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New York State Route 208
New York State Route 208 (NY 208) is a state highway located in southern New York (state), New York in the United States. The southern terminus is at an intersection with New York State Route 17M, NY 17M in the Orange County, New York, Orange County village of Monroe (village), New York, Monroe. Its northern terminus is located at an intersection with New York State Route 32, NY 32 and New York State Route 299, NY 299 in the Ulster County, New York, Ulster County village of New Paltz (village), New York, New Paltz. NY 208 is a two-lane road for its entire length. While connecting two bustling villages and passing through three others, it is primarily a country road and offers a variety of scenery and points of interest, from fields and meadows to a riverside stretch and orchards devoted to apples. The northern third, between Wallkill, Ulster County, New York, Wallkill and New Paltz, boasts a near-continuous view of the Shawangunk Ridge. Route descript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe (village), New York
Monroe is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 9,343 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY- NJ- CT- PA Combined Statistical Area. The community is named not after President James Monroe; rather its name is taken from that of an early 19th-century New York state senator. The Village of Monroe is in the northwestern part of the Town of Monroe by NY Route 17 (soon to be Interstate 86) and US 6. NY 17M is its main street. History The former Village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County officially split from Monroe, New York on New Year's Day 2019, becoming the Town of Palm Tree, New York. Palm Tree came into being as a result of a 2017 referendum in which more than 80% of Monroe voters opted to branch off into their own town, the paper reported. Palm Tree — all 220 acres and roughly 20,000 residents of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
