History
NY 249 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It initially began at U.S. Route 20 (now NY 5) in Farnham and ended at NY 18 (now U.S. Route 62) in North Collins even though the portion of modern NY 249 east of North Collins was also state-maintained as well. NY 249 was extended east to its current eastern terminus at the hamlet of Langford by the following year following the assignment of NY 18A (now part of NY 75).
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