Fix this immediately

call 331-5533 and tell them it needs to be filled now and is in the lane.

@ bubba; it is a state road, isn't that a county number?

"In the lane?" the craters cover the middle of the road, and both east and west - bound lanes, and the shoulders ...I know, no shoulders, even the white guidelines are eroded away.

After my car was damaged on that road (why I filed the report), I won't let my teenager (age 19!) drive on that road, not safe... car damage is one thing, but the life of my children is everything.

The last thing is something that is year round, the drainage (lack of) from Baileys Gap Road on down toward Chapel Hill Rd, is because there are no drainage ditches, and the driveways have no drainage. Drainage ditches are a must, and driveways need grates (with ditch underneath) so they don't drain onto the roadway.

I hope this entire stretch of road is redone: pavement, drainage ditches, shoulders, and move the phone poles back from the roadway.

RHR: Build a tunnel for your horses! 44/55 is supposed to be a major highway, not a horse trail!

That is the number for the NYS officewhich controls that area. You got a better chance of finding gold the the road getting fixed. There is no money for any work. Also government wont have to pay for car damage unless you advise them in writing of a problem. read the highway law.

@ Bubba: Thank you!

Here is the address (I think) to "make the state aware" of the craters that damage cars and cause crashes on Route 44/55 --send certified mail/return receipt requested:

Transportation Department
11 Quarry Street
Kingston, NY 12401-2813
Telephone: (845) 331-5533

I always wrote to the Poughkeepsie State DOT address... will try this one!

Both addresses will get the same result. A couple thugs will toss some stuff in the holes.

Hahaha, fixed? Not a chance; this section of road has become a death-trap. The shoulders are eroded, the road full of craters from one side to the other and right down the double-yellow.

Still not fixed! ...the road really needs drainage, and although I see some attempts at drainage, the roads and driveways (all of them) need culverts under them AND steel grates at the end so the water from the driveways does not flow over the 44/55 (the water flowing down/onto 44/55 from driveways and sideroads causes road icing, flooding, and erosion).

After drainage is addressed (hopefully over the spring and with steel grates at end of every driveway and sideroad), 44/55 needs to be made wider, have a shoulder that is at least three feet from the fogline, and resurfaced (from Rocking Horse Ranch on down to Chapel Hill Rd.

However, to repeat :) ...without properly addressing drainage (and runoff), the road will always be eroding and unsafe, any day of the year.

Please, please place steal slats for drainage at the end of each driveway and sideroad (and "u" culverts under each driveway and sideroad).... the current attempt at drainage is the same-old, same-old and making a mess of the roadway. The potholes are still there and getting worse... use caution while driving that section of 44/55.

Use even more caution, then hop on the detour because part of 44/55 has been washed out (gone) since end of August 2011; that "poor drainage issue" did in one interesction and took out another.

The washouts have been fixed, but the potholes mentioned above are worse.

I cannot believe the state is resurfacing roads that are OK, and ignoring (neglecting) 44/55, especially in the area of Baileys Gap Road to just West of Rocking Horse Ranch.

Why are the better state highways being repaved, while 44/55 remains a driving hazard? :Shakes Head:Sighs: My new car was damaged (front-end) on this road, same area; heading East, and just past Rocking Horse Ranch.

Please repave this road, it presents a danger to drivers.