Route 256

Traveling wholly within Livingston County, New York Route 256 runs 21.03 miles north from NY 63 in Dansville to NY 15 northwest of Lakeville. Leaving the village of Dansville, the state route runs across agricultural areas and timberland through the town of Sparta. North from the community of Scottsburg, NY 256 passes through western reaches of Conesus and northeastern Groveland. Straddling the west side of Conesus Lake, NY 256 continues to U.S. 20A east of I-390 and west of Livonia.

Five blocks east of Main Street (NY 63), NY 256 turns from Perine Street onto Health Street.
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NY 256 heads north from Dansville 11 miles to Conesus and 18 miles to Livonia. Dansville's Castle on the Hill lies on the hillside just beyond the initial stand of trees.
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Depot Road, an old alignment of NY 256, branches from the state route just ahead this reassurance marker.
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NY 256 (Health Street) passes through northern reaches of North Dansville along a 0.29 mile stretch between Dansville and the Sparta town line.
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Mainly serving agricultural interests, Livingston County Route 29 leads northward to Reeds Corners and CR 38 (Liberty Pole Road).
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Church Road west and Sparta Center Road east come together at NY 256. Turning north alongside NY 256, Sparta Center Road represents another old alignment of the route.
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County Route 71 represents the former alignment of NY 255, a state route decommissioned in 1995.1
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NY 256 progresses northwest toward Scottsburg.
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CR 1 (Scottsburg Road) west and CR 1A (Springwater Road) east converge with SR 256 at the settlement of Scottsburg.
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CR 1 leads west to NY 63 at Groveland. CR 1A heads east to CR 71 (Stagecoach Road) at CR 38 (Liberty Pole Road).
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Leaving Scottsburg along NY 256 northbound.
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NY 265 (W Lake Road) runs alongside Conesus Inlet Wildlife Management Area northward from CR 33 to Conesus Lake.
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Following the west side of Conesus Lake, NY 256 (West Lake Road) next meets CR 45 (Maple Beach Road).
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Livingston County Route 45 meanders northwest to East Groveland, and CR 10 (Groveland Road) northwest to Geneseo.
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Cottages and lakefront homes line the east side of the W Lake Road as NY 256 passes through Cottonwood and Long Point.
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CR 32 (Long Point Road) joins NY 256 (W Lake Road) at Long Point with CR 10 (Groveland Road) outside Geneseo.
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Staddling the Geneseo and Livonia town line, NY 256 (W Lake Road) diverges from Conesus Lake northward to U.S. 20A at Lakeville.
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U.S. 20A east follows Big Tree Road east to NY 15 north of Pebble Beach. The two overlap 2.17 miles east into the village of Livonia.
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U.S. 20A west follows Lakeville Road 1.16 miles to Interstate 390 at Exit 8 and six miles to Geneseo.
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A second reassurance marker for NY 256 (W Lake Road) was posted just north of U.S. 20A at Sonora Way and the Lakeville Village subdivision.
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NY 15 (Rochester Road) converges with the north end of NY 256 (W Lake Road) just beyond Lima Road. NY 15 follows old U.S. 15 north to Rochester. U.S. 15 was truncated south to Painted Post in 1974.
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NY 15 (Rochester Road) leads south back into Lakeville at Conesus Lake and north to I-390 at Exit 9 and U.S. 20/NY 5 at East Avon.
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Page Updated Thursday March 19, 2020.