 New York State Route 444 | ||||
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 Map of the Rochester area with NY 444 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT and the village of Victor | ||||
| Length | 6.84 mi[1] (11.01 km) | |||
| Existed | June 2, 1997[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    US 20 / NY 5 / NY 64 near Bloomfield | |||
| North end |  NY 96 in Victor | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Ontario | |||
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New York State Route 444 (NY 444) is a north–south state highway located in Ontario County, New York, in the United States. It serves as a connector between the overlapping routes of U.S. Route 20 (US 20), NY 5, and NY 64 south of the Village of Bloomfield and NY 96 in the Village of Victor. NY 444 is a two-lane highway that passes through mostly rural areas of the county, with the exception of the immediate areas around Bloomfield and Victor. The highway passes the Ganondagan State Historic Site south of Victor.
The portion of NY 444 south of Main Street in Bloomfield was originally designated as part of legislative Route 14 by the New York State Legislature in 1908. This unsigned highway, which extended from Corning to Rochester, also included the portion of Main Street in Bloomfield between modern NY 64 and NY 444. Route 14 was realigned to bypass the then-village of Holcomb to the south and west in 1921. The segment of pre-1921 Route 14 from NY 64 to US 20 was designated as New York State Route 20C c. 1931. NY 20C was truncated on its western end to the junction of Main Street and Maple Avenue in 1990. The roads extending north from NY 20C's northern terminus to Victor—namely Elm Street and County Route 3 (CR 3)—were acquired by the state of New York on September 1, 1996, and these roads were combined with NY 20C on June 2, 1997, to create NY 444.