page_title: New York State Route 166
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: New York State Route 166 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: US 20 at the northern terminus of NY 166 cherry valley,ny
context_page_description: New York State Route 166 is a north–south state highway in Otsego County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 20.96 miles from NY 28 in the village of Milford to U.S. Route 20 north of the village of Cherry Valley. Much of NY 166's southern portion is near Cooperstown, and various county routes serve as connectors between NY 166 and Cooperstown. In Cherry Valley, NY 166 intersects the former western terminus of the First Great Western Turnpike. After passing under US 20, the road continues as County Route 32, which becomes County Route 82 at the Montgomery County line, north to Sprout Brook in Montgomery County, where it meets NY 163. NY 166 is a two-lane highway its entire length.
context_section_description: When NY 166 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it began at NY 28 in the village of Milford and ended at Main Street (US 20) in the village of Cherry Valley. Construction began in the early 1950s on a new divided highway alignment for US 20 that bypassed Cherry Valley to the north. The highway was completed in the mid-1950s, at which time NY 166 was extended northward to meet the new highway. Since then there have been talks to extend NY 166 to NY 163 in Sprout Brook to provide a link with Interstate 90.
  In March 1968, Otsego County and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced that they were to trade maintenance of several routes in the county. As part of the deal, the state would acquire CR 13 from the Chenango County line to Morris and CR 33 from Cooperstown to NY 166, a total of 18.5 miles (29.8 km) of roadway. In return, the state would turn over maintenance of NY 166 from the Milford line to NY 165, a distance of 14.4 miles (23.2 km).
caption: View of NY 166 / US 20 interchange north of Cherry Valley
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