New York State Route 392
State highway in New York, US
New York State Route 392 (NY 392) is an east–west state highway in the Southern Tier region of New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with the concurrency of NY 13 and NY 38 in the village of Dryden in Tompkins County. Its eastern terminus is at a junction with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the hamlet of Messengerville within the Cortland County town of Virgil. NY 392 passes through the hamlet of Virgil, where it intersects NY 215.
The portion of NY 392 east of NY 215 was originally designated as part of NY 90 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. In the early 1980s, the state of New York assumed maintenance over an east–west county-maintained highway linking NY 13 and NY 38 in the village of Dryden to NY 90 in the hamlet of Virgil. NY 90 was truncated to Homer following the acquisition of the roadway, and the new roadway was combined with NY 90's former routing from Virgil to Messengerville to create NY 392.
Route description
NY 392 begins at an intersection with NY 13 and NY 38 in the village of Dryden. The road quickly leaves Dryden, heading eastward through Tompkins County. NY 392, known as Virgil Road, turns to the southeast quickly before turning to the northeast.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “New York State Route 392” is state highway in New York, US. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through York, State and Route, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “state highway in New York, US” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2486789. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1930.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “New York State Route 392”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow New York State Route 392 primary sources, New York State Route 392 archive and York research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “New York State Route 392”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “New York State Route 392” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.