It passed by open, cultivated fields and small pockets of residences as it proceeded through rural northwestern Monroe County.

[7][8] The route terminated 500 feet (150 m) north of Cook Road at the southern boundary of Hamlin Beach State Park.

The physical roadway continued into the park and to nearby Lake Ontario as a local highway.

[4] This changed in the late 1940s and early 1950s following the construction of the Lake Ontario State Parkway, a lakeshore highway connecting the park to NY 261 in Greece.

[9][10] The parkway began east of NY 215 at Moscow Road and provided a direct connection to Hamlin Beach State Park from Greece,[11] and eventually Rochester.

Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007.