 The portion of Mitchell Street and Ellis Hollow Road from the city of Ithaca to the Ithaca – Dryden town line had existed as early as 1900. In the early 1910s, the state of New York helped finance improvements to the portion of the highway within the town of Ithaca. The highway was added to the state highway system in late October 1914. In 1916, construction began on an upgrade of Mitchell Street in Ithaca, again partially paid for by the state of New York. All of Mitchell Street was accepted into the state highway system on August 31, 1917.
