 New York State Route 214 | ||||
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 NY 214 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 12.48 mi[1] (20.08 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Tourist routes | Mountain Cloves Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NY 28 in Shandaken | |||
| North end |  NY 23A near Tannersville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Ulster, Greene | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 214 (NY 214) is a 12.48-mile (20.08 km) long state highway through the Catskill Park sections of Ulster and Greene counties. The route begins at an intersection with NY 28 in the town of Shandaken, just southwest of the hamlet of Phoenicia. The route runs through the narrow mountain pass called Stony Clove Notch before reaching the town of Hunter, where it ends at NY 23A.
NY 214 was part of a tannery road constructed by Colonel William Edwards of Hunter in the late 1840s, opening by 1849. The road was upgraded in 1873 to the Stoney Clove Turnpike, which serviced hotels and resorts in the Catskills. In 1930, the route was designated as NY 214, but the part in Greene County was not state-maintained, instead by the county. From 1946 to 1956, the residents of the hamlet of Lanesville spent time fighting for NY 214 to be reconstructed due to being an unsafe dirt road for their children to attend school using their bus. After two sections were completed by 1952, the last section in Greene County was a political debate for four years over the New York State Department of Public Works delaying the project for a multitude of reasons. Construction of the final section finally commenced on July 16, 1956.
In 1994, it was proposed that NY 214 become part of a scenic byway and in 2013, the state of New York approved a bill creating the Mountain Cloves Scenic Byway, which is a 41-mile (66 km) byway with multiple branches serving the Catskill Mountains.