New York State Route 302

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Future I-86 / NY 17 in Wallkill
North end NY 52 in Crawford
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesOrange
Highway system
← NY 301→ NY 303

New York State Route 302 (NY 302) is a

hamlet of Pine Bush, located within the town of Crawford
.

Route description

NY 302 north through the hamlet of Circleville

NY 302 begins at an intersection with

I-86). NY 302 crosses over the freeway as ramps from exit 119 intersect. After NY 17, NY 302 bends northward through a small residential area southwest of the Town of Wallkill Golf Club. At an intersection with Sam Fast Road, NY 302 enters the hamlet of Circleville, passing east of Lake Henneside.[3]

Continuing north out of Circleville, NY 302 runs through the town of Wallkill as a two-lane residential street, passing Heritage Crossing, where it crosses over the former Middletown and Crawford Branch. Continuing on its way northeast into the town of

CR 17 at the same intersection in the center of Thompson Ridge.[3]

After leaving Thompson Ridge, NY 302 continues north through Crawford as a two-lane farm roadway. After passing an intersection with Van Keuren Road, NY 302 bends northward into the hamlet of Pine Bush, where it becomes a two-lane residential street, passing east of Pine Bush High School just after Ulsterville Road. After entering the center of Pine Bush, NY 302 gains the moniker of Maple Avenue, passing Crawford town hall as it bends to the northeast. A few blocks later, NY 302 intersects with NY 52 (Main Street). This intersection marks the northern terminus of NY 302, while Maple Avenue continues north several blocks through Pine Bush town-maintained.[3]

History

A two lane road cutting across a gentle slope seen from just above under a blue sky with large clouds. Across the road are telephone poles with lines and just downhill is a small farm building, white with a green roof and horses and cows in the vicinity. In the distance a wooded ridge rises.
Narrow, two-lane section south of Pine Bush with panoramic view of the Shawangunk Ridge.

NY 302 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and has not been altered since.[2]

In April 2006 the deaths of four teenagers at

accidents along the stretch of 302 between Roberson Avenue and Crans Mill Road just north of Bullville led the school district to ask the state Department of Transportation to do something about what residents considered a deadly stretch of highway. Since all seven of the district's schools are either on or close to the highway, its officials fear that a school bus could be involved in the next fatal accident.[4]

It has claimed other lives in recent years as well, as development has increased in the area. Residents have joined the district in pleading for safety improvements, such as a lower speed limit on the whole road (there are no less than six speed limit changes on a road that is just over ten miles (16 km) long), the removal of large trees close to the roadway, a

County Route 48.[5]

Within a week of the deaths, state troopers had put up flashing warning signs at both ends of the segment.[6] The district made available form letters on its website to DOT commissioner Thomas Madison and other elected officials in the region to request the more permanent improvements.[7] However, many in the area said the road was not as much to blame for the accident as the teenaged drivers of the cars that crashed.[8] A DOT study later endorsed that conclusion, although the state said it would make some safety improvements.[9]

registration and inspection stickers for validity. While that has little to do directly with whatever caused the accidents, they expressed the hope that it would remind drivers the police were on the road and that they should thus be more careful.[10]

In 2017, after the road was repaved between Bullville and Pine Bush, DOT took the unusual step of posting a lower speed limit for northbound traffic as well as increased signage. The Crawford police chief said he expected the improved surface would nonetheless result in more speeding, at least initially. The town board has suggested to DOT that it install a light at the intersection with Ulsterville and Black Hawk roads just south of the high school, and reduce the road's grade into that intersection.[11]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Orange County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Rockville
0.681.09
I-86
)
Crawford4.657.48 NY 17K – Montgomery, BloomingburgHamlet of Bullville
10.4616.83 NY 52 (Main Street) – Walden, EllenvilleHamlet of Pine Bush
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 210. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  2. ^
    Standard Oil Company of New York
    . 1930.
  3. ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia (May 24, 2012). "overview map of NY 302" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  4. Middletown, Orange County, New York. Archived from the original
    on June 14, 2007.
  5. ^ Sullivan, John (April 10, 2006). "A Deadly Stretch of Road". Times Herald-Record. Middletown, Orange County, New York. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007.
  6. ^ Al-Rikabi, Ramsey (April 13, 2006). "On Route 302, signs warn of dangers". Times Herald-Record. Middletown, Orange County, New York.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Pine Bush form letter to NYSDOT Commissioner Thomas Madison" (PDF). Pine Bush Central School District. April 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  8. ^ "Letters to the editor". Times Herald-Record. Middletown, Orange County, New York. April 17, 2006.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Israel, Steve (March 9, 2007). "DOT study finds Route 302 accidents caused by driver speed, not the road". Times Herald-Record. Middletown, Orange County, New York. Retrieved March 10, 2007.
  10. ^ Al-Rikabi, Ramsey (April 24, 2006). "Keeping Route 302 drivers in check". Times Herald-Record. Middletown, Orange County, New York.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Spadaro, Amanda (September 21, 2017). "DOT trying to make 'unforgiving' Route 302 safer". Times–Herald Record. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

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