New York State Route 341 Explained

State:NY
Type:NY 1927
Route:341
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:NY 341 highlighted in red
Length Mi:4.71
Maint:NYSDPW
Deleted:1940s
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Pawling village
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Connecticut state line in Pawling town
Counties:Dutchess
Previous Type:NY
Previous Route:340
Next Type:NY
Next Route:342

New York State Route 341 (NY 341) was an east–west state highway located in Dutchess County, New York, in the United States. It extended for 4.71miles from an intersection with NY 22 and NY 55 in the village of Pawling to the Connecticut state line in the town of Pawling. At the state line, NY 341 continued eastward into Sherman, Connecticut, as a town road named Wakeman Road. The route crossed a largely undeveloped section of the county, utilizing parts of Quaker Hill Road, Mizzentop Road, and Kirby Hill Road.

NY 341 was originally designated as part of NY 55 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The highway remained part of NY 55 until when that route was realigned to pass through Wingdale on its way to Connecticut. The old routing of NY 55 was renumbered to NY 341, which remained in place until it was removed in the 1940s. The alignment of NY 341 is now maintained by Dutchess County as parts of County Route 67 (CR 67), CR 66, and County Route 67A.

Route description

NY 341 began at an intersection with NY 22 and NY 55 in the village of Pawling. The highway headed eastward along Quaker Hill Road, exiting the village as it wound its way through a mountainous, undeveloped portion of the town of Pawling. It traversed a hairpin turn at Reservoir Road prior to entering Mizzen Top, a small hamlet 1miles west of the Connecticut state line. Here, the route straightened out ahead of a T-intersection with Mizzentop Road. It turned south here, passing by the handful of homes comprising the community before turning back to the east at a junction with Kirby Hill Road and Church Street. Now on Kirby Hill Road, NY 341 proceeded generally eastward over rolling hills to the Connecticut state line, where the NY 341 designation terminated and the right-of-way continued eastward as Wakeman Road towards Sherman.

History

When NY 55 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it continued east from Pawling to the Connecticut state line via Quaker Hill Road.[1] NY 55 was realigned to follow NY 22 north to Wingdale, where it turned east to follow its current alignment to Connecticut. The former routing of NY 55 east of Pawling became NY 341.[2] [3] The NY 341 designation remained in place until the 1940s when it was removed.[4] [5] The former routing of NY 341 is now maintained by Dutchess County as CR 67 (for Quaker Hill Road), a short portion of CR 66 (Mizzentop Road) and CR 67A (Kirby Hill Road).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Road Map of New York . 1930 . . General Drafting.
  2. Texaco Road Map – New England . . 1933 . Rand McNally and Company.
  3. Road Map of New York . Texas Oil Company . 1934 . Rand McNally and Company.
  4. Map of New York . . 1940 . H.M. Gousha Company.
  5. New York with Pennsylvania . Texas Oil Company . 1946 . Rand McNally and Company.