New York State Route 301

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NY Route 301
Length:	19.04 mi[1] (30.64 km)
West end:	NY 9D in Cold Spring
Major junctions:	US 9 in Philipstown Taconic Pkwy in Putnam Valley
East end:	NY 52 in Carmel
Counties:	Putnam
Numbered highways in New York < NY 300 NY 302 > Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference
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New York State Route 301 is an intra-county state highway stretching across three-quarters of Putnam County. The western terminus of NY 301 is at NY 9D in Cold Spring. The eastern terminus is at NY 52.

[edit] Route description

The western terminus of Route 301 is at a four-way junction with 9D in Cold Spring. At the intersection, Morris Avenue enters from the north, Chestnut Street comes in from the south, and Main Street enters from the west and leaves to the east. NY 301 follows Main east from the junction.

NY 301 and Main Street climb the one mile hill into Nelsonville, where the route remains Main Street as it continues back into the township of Philipstown. It crosses US 9, locally Albany Post Road, at Mekeel Corners and continues northeast into the woods of the Clarence Fahnestock State Park.

It skirts the southern bank of Lake Canopus before crossing the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley. Three and one-half miles further northeast, NY 301 splits right, or to the southeast, from Farmers Mills Road to hug the western shore of Boyds Corner Reservoir and a mile later follows the inside of the western fork of the West Branch Reservoir before bisecting the body of water via causeway and ending at NY 52, Gleneida Avenue, in the county seat of Carmel. At the far end of the junction is the Putnam County Courthouse.

The eastern terminus of NY 301 is just a quarter mile north from the eastern terminus of NY 52 at U.S. Route 6.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Putnam	Cold Spring	0.00	NY 9D
	Nelsonville	0.98	CR 10
	Philipstown	2.48	US 9	Exit 18 (I-84)
	Putnam Valley	8.63	Taconic State Parkway	NY 301 runs along northern town line
	Kent	11.80	CR 42
		13.91	CR 21	Hamlet of Kent Cliffs
	Carmel	19.04	NY 52

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