New York State Route 256

New York State Route 256
Map of Livingston County in the Finger Lakes Region of New York with NY 256 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	21.08 mi (33.92 km)
Existed:	1930 – present
Major junctions
South end:	NY 63 in Dansville
	US 20A on Geneseo–Livonia town line
North end:	NY 15 on Geneseo–Livonia town line
Location
Counties:	Livingston
Highway system
New York Highways Interstate U.S. State Reference Parkways ← NY 255 NY 257 →

New York State Route 256 (NY 256) is a north–south state highway located within Livingston County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 21.08 miles (33.92 km) across mostly rural terrain from an intersection with NY 63 in the village of Dansville to a junction with NY 15 on the Geneseo–Livonia town line. The northern half of NY 256, named West Lake Road, passes along the western shore of Conesus Lake. NY 256 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to an alignment extending from Groveland to modern U.S. Route 20A (US 20A) west of Lakeville. It was extended north to its current northern terminus c. 1940 and south to Dansville in stages during the 1930s and 1940s.

NY 256 begins at an intersection with NY 63 in the village of Dansville. It initially heads northeastward on Perine Street, following it past five residential blocks to a junction with Health Street on the northeastern edge of the village. Perine Street ends here; however, NY 256 continues to the north on Health Street, following the street out of both Dansville and the Canaseraga Creek valley that contains the village. Outside of the valley, the route travels north through the rural towns of North Dansville and Sparta, passing by farmland on its way to a junction with County Route 71 (CR 71), once designated as NY 255. While CR 71 heads northeast toward the hamlet of Conesus, NY 256 continues northwest to serve Scottsburg, a small community in the far northwestern corner of the town of Sparta.