line before veering to the west and passing into Ulster County and the town of Shawangunk. Within the town, the last on NY 300, the route trends in a more westerly direction toward Wallkill. The route ends just shy of the hamlet at a junction with NY 208 northeast of the community. History Designation The east–west portion of modern NY 300 from Wallkill to Cronomer Valley was taken over by the state of New York by 1926 and designated as NY 300 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At some point between 1942 and 1954, NY 300 was extended southeastward to U.S. Route 9W at the Newburgh city limits, creating a overlap with NY 32 from Cronomer Valley to US 9W. NY 300 terminated at this point while NY 32 continued south along US 9W as it does to this day. Motorists proceeding straight at this intersection had a direct route to the Newburgh waterfront and the Newburgh–Beacon Ferry across the Hudson River. The intersection of Plank Road (NY 32) and Albany Post Road (US 9W) was reconfigured slightly as part of the construction of Interstate 84 and the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. In order to avoid crossing under the freeway at exit 39, the section of Plank Road carrying NY 32 and NY 300 was relocated to the north of I-84. As a result, it now intersects with US 9W about north of the old intersection. When the bridge and I-84 were completed through Newburgh in 1963, the concurrency between NY 32 and NY 300 was abolished and NY 300 was truncated back to its original terminus at Cronomer Valley. Southward extension Prior to 1980, most of what is now NY 300 south of Cronomer Valley—namely Plattekill Turnpike, Union Avenue and Temple Hill Road—was maintained by Orange County as parts of several county routes. Plattekill Turnpike and Union Avenue were designated as CR 28 from Cronomer Valley to NY 52, CR 10 from there to I-84, and CR 38 from NY 17K to NY 207 east of Stewart International Airport. Temple Hill Road, meanwhile, was designated as CR 59. The section of Union Avenue between I-84 and NY 17K was state-maintained as an unsigned reference route. On April 1, 1980, the state of New York assumed ownership and maintenance of CR 10, CR 28, CR 38, and CR 59 as part of a highway maintenance