page_title: New York State Route 205
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: New York State Route 205 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: An old shield along New York State Route 205.
context_page_description: New York State Route 205 is a 23.24-mile-long north–south state highway in central Otsego County, New York, in the United States. It extends from Interstate 88 at exit 13 near the city of Oneonta to a junction with NY 28 and NY 80 in the town of Otsego. The latter junction also marks the east end of a 2.1-mile overlap between NY 205 and NY 80, from where NY 80 heads southeast to follow NY 28 to Cooperstown. NY 205 is a two-lane highway for its entire length and passes through the towns of Oneonta, Laurens and Hartwick.
  NY 205 originally began at NY 23 northwest of Oneonta when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. The route originally followed local, substandard roads surrounding Otego Creek; however, it was gradually moved onto its modern alignment over the course of the 1930s. It was officially extended southward from West Oneonta to connect to I-88 in 1970; however, it was not extended southward in reality until the mid-1970s. The extension created a short overlap with NY 23 west of the city.
context_section_description: NY 205 begins at exit 13 off I-88 just north of the Susquehanna River in the town of Oneonta. Southeast of I-88, the roadway continues for .13 miles (0.21 km) as NY 991D, an unsigned reference route. The two-lane NY 205 heads northwestward from the exit, crossing the Interstate Highway and passing north of an office park built up alongside the freeway. Another overpass brings NY 205 over the Delaware and Hudson Railway and leads to an intersection with NY 7 (Oneida Street), the main east–west surface road through the city of Oneonta. Past NY 7, the route turns northward, serving the former National Soccer Hall of Fame and another office park prior to crossing County Route 8 (CR 8, named Country Club Road). NY 205 continues on, passing through a residential area adjacent to Oneonta County Club and intersecting with NY 23 (Chestnut Street) at the club's eastern edge. NY 23 turns north at the junction, overlapping with NY 205 for about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the outskirts of the town.
  While NY 23 forks to the northwest to serve West Oneonta, NY 205 continues to run northward along the east side of Otego Creek through a rural section of Otsego County. It soon enters the town of Laurens, where it connects to CR 11A (Water Street) east of the village of Laurens. The short east–west county road is the only connection between NY 205 and the village, which is located on CR 11, a parallel route to NY 205 on the western bank of Otego Creek. NY 205 and CR 11 continue northeastward, following loosely parallel alignments to the hamlet of Mount Vision in the northern part of the town. In Mount Vision, NY 205 ducks northwest at an intersection with CR 46 and meets CR 11B (Mill Street), another connector between CR 11 and NY 205, near the Mount Vision Cemetery.
  After leaving Mount Vision, the two roads parallel each other into the town of Hartwick, where both intersect with another highway crossing Otego Creek, CR 11D. The roads enter the hamlet of Jones Crossing, intersecting with another crossroad, the locally maintained Jones Crossing Road. In the rural backdrop north of Jones Crossing, NY 205 intersects with CR 45's western terminus. The parallel alignments of NY 205 and CR 11 end a short distance to the north in the hamlet of Hartwick as CR 11 enters the community on the east–west Main Street and intersects NY 205 in the hamlet's center. CR 11 leaves NY 205 for good outside of Hartwick, continuing on a generally easterly track toward NY 28 south of Cooperstown, while NY 205 passes Hartwick Town Park and crosses over Otego Creek as it heads northward into the town of Otsego.
  In Otsego, NY 205 continues to run through mostly undeveloped areas to a junction with NY 80. NY 205 turns eastward here to follow NY 80 while NY 205's former northward right-of-way continues as a town highway named Raymond Fish Road. The two state routes initially head southeastward for roughly 1 mile (1.6 km); however, they soon curve to the northeast as they descend into a valley surrounding Oaks Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River. At the base of the valley, NY 80 and NY 205 meet NY 28, the primary north–south road through the area. NY 205 terminates here while NY 80 heads southeastward along NY 28, following the route through the hamlet of Oaksville toward Cooperstown.
  The section of NY 205 between I-88 and the northern terminus of the NY 23 overlap is the only section included in the National Highway System. The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility. The functional classification of NY 205 is Principal Arterial from I-88 to the northern overlap of NY 23, and Minor Arterial for the rest of its length. Functional classification is the process by which roads, streets, and highways are grouped into classes according to the character of service they provide.
caption: An old NY 205 reassurance marker just south of CR 11A in Laurens
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