New York State Route 216

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New York State Route 216 marker

New York State Route 216

Map
Map of Dutchess County in eastern New York with NY 216 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length6.22 mi[1] (10.01 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Major junctions
West end NY 52 in East Fishkill
East end NY 55 in Beekman
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesDutchess
Highway system
← NY 215→ NY 217

New York State Route 216 (NY 216) is a short

hamlets of Stormville (within the town of East Fishkill) at the west end and Poughquag (within the town of Beekman) at the east. The route serves the hamlet of Green Haven and passes by the Green Haven Correctional Facility
.

Route 216 was originally part of

Towners
was assigned the NY 216 designation. The alignments of NY 52 and NY 216 between the two locations were largely swapped in 1937. In 1970, Route 216 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Poughquag.

Route description

A rolling landscape with hills in the distance, a line of trees some of which are turning red, and fields in the foreground. A white fence separates them from a road that stats at bottom left and then passes between trees at the right center before cresting. At the bottom right is a small green sign with white numbers on a metal stand.
Landscape along NY 216 near Green Haven

NY 216's western terminus is at an intersection with

Poughquag. South of the Beekman Cemetery, NY 216 terminates at NY 55.[3]

History

NY 216's eastern terminus at NY 55

In the mid-1920s,

hamlet.[2]

NY 52 and NY 216 largely swapped alignments in Spring 1937 as part of a larger realignment of NY 52 through Dutchess and Putnam counties. Route 52 was relocated onto NY 216 between Stormville and Ludingtonville, from where it followed a new roadway south to Lake Carmel. The former alignment of NY 52 between Stormville and Towners became NY 216, which was also extended eastward along NY 164 to a new eastern terminus at NY 22 east of Towners.[7][8][9] The alignment of NY 216 remained unaltered until January 1, 1970, when Route 216 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Poughquag. As part of the truncation, NY 216's former alignment from West Pawling to Patterson was renumbered to NY 292 while the east–west roadway through Towners became NY 164.[10]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Dutchess County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Stormville
Poughquag
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 269. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ Google (April 9, 2008). "overview map of NY 216" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  4. ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
  5. ^ New England (Map). National Survey Company. 1926. p. 170.
  6. ^ Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136.
  7. Standard Oil Company
    . 1936.
  8. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1937.
  9. ^ "Highway Route Numbers Changed". Pawling-Patterson News-Chronicle. May 6, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  10. State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State
    (PDF). Retrieved April 4, 2009.

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