New York State Route 210

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NY Route 210
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 4.04 mi[1] (6.50 km)
Formed: 1930[2]
South end: Passaic CR 511 at Warwick
North end: NY 17A in Greenwood Lake
Counties: Orange
Numbered highways in New York
< US 209 NY 211 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

New York State Route 210 is a state highway in Orange County, New York. It runs from the New Jersey state line (where it continues south as Passaic County Route 511) along the west shore of Greenwood Lake to the village of Greenwood Lake itself, where it ends at a junction with NY 17A. It was once much longer in length as it originally extended east along NY 17A and Orange and Rockland County Routes 106 to Stony Point. NY 210 was truncated to its current length in 1982. Prior to becoming NY 210 in 1930, the road alongside Greenwood Lake was part of the 1920s NY 55.

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[edit] Route description

NY 210 commences at the New York-New Jersey state line in the town of Warwick, where it connects to Passaic County Route 511. Like CR 511 in New Jersey, NY 210 is the primary lakeside roadway along Greenwood Lake, an interstate lake located roughly equally in New Jersey and New York. NY 210 heads north from the state line along the western edge of the base of a deep valley surrounding the lake to a community known as Indian Park, entirely situated on the steep incline leading away from the lake. The route continues on to the village of Greenwood Lake, located at the northern tip of the lake. NY 210 enters the village center from the west on Jersey Avenue, then turns northeast after four blocks onto Windermere Avenue. The route terminates nine blocks later upon intersecting NY 17A.[3]

[edit] History

Old NY 210 sign assembly on a side road ahead of Rockland CR 106
Old NY 210 sign assembly on a side road ahead of Rockland CR 106

In the late 1920s, what is now NY 210 was originally designated as part of New York State Route 55, a connector between NY 17 in Goshen and the New Jersey state line.[4][5] In the 1930 renumbering, NY 55 was incorporated into two longer routes: NY 210 from New Jersey to Greenwood Lake and NY 17A from Greenwood Lake to Goshen.[6] East of Greenwood Lake, NY 17A and NY 210 both continued over a previously unnumbered roadway to Southfields, where the routes intersected NY 17. NY 17A terminated here, completing the alternate loop of NY 17;[2] however, NY 210 continued onward past NY 17 to Stony Point, where it came to an end at U.S. Route 9W (and later U.S. Route 202) on the banks of the Hudson River.[7]

On April 1, 1980, ownership and maintenance of the portion of NY 210 from NY 17 to the Orange-Rockland county line was transferred from New York State to Orange County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[8] Two years later, the portion of the route within Rockland County was turned over from the state to the county.[9] As a result, NY 210 was truncated to the former western terminus of its overlap with NY 17A in Greenwood Lake.[10] The former routing of NY 210 is now designated as County Route 106 in both Orange and Rockland Counties.[11][12]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Orange Town of Warwick 0.00 Passaic CR 511 Continuation into New Jersey
Greenwood Lake 4.04 NY 17A

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) p. 256. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  2. ^ a b Leon A. Dickinson. "New Signs for State Highways", New York Times, 1930-01-12, p. 136. 
  3. ^ Google Maps. Overview map of NY 210 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  4. ^ Automobile Blue Book, (Automobile Blue Books Inc., Chicago, 1927), Vol. 1
  5. ^ Automobile Blue Books, Inc. Automobile Blue Book - Volume Three [map]. (1929) Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Sun Oil Company. Road Map & Historical Guide - New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. (1935)
  8. ^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 341. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  9. ^ Myles, William J., Harriman Trails, A Guide and History, The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, New York, N.Y., 1999.
  10. ^ Rand McNally. New York [map]. (1985) ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
  11. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Sloatsburg Quadrangle - New York [map]. (1990) Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  12. ^ New York State Department of Transportation. Thiells Quadrangle - New York [map]. (1990) Retrieved on 2008-03-14.