in petersburgh, ny 96 originally had a brief overlap with ny 22; however, it was eliminated in 1931 when ny 96 was reconfigured to pass over ny 22 by way of a new bridge built midway between ny 96's original approaches to the route. the former alignments of ny 96 were subsequently repurposed as connectors between ny 22 and ny 96. both roads, a combined in length, are now designated as ny 914a, an unsigned reference route. in 1942, the state of new york switched the alignments of ny 96 and ny 2, a highway extending from owego to rochester in the finger lakes region. the change placed ny 2 on the troy–massachusetts routing.