New York State Route 343 (NY 343) is a state highway in Dutchess County, in the Hudson Valley of the U.S. state of New York. It runs east–west from the intersection of NY 82 in the village of Millbrook to the Connecticut state line in the hamlet of Amenia, where Connecticut Route 343 continues briefly eastward. It was originally the Dover branch of the Dutchess Turnpike, a 19th-century transportation route between Litchfield County, Connecticut, and the city of Poughkeepsie. NY 343 was designated in 1930, connecting Amenia to the state line, but was relocated a few years later onto the portion of NY 200 from South Millbrook to the hamlet of Dover Plains. Landmarks along the way include the Silo Ridge Country Club in the hamlet of Wassaic, Beekman Park in Amenia, and the Troutbeck Conference Center in the hamlet of Leedsville. Connecticut Route 343 passes through more rural and residential areas into the town of Sharon, Connecticut, where it terminates at a junction with Route 4 and Route 41.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_343

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1493:

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_caetera

1780:

The first running of the Epsom Derby took place, won by Diomed, owned by Charles Bunbury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780_Epsom_Derby

1942:

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy engaged Allied naval forces at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first fleet action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea

1988:

A fire at an industrial plant in Henderson, Nevada, U.S., caused tons of Space Shuttle fuel to explode, resulting in two deaths, 372 injuries, and $100 million in damage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster

2000:

Ken Livingstone took office as the first Mayor of London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

padawan: 1. An apprentice or student Jedi. 2. (by extension, humorous) Any apprentice or student. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/padawan

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so.   --Jane Jacobs https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs