New York State Route 306 (NY 306) is a north–south
state highway
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in western
Rockland County, New York
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, in the United States. NY 306 runs from
NY 59 in the
hamlet
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of
Monsey to
U.S. Route 202 (US 202) in Ladentown, on the western boundary of the village of
Pomona. The road is currently long; however, it originally extended south to the
New Jersey
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state line and north to Willow Grove Road (former
NY 210) when it was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.
Route description
NY 306 begins at
NY 59 in the
Ramapo hamlet of
Monsey and proceeds north as Main Street through part of the business district of Monsey. After passing Maple Avenue in the Jewish village of
Kaser, NY 306 becomes Monsey–Ladentown Road for the rest of its run. NY 306 quickly leaves the small village and reenters the town of Ramapo.
Roughly north of Kaser, NY 306 intersects
County Route 74 (CR 74). Ramapo High School is located just east of NY 306 on CR 74. NY 306 then passes a large cemetery called Church of the West Hempstead Cemetery. NY 306 continues north past
CR 80, and enters the village of
Wesley Hills. There it passes a small shopping center, and proceeds into residential areas. Finally, NY 306 enters
Pomona at
CR 86. The route ends shortly afterward at
US 202.
History
When NY 306 was assigned as part of the
1930 renumbering of state highways in New York,
it extended from the
New Jersey
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state line in the south to Willow Grove Road (then part of
NY 210) in the north via East Saddle River Road, Monsey–Ladentown Road, and Call Hollow Road.
NY 306 was truncated to its current northern terminus at
US 202 in
Ramapo (now part of the village of
Pomona)
and to its modern southern end at
NY 59 in
Monsey . The former extensions of NY 306 are now largely maintained by
Rockland County
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as
CR 73 (East Saddle River Road) and
CR 75 (Call Hollow Road north of the Ramapo town line).
The current southern terminus of NY 306 in Monsey was the proposed southwestern terminus of the Spring Valley Bypass, a bypass of
NY 45 and
NY 59 that was never built.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Transportation in Rockland County, New York