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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000855887-11-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110118
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110118
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20110118

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000855887
		IRS NUMBER:				051287040
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-01218
		FILM NUMBER:		11532353

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		200 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129228297

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DREYFUS CORP
		STREET 2:		200 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
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Exchange Commission</font></p>

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Intention to</font></p>

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Securities</font></p>

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<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dreyfus Strategic
Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. </font></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">200 Park Avenue</font></p>

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York, NY 10166</font></p>

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the </font></p>

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Company Act of 1940, As Amended</font></p>

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Company Act File No. 811-5877</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">The undersigned registered
closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as
set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and states that it is filing this
notice pursuant to permission granted by the Commission staff fewer than 30
days prior to the date set for redemption.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.5pt;">(1)</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Title of the class of securities of Dreyfus Strategic Municipal
Bond Fund, Inc. &#160;(the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) to be redeemed:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:1.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Auction Rate
Preferred Shares, Liquidation Preference $25,000 per share, Series A (CUSIP #26202F
20 6), Series B (CUSIP #26202F 30 5), and Series C (CUSIP #26202F 40 4)(the
&#8220;Preferred Shares&#8221;).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.5pt;">(2)</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.5pt;">(3)</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to
which the securities are to be redeemed:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:1.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">The Preferred Shares
are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4 (a) (i) of the Articles Supplementary,
dated September 22, 1999, of the Fund.</font></p>

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redeem, pro-rata by series (subject to the methodology employed by The
Depository Trust Company and the underlying broker-dealers, in a manner that is
fair and equitable to all holders), the number and amount of outstanding Preferred
Shares set forth below:</font></p>

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of</font></p>

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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:12.0pt;">32</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Fund has duly caused this
Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by
undersigned on this 18th day of January, 2011.</font></p>

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STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL</font></p>

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FUND, INC. &#160;</font></p>

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Robert R. Mullery___________</font></u></p>

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