Northbound truck drivers were forced to travel in low gear, and three runaway truck ramps were constructed at the tight curves along the highway for trucks whose brakes had failed. Additionally, the existing signage along the road was supplemented by new warning signs. More substantial changes to the road were suggested as early as March 1958 when several local grange halls petitioned then-Governor W. Averell Harriman to eliminate the curves altogether by straightening the road. In 1964, NYSDPW unveiled plans for a new bypass that would avoid the accident-prone route and meet NY 5S at an interchange west of Sprakers. The contract for the $2.4 million project (equivalent to $ in 2020) was let in January 1967, and the highway took about two years to construct. Sprakers Hill Road is now maintained by Montgomery County as CR 108.