 New York State Route 216 | ||||
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 Map of Dutchess County in eastern New York with NY 216 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.22 mi[1] (10.01 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 52 in East Fishkill | |||
| East end |  NY 55 in Beekman | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Dutchess | |||
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New York State Route 216 (NY 216) is a short state highway located entirely in Dutchess County, New York, in the United States. At 6.22 miles (10.01 km) in length, it connects NY 52 and NY 55 between the hamlets of Stormville (within the town of East Fishkill) at the west end and Poughquag (within the town of Beekman) at the east. The route serves the hamlet of Green Haven and passes by the Green Haven Correctional Facility.
Route 216 was originally part of NY 39 in the 1920s. The portion of NY 39 from Stormville to West Patterson was redesignated as part of NY 52 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the same time, an alternate route of NY 52 between Stormville and Towners was assigned the NY 216 designation. The alignments of NY 52 and NY 216 between the two locations were largely swapped in 1937. In 1970, Route 216 was truncated to its current eastern terminus in Poughquag.