Route

NY 281

5 bridges carry it · 30 indexed contracts · 1 STIP entries name it

Bridges carrying NY 281 5

BIN	Carries / crosses	County	Owner	Built	Condition
1031450 Bridge	NY281 over 81I 81I32023096	Cortland	NYSDOT	1966	Fair
1044410 Bridge	NY281 over DRY CREEK	Cortland	NYSDOT	2017	Good
1044420 Bridge	NY281 over FACTORY BROOK	Cortland	NYSDOT	1946	Fair
1044430 Bridge	NY281 over COLD BROOK	Cortland	NYSDOT	1946	Fair
1061721 Bridge	NY281 EB to I81 SB over SOUTH BAY ROAD	Onondaga	NYSDOT	1972	Fair

Source: NYSDOT Bridges. Our copy checked Oct 31, 2026. Matched by the route at the start of the bridge's carried feature.

Programmed projects naming NY 281 1

PIN 302816STIP
RT 281 AT RT 90 AND RT 281 AT RT 41 INTERSECTION SAFETY IMP
Programmed FFY 2028 $8.1M · Cortland

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Source: Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), updated Jun 23, 2026. Our copy checked Oct 31, 2026. Matched by route words in the title (RT 414, NY 414, Route 414).

Latest contracts on NY 281 30

D264976Awarded Apr 13, 2023
SECONDARY HIGHWAY AUDIBLE ROADWAY DELINEATOR INSTALLATION: Region 3
NY 34, NY 38, NY 90, NY 326, NY 13, NY 281, NY 20, NY 31, NY 175, NY 38A, NY 3, NY 318, NY 227, NY 366 · Genoa (town), Scipio (town), Flemimng (town), Mentz (town), Springport T_Ledyard (town), Aurelius (town), Virgil (town), Cortlandville (town), Homer (town), Preble (town), Lafayette (town), Onondaga (town), Elbridge (town), Clay (town), Skaneateles (town), Volney (town), Palermo (town), Junius (town), Tyre (town), Dryden (town), Ithaca (town), Lansing (town), Ulysses (town) · Cayuga and others · PIN 3807.94 · 8 sheets indexed
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D264760Awarded Jun 10, 2022
Rehabilitation of Route 281 Bridge over I-81 in the Town of Preble
NY 281 · Preble (town) · Cortland · PIN 3028.15 · 95 sheets indexed
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D263544Awarded Nov 3, 2017
Regional Traffic Signal Project (signals, controllers, detection loops, signal poles and surveying).
NY 11, I-690, NY 175, I-81, NY 34B, NY 34, NY 41, NY 281 · Salina (town), Syracuse (city), Onondaga (town), North Syracuse (village), Lansing (town), Homer (village) · Cayuga and others · PIN 3807.31 · 79 sheets indexed
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D263423Awarded Apr 27, 20174 structures
Preventive Maintenance - Bridge Painting (4 bridges), Towns of Cortlandville, Preble, Camilus and Tyre.
I-81, NY 281, NY 174, NY 31 · Cortlandville (town), Homer (village), Preble (town), Tully (town), Camillus (town), Tyre (town) · Cortland and others · PIN 3807.36 · 0 sheets indexed
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D262818Awarded Mar 19, 2015
Reconstruction of Route 281 , Luker Road to Fisher Avenue, in the City of Cortland and Town of Cortlandville.
NY 13, NY 222, NY 281 · Cortlandville (town), Homer (village) · Cortland · PIN 3028.11 · 470 sheets indexed
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D260741Awarded May 7, 2008
Traffic Signal Requirements Contract
NY 326, NY 5, US 20, NY 281, NY 90, I-481, I-690, I-81, NY 290, NY 298, NY 31, NY 48, NY 598, NY 635, NY 690, NY 91, NY 104, NY 264, NY 49, NY 13, NY 34, NY 366 · Auburn (city), Aurelius (town), Montezuma (town), Cortlandville (town), Homer (village), Preble (town), De Witt (town), Syracuse (city), Onondaga (town), Tully (town), East Syracuse (village), Manlius (town), Salina (town), Cicero (town), Lysander (town), Elbridge (town), Geddes (town), Solvay (village), Pompey (town), Lafayette (town), Oswego (city), Schroeppel (town), Palermo (town), Hastings (town), Central Square (village), Ithaca (city), Cayuga Heights (village), Lansing (village), Dryden (town) · Cayuga and others · PIN 3805.17 · 149 sheets indexed
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D260713Awarded Mar 31, 2008
A.C. Recon. On Rt. 281,IN the Town of Cortlandville.
NY 281 · Cortlandville (town), Homer (village) · Cortland · PIN 3028.08 · 262 sheets indexed
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D260436Awarded Jun 4, 2007
Installation of Traffic Signals At Various Locations.
NY 34, NY 281, I-81, NY 31, NY 481, NY 631, NY 80, US 11, NY 13, NY 79, NY 89, NY 96 · Auburn (city), Homer (town), Preble (town), North Syracuse (village), Cicero (town), Clay (town), Salina (town), Tully (town), Baldwinsville (village), Lysander (town), Lafayette (town), Volney (town), Scriba (town), Ithaca (city) · Cayuga and others · PIN 3805.16 · 62 sheets indexed
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D260138Awarded Mar 31, 2006
Traffic Signal Installation and Upgrading At Various Locations.
NY 222, NY 281, NY 174, NY 298, NY 5, NY 598, NY 92, NY 264, NY 3, NY 414, US 20 · Cortlandville (town), Homer (village), Camillus (village), Syracuse (city), Salina (town), De Witt (town), Manlius (town), Elbridge (town), Pompey (town), Palermo (town), Volney (town), Seneca Falls (town) · Cayuga and others · PIN 3805.15 · 54 sheets indexed
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D259215Awarded Nov 25, 2002
CURBS & SIDEWALKS,;RT. 281;
NY 281 · Cortlandville (town), Homer (village) · Cortland · PIN 3601.46
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Source: NYSDOT Highway Record Plans, updated Jun 26, 2026. Our copy checked Oct 31, 2026.

Road inventory and traffic

Segment facts (lanes, functional class, AADT by segment) are in NYSDOT's viewers, which have no documented public data service yet.

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