
Williamson–Sodus Airport, a local airport situated in between the two roads. Ridge Road continues on to the village, where it meets
NY 88—which ends a short distance northwest of this point at NY 104—just west of the village limits. At this point, CR 103 ends while Ridge Road heads eastward, becoming state-maintained again as it follows NY 88 into Sodus. Once inside the Sodus village limits, the name of the road changes to West Main Street. NY 88 remains on Main Street for two blocks to Carlton Street, at which point it turns southward onto Carlton Street and leaves Main Street as an unnumbered, village-maintained highway. While NY 14 leaves Alton to the south, the Seaway Trail follows Ridge Road as the latter breaks from NY 104 and takes a more northerly alignment into the town of
Huron than the
super two highway. In Wolcott, the path of Ridge Road is known by several names as it traverses the industrial western half of the community—based around a spur of the Ontario Midland Railroad—and its residential eastern portion. It remains West Main Street until New Hartford Street, at which point it becomes just Main Street. One block later, Main Street splits into East Main Street and Mill Street, with Ridge Road following the latter northeast across Wolcott Creek. On the opposite bank of the creek, Mill Street meets Auburn Street, formerly the northernmost part of
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