into the town of Montgomery. NY 211 turns northeast and crosses the Wallkill River and passes south of the runway for the Orange County Airport, which is accessible at Dunn Road. Within distance of Dunn Road, NY 211 reaches the northern terminus of NY 416. Just after NY 416, the route crosses into the village of Montgomery. In the village, NY 211 boasts the name Union Street, crossing northwest through the commercial center of the village. Near River Street, the route bends downhill and crosses through the center of the village. As the route approaches the Wallkill River once again, it reaches a junction with NY 17K (Ward Street) at a t-intersection. This junction marks the eastern terminus of NY 211. History The section of what is now NY 211 from Middletown to Montgomery was first laid out as part of the Minisink and Montgomery Turnpike, chartered in 1809 to build a road from Montgomery to Carpenter's Point, now near Port Jervis. West of Middletown, the road is used, though a section along the Shawangunk Mountains has since been abandoned. The section of this turnpike from North Street (now NY 17M) in Middletown to Montgomery was originally designated as part of NY 8 when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. NY 8 continued south from Middletown to the New Jersey state line at Unionville on modern NY 284 and east from Montgomery to Newburgh on current NY 17K. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the portion of NY 8 southwest of Montgomery was renumbered to NY 84 while a previously unnumbered highway between Cuddebackville and NY 17 (modern NY 17M) in Middletown was designated as NY 211. The NY 84 designation was removed in May 1966 to eliminate numerical duplication with the under-construction Interstate 84. Its former routing from Middletown to Montgomery became an eastward extension of NY 211. The westernmost portion, according to a historical marker in Cuddebackville, follows the old Mount Hope and Lumberland Turnpike, built during the War of 1812. Major intersections See also References External links 211 Transportation in Orange County, New York