New York State Route 207

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NY Route 207

Length:

19.10 mi^[1] (30.74 km)

West end:

US 6/NY 17/NY 17A/NY 17M in Goshen

East end:

NY 17K in Newburgh

Counties:

Orange

New York State Routes
< NY 206		NY 208 >

New York State Route 207 is a state road, located entirely within Orange County, that connects Goshen and Newburgh. Formerly marked as NY Route 84, it was changed in the early 1960s to avoid confusion with nearby Interstate 84^{[citation needed]}.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Eastern terminus issues
2 Communities along the route
3 Major intersections
4 History
5 References

[edit] Route description

The route begins in southwest Goshen, at the intersection of the Quickway (U.S. Route 6 and NY Route 17) and NY Route 17M. South of the junction NY 17A continues as Pulaski Highway toward Florida and Warwick.

Orange Blossoms monument

It enters Goshen as Greenwich Avenue, becoming Main Street at a five-way intersection at the southwest corner of the village's large triangular central green (Westbound traffic sometimes misses the Greenwich fork and continues on Main as there is no overhead sign, just one at the side of the road). At the triangle's northern end, next to Orange County's original courthouse and the Orange Blossoms monument, it is joined by another street and passes the Orange County Government Center, before leaving the village. Entering the countryside, it begins to veer more to the east.

Six miles (9.6 km) later in the Town of Hamptonburgh, Route 207 goes into a short tunnel under the Metro North-Norfolk Southern tracks and then immediately bears right, more due east, where NY-416 splits off to the left, northward, toward Montgomery. It then passes through what could be called downtown Campbell Hall at a grade crossing with the former Wallkill Valley Railroad, still used today by NS as a freight spur to Walden.

Sign at entrance to Stewart Airport

Three miles further down it goes through a slightly staggered intersection with NY Route 208 in the hamlet of Rock Tavern between Maybrook and Washingtonville. Now known as Little Britain Road, it skirts the southern boundary of Stewart State Forest for several miles, passes Little Britain Elementary School and a new medical office park, then reaches the entrance to Stewart International Airport. After that, it passes under (but does not intersect with) the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87), immediately west of its junction with NY Route 300.

After a multiplexed section of 0.2 mile, 207 then splits to the northeast and its eastern terminus in Newburgh, although it is difficult to tell exactly where this is.

[edit] Eastern terminus issues

While this is generally agreed to be at an intersection with Route 17K (Broadway), the signage sends mixed messages:

A junction sign can be seen along westbound 17K two blocks before the traffic light at Wisner Avenue. However, at the intersection itself there are currently no signs indicating a left turn for 207.

It would thus seem that 207 uses the relatively quiet two blocks of Wisner to connect to Little Britain Road. But there is no signage along 207 eastbound that supports this. Traffic coming into the city this way usually follows Little Britain to its historical end at West Street, where it becomes Washington Avenue, just below a light with Broadway. Maps have indicated this as the end of 207 and some signage in the past has supported this.

Signs along Wisner northbound approaching 17K inform drivers of the junction and give directions to Route 32, but say nothing about 207 ending.

Indeed, it is hard to tell if 207 exists in the city at all. The last reference markers and reassurance shields along the route in either direction are found a short distance east of the city line.

[edit] Communities along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Orange	Goshen	0.0	US 6 NY 17 NY 17M	Exit 124 (US 6/NY 17/NY 17M).
	Goshen	0.0	NY 17A	Northern terminus of NY 17A.
	Campbell Hall	5.5	NY 416	Southern terminus of NY 416.
	Rock Tavern	9.1	NY 208	Western terminus of brief duplex
	Rock Tavern	9.2	NY 208	Eastern terminus of brief duplex
	New Windsor	16.6	I-87/Thruway	207 passes under Thruway immediately west of 300 junction
		16.6	NY 300 Union Avenue	Western terminus of short duplex
		17.0	NY 300 Union Avenue	Eastern terminus of short duplex
	Newburgh	19.1	NY 17K Broadway