Current and historic US Highway ends
in and near Milford PA

Photo credits: Chris Elbert; Cameron Kaiser

When the US routes were first marked out in 1926, the north end of US 209 was at its junction with US 6 in Milford PA. In the mid-1930's, US 209 was extended north from Milford. But right about that same time, US 206 was commissioned, and its north terminus was at the same intersection where US 209 had previously ended. In fact, it may still end there - signage in the field makes it impossible to be certain. We'll start with a photo looking south on Broad Street at Harford Street:

Elbert, July 2006

US 6 and US 209 join in Port Jervis NY (about 8 miles northeast of Milford), cross the Delaware River to Matamoras PA, and then head southwest together into Milford. This is westbound US 6 (which continues to the right on Harford) and southbound US 209 (which continues to the left). Originally to the left on Harford was the north beginning of US 209. Later it was the north beginning of US 206, although this assembly indicates that today you have to go south a ways on US 209 before you reach US 206. Same with the signage heading east on US 6:

Kaiser, July 2006

That's looking east on Harford. US 6 continues to the left on Broad, and that's northbound US 209 as well. Straight ahead is southbound US 209 - that was once the north beginning of US 209, and later the north beginning of US 206. Here again, it would seem that US 206 begins somewhere south of here. But look what happens if you continue straight ahead on southbound US 209:

Elbert, July 2006

The confirming assembly indicates that we're on US 206 after all. Ahead less than a mile, we reach the junction where the two routes diverge:

Elbert, July 2006

To the left may officially be the north beginning of US 206 now, but as you can see, various signs in the area are not in agreement. In the distance, you can see the backsides of some other signs - the frontsides are shown in the photos below, which were taken from northbound US 209:

Elbert, July 2006

That particular sign doesn't say anything about US 206 continuing ahead, nor does the next assembly posted ahead at the gore:

Elbert, July 2006

(US 209 is misidentified as PA 209 there.) But more to the point: look at the overhead sign in the distance - that one implies that US 206 does continue ahead. That sign is also visible if you look closely in the lower-right corner of the photo below:

Kaiser, July 2006

That was taken coming across the toll bridge from Montague NJ. Signage here also indicates that US 206 does not end at this junction, but rather continues north into Milford, where the road aligns with Harford. However, at Harford's junction with Broad, there is no "End US 206" sign...

Elbert, July 2006

...only directions for US 6 and US 209. Edward Fitzgerald wrote to say that, during the 1960's, he distinctly remembers US 206 being multiplexed with US 209 all the way up to this junction. So this is at least an historic endpoint of US 206, and before that it was also the north end of US 209. Technically this should still be the north end of US 206, because that route should connect with its implied "parent" (US 6). For more photos from these junctions, please visit Tim Reichard's page.