New York State Route 308

New York State Route 308
New York State Route 308
	Map of the Rhinebeck area with NY 308 highlighted in red and NY 982M in blue
Route information
	Maintained by NYSDOT
Length	6.19 mi (9.96 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
West end	US 9 in Rhinebeck
	NY 9G in Rhinebeck
East end	NY 199 in Red Hook
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Dutchess
Highway system
	New York Highways; Interstate; US; State; Reference; Parkways;

New York State Route 308 (NY 308) is a short state highway, 6.19 miles (9.96 km) in length, located entirely in northern Dutchess County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is a major collector road through a mostly rural area, serving primarily as a shortcut for traffic from the two main north–south routes in the area, U.S. Route 9 (US 9) and NY 9G, to get to NY 199 and the Taconic State Parkway. The western end of NY 308 is located within Rhinebeck's historic district, a 2.6-square-mile (6.7 km²) historic district comprising 272 historical structures. The highway passes near the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, several historical landmarks, and briefly parallels the Landsman Kill.

Artifacts found near Lake Sepasco, near NY 308's eastern terminus at Rock City, date to about 1685, when the Sepasco Native Americans built the Sepasco Trail from the Hudson River, eastward through modern-day Rhinebeck (then Sepasco or Sepascoot) to the lake, following roughly NY 308 and its side roads. The trail remained until 1802, when part of the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike—also known as the Salisbury Turnpike—was chartered over the trail and extended from Salisbury, Connecticut, to the Susquehanna River at or near the Town of Jericho (now Bainbridge).

NY 308 was designated as part of the 1930 renumbering of New York state highways, incorporating a portion of the former Ulster and Delaware Turnpike. The route originally extended from Milan westward to Rhinecliff to serve a ferry landing on the Hudson River. It was truncated to US 9 in the 1960s, but its former routing to Rhinecliff is still state-maintained as an unsigned reference route. The highway was also intended to cross the Hudson via the Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge until plans were changed to involve other routes and the site for the bridge was moved about 3 miles (5 km) upriver.

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^ Automobile Legal Association (1930). Automobile Green Book: Road Reference and Tourists' Guide of All States East of Mississippi River, Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces (1930–1931 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. OCLC 24448978. The 1930–1931 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering.
^ Automobile Legal Association (1931). Automobile Green Book: Road Reference and Tourists' Guide of All States East of Mississippi River, Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces (1931–1932 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. OCLC 1051679017.

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[gb30-2] Automobile Legal Association (1930). Automobile Green Book: Road Reference and Tourists' Guide of All States East of Mississippi River, Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces (1930–1931 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. OCLC 24448978. The 1930–1931 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering.

[gb31-3] Automobile Legal Association (1931). Automobile Green Book: Road Reference and Tourists' Guide of All States East of Mississippi River, Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces (1931–1932 ed.). Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co. OCLC 1051679017.

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