New York State Route 206
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| NY Route 206 |
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| Catskill Turnpike | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 74.57 mi[1] (120.01 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[2] | ||||||||||||
| West end: |   NY 26/NY 79 in Whitney Point |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-88 in Bainbridge |
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| East end: |  NY 17 in Roscoe |
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| Counties: | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan | ||||||||||||
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New York State Route 206 runs through some lightly populated regions along the state's southern border, from Central New York to the Catskills. It begins near a busy intersection with Interstate 81 at Whitney Point and runs east from there through Greene. The eastern terminus is located at a junction with NY 17 (future I-86) at Roscoe in Sullivan County.
It is one of the longest three-digit routes in New York, and the only long one not associated with a two-digit route or a former U.S. Route. Yet due to its location it sees little traffic, although for much of its length it follows the route of a main 19th century thoroughfare, the Catskill Turnpike. It is primarily a long shortcut around Binghamton.
In June 2007, a flash flood along the Beaverkill River and some nearby tributaries along 206 near the highway's east end took several lives. Several sections of road were washed out; it has been closed and may remain so, the New York State Department of Transportation believes, for a long time.[3]
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Broome County
Signs on I-81 include 206 along with the other highways at the Whitney Point exit even though it actually begins at NY 79 a short distance east of the interstate. From there it crosses the town of Triangle prior to entering Chenango County.
[edit] Chenango County
In the village of Greene, NY 206 intersects with NY 12 downtown. NY 41 also joins 206 here.
Upon leaving Greene, the concurrent routes cross the Chenango River and head east through rural areas across the county. In the Town of Coventry NY 235 drops off to the south, followed a few miles later by 41.
At the next village, Bainbridge, 206 intersects NY 7 in the center of town, then crosses the Susquehanna River to its exit with Interstate 88. After a short stretch heading south from here, 206 turns east once again to enter Delaware County.
[edit] Delaware and Sullivan Counties
The farms along the road become bigger and the houses fewer as the road begins to climb gently into the Catskill Plateau. At Masonville, 206 intersects another major north-south trunk route, NY 8, after which it begins to head south, making its way over the ridges and through valleys to Walton, a small mountain town that hosts the Delaware County Fair every summer.
It shares that mountain town's main street with NY 10 for several blocks, then leaves it to cross the West Branch of the Delaware River and climb into the mountains to the southeast. Here it passes one the largest tracts of state-owned land in the county outside the nearby Catskill Park, the Bear Spring Mountain Game Preserve, a popular hunting destination.
Descending once again, 206 meets NY 30 in the hamlet of Downsville. Leaving town, the two highways cross the Delaware's East Branch, and thus the Blue Line, entering the Catskill Park.
After following 30 a short distance along Pepacton Reservoir, 206 once again heads up into the hills. This stretch brings it ultimately into Sullivan County, where it ends in downtown Roscoe at the interchange with NY 17.
NY 206 is maintained by Delaware County as CR 7 (Cat Hollow Road) from NY 30 to the Sullivan County line. It is maintained by Sullivan County as CR 91 (Rockland Road) from the Delaware County line to CR 179/179A (Old Route 17) and CR 179 (Old Route 17) from CR 91/179A to NY 17/Future I-86.
[edit] History
NY 206 was assigned in the 1930 renumbering to what is now Walton-Sidney Road and Franklin-Walton Road from NY 7 in Sidney to Walton, where it continued east on its modern alignment to Roscoe.[2] The route was realigned to follow its modern alignment to Bainbridge by 1938. Farther west, what is now NY 206 from Whitney Point to Greene was designated as New York State Route 383 in the 1930s.[4] NY 206 was extended west to Whitney Point by 1948, replacing NY 383.[5]
The western stretches of 206 were once the old Catskill Turnpike.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Broome | Whitney Point | 0.00 | NY 26 / NY 79 |
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| Chenango | Village of Greene | 10.81 |   NY 12 / NY 41 north |
Western terminus of NY 41/206 overlap |
| Coventry | 18.30 |  NY 235 |
Northern terminus of NY 235 | |
| 20.41 | NY 41 south |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Village of Bainbridge | 27.19 |  NY 7 |
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| Town of Bainbridge | 27.68 | I-88 |
Exit 8 (I-88) | |
| Delaware | Masonville | 34.27 |  NY 8 |
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| Village of Walton | 49.97 |  NY 10 south |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| 50.46 | NY 10 north |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Downsville | 60.15 |  NY 30 south |
Western terminus of overlap | |
| 63.25 | NY 30 north |
Eastern terminus of overlap | ||
| Sullivan | Roscoe | 74.57 | NY 17 |
Exit 94 (NY 17) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 121 to NY 213 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930/31 and 1931/32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930/31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
- ^ Bosch, Adam; June 23, 2007; "Flash flood recovery continues; second body is found"; Times-Herald Record; retrieved June 24, 2007.
- ^ Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1938/39 edition, (W.A. Thibodeau, 1938).
- ^ United States Geological Survey. Binghamton, NY Quadrangle [map], 1:250,000, Eastern United States 1:250,000. (1948) Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
