History
NY 116 was originally a much longer route when it was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the time, it began in Peekskill and followed modern US 202 east to Somers, from where it continued east over its current alignment to the Connecticut state line. In 1934, US 202 was designated and overlapped with NY 116 from Peekskill to Somers. The overlap was eliminated c. 1938 when NY 116 was truncated to its current western terminus in Somers.
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