Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later orga ...

maintains a system of signed

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s primarily to serve local traffic between the various communities in the county. Route numbers below 100 generally increase progressively based on the alphabetical order of the towns where they are primarily located, beginning with Amenia and ending with

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; however, several exceptions exist. The newer routes numbered 100 and up do not follow this pattern. County routes in Dutchess County never enter

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and only a few enter

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. Routes are signed with the

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-standard yellow-on-blue pentagon route marker. These pentagon markers began to appear through the county in 1985.

Routes 1–50

Routes 51–100

Routes 101 and up

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