New York State Route 312 (NY 312) is a short

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connecting U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and

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within the town of

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in Putnam County,

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. It allows indirect access to the village of Brewster from Interstate 84 (I-84), and is often heavily used by local residents at

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in preference to the more complicated nearby access to

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. The western terminus of the route is at US 6 roughly northwest of Brewster, and the eastern is in the hamlet of Sears Corners. The designation NY 312 was originally assigned to what is now NY 164 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York before being shifted south to its current location in 1937.

Route description

NY 312 begins at US 6 in

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just northeast of

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, one of the many reservoirs in Putnam County which supply

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's large need for drinking water. The route heads northeast, before veering to the north after a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) to bypass a hill high. Past the hill, the route curves eastward then northeastward as it meets

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by way of an interchange and approaches the hamlet of Dykemans. In Dykemans, NY 312 serves the

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station, located on the railroad's

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. Just north of the station, NY 312 turns almost due east as it crosses the Harlem Line

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and exits Dykemans. from the railroad crossing, the route intersects North Brewster Road ( County Road 58 or CR 58) and Farm to Market Road ( CR 62) in the hamlet of Brewster Hill. From here, it travels along the northern edge of

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, another large reservoir which supplies drinking water to New York City. NY 312 proceeds east to the hamlet of Sears Corners, where it terminates at

History

NYS Route 312 - Interstate 84 Sign - Southeast, New York

All of modern NY 312 was originally designated as part of

NY 52 New York State Route 52 (NY 52) is a state highway in the southeastern part of the state. It generally runs from west to east through five counties, beginning at the Pennsylvania state line in the Delaware River near Narrowsburg, cros ...

in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.''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 At the same time, the NY 312 designation was assigned to the entirety of what is now NY 164. The NY 312 designation was shifted southward to its current alignment in May 1937 after NY 52 was truncated to

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