List of turnpikes in New York
Encyclopedia
This is a list of turnpikes
built and operated by private companies or non-profit turnpike trust
s in the U.S. state
of New York, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are still maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
Toll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
built and operated by private companies or non-profit turnpike trust
Turnpike trust
Turnpike trusts in the United Kingdom were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries...
s in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of New York, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are still maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
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Routing | Approximate modern designation | Notes |
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| Albany and Schenectady Turnpike | Albany - Schenectady | Route 5 | ||
| First Great Western Turnpike | Albany - Duanesburg - Esperance Esperance (village), New York Esperance is a village in Schoharie County, New York, USA. The population was 380 at the 2000 census. The village was given the French name for "hope."The Village of Esperance is in eastern part of the Town of Esperance... - Cherry Valley |
U.S. Route 20 | ||
| Columbia Turnpike | Hudson - Claverack - Hillsdale - Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... (Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike) |
Route 23B, Route 23 | ||
| Rensselaer and Columbia Turnpike | Rensselaer - Nassau Nassau (village), New York Nassau is a village located in the Town of Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York, USA. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.The Village of Nassau is in the south part of the county in the Town of Nassau... - Lebanon Springs |
U.S. Route 20 | ||
| Eastern Turnpike | Nassau Nassau (village), New York Nassau is a village located in the Town of Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York, USA. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.The Village of Nassau is in the south part of the county in the Town of Nassau... - Berlin - Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... (Williamstown Turnpike) |
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| Northern Turnpike | Lansingburgh - Cambridge Cambridge (village), New York Cambridge is a village in Washington County, New York, United States. The population was 1,925 at the 2000 census. The village of Cambridge is partly in the town of Cambridge and partly in the town of White Creek... - Salem - Granville; Salem - Vermont Vermont Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England... |
Route 40, Melrose Valley Falls Road, Northern Turnpike, Route 67, Turnpike Road, Route 22; (Side Tpke from Salem - County Route 153) | ||
| Seneca Turnpike | Utica - Oneida - Syracuse - Waterloo - Canandaigua Canandaigua (city), New York Canandaigua is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA, of which it is the county seat. The population was 11,264 at the 2000 census... |
Route 5, Turnpike Road, Route 5 | ||
| Susquehannah Turnpike Susquehannah Turnpike Susquehannah Turnpike is a historic 25 mile turnpike beginning at Catskill on the Hudson River and stretching through the town of Durham in Greene County, New York. Part of the route follows the Mohican Trail and it features a number of stone arch bridges. Nine of the 25 original milestones... |
Catskill Catskill (town), New York Catskill is a town in the southeast part of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,775 at the 2010 census. The western part of the town is in the Catskill Park.... - Cairo Cairo (town), New York Cairo is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 6,610 at the 2010 census. The town is in the south part of the county, partly in the Catskill Park. Cairo is named after Cairo in Egypt, but is pronounced "Care-o" .- History :... - Durham - Gilboa - Stamford - Treadwell Treadwell, New York The Hamlet of Treadwell, New York, is located in the town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York. Treadwell was formerly known as Croton. Treadwell is a small town near Oneonta.... - Unadilla Unadilla (village), New York Unadilla is a village located in the Town of Unadilla in Otsego County, New York, USA. The population was 1,127 at the 2000 census.The Village of Unadilla is located in the south part of the town, southwest of Oneonta... |
Route 32, Route 145, Durham Road, Gilboa Road, Route 23, Turnpike Road, Delhi-Leonta Road, Route 357 | ||
| Orange Turnpike | New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... (Franklin Turnpike) - Suffern - Sloatsburg - Harriman - Newburgh |
Route 17, Route 32 | ||
| Mohawk Turnpike | Schenectady - Amsterdam - Fonda - Palatine Bridge - Little Falls Little Falls (city), New York Little Falls is a city in Herkimer County, New York, USA. The population was 5,188 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a small cataract near the city.... - Herkimer - Utica |
Route 5 | ||
| Westchester Turnpike | Eastchester Eastchester, Bronx Eastchester is a working class neighborhood in the northeast Bronx borough of New York City in the United States. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 12... - New Rochelle - Mamaroneck Mamaroneck (town), New York Mamaroneck is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 29,156 at the 2010 census. There are two villages contained within the town: Larchmont and the Village of Mamaroneck... - Port Chester - Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... (Connecticut Turnpike) |
U.S. Route 1 | ||
| Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike The Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike was a turnpike road in southern New York in the United States. It ran from Newburgh on the Hudson River west to Cochecton on the Delaware River, where travelers could continue west through Pennsylvania on the Cochecton and Great Bend Turnpike toward Binghamton.... |
Newburgh - Montgomery - Wurtsboro - Monticello - Cohecton - Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... |
Route 17K, Route 17, Route 17B, Newburgh Turnpike | ||
| Flushing and Newtown Turnpike | Brooklyn - Maspeth | Flushing Avenue Flushing Avenue Flushing Avenue is an approximately five mile street running through northern Brooklyn and west central Queens beginning at the termination of Nassau Street, on the northern fringe of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending where it merges with Grand Avenue, in Maspeth. It divides the neighborhood of... |
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| Chenango Turnpike | ||||
| Oneida Turnpike | Vernon Vernon (village), New York Vernon is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,155 at the 2000 census.The Village of Vernon is located east of the center of the Town of Vernon at the junction of Routes 5 and 31.-History:... - Peterboro - Cazenovia |
Peterboro Road, Cody Road | ||
| Union Turnpike Union Turnpike (New York) Union Turnpike is a thoroughfare stretching across central and eastern Queens in New York City. It runs from Myrtle Avenue in Glendale to Marcus Avenue in North New Hyde Park, about a mile into Nassau County, New York. Initially designed as a toll road, it takes a straight-arrow path from Kew... |
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| Stephentown Turnpike | ||||
| New-Windsor and Blooming-Grove Turnpike | ||||
| Second Great Western Turnpike | ||||
| Quaker Hill Turnpike | ||||
| Troy and Schenectady Turnpike | Troy - Schenectady | Route 7 | ||
| Hudson Branch Turnpike | Hudson - Livingston | |||
| Ulster and Delaware Turnpike | Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... (Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike) - Millerton - Pine Plains - Rhinebeck - Kingston - Delhi Delhi (village), New York Delhi is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 2,583 at the 2000 census. Delhi is the county seat of Delaware County... - Walton - Bainbridge |
Beilke Road, Route 199, Salisbury Turnpike, Route 308, Route 28, Route 10, Route 206 | ||
| Dutchess Turnpike | Poughkeepsie - Pleasant Valley - Millbrook - Amenia - Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... (Goshen and Sharon Turnpike); Millbrook - Dover Plains |
U.S. Route 44, Route 343; Route 343 | ||
| Schoharie Turnpike | Athens - Freehold Freehold, New York Freehold is an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Greenville in Greene County, New York, United States. It has the ZIP Code 12431, and its own fire district.... - Oak Hill Oak Hill, New York Oak Hill is a hamlet in Greene County, New York, United States. Its elevation is . In the 2000 Census, the population of the ZCTA for its ZIP Code was 376. It has the ZIP Code 12460 and the area code 518.... - Middleburgh Middleburgh (village), New York Middleburgh is a village in Schoharie County, New York, USA. The population was 1,398 at the 2000 census.The Village of Middleburgh is in the southwest part of the Town of Middleburgh and is west of Albany.- History :... - Schoharie |
Schoharie Turnpike, Route 145, Route 30 | Split into the Eastern Branch and Western Branch on March 13, 1807 | |
| Canandaigua and Bath Turnpike | ||||
| Third Great Western Turnpike | ||||
| Highland Turnpike | ||||
| Susquehannah and Bath Turnpike | ||||
| Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike | ||||
| Fall-hill Turnpike | ||||
| Chatham Turnpike | ||||
| Coxsackie Turnpike | ||||
| Albany and Delaware Turnpike | ||||
| Little Delaware Turnpike | Catskill Catskill (town), New York Catskill is a town in the southeast part of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,775 at the 2010 census. The western part of the town is in the Catskill Park.... - Palenville - Tannersville - Prattsville - Grand Gorge - Roxbury - Bovina - Delhi Delhi (village), New York Delhi is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 2,583 at the 2000 census. Delhi is the county seat of Delaware County... |
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| Lake Erie Turnpike | ||||
| Fourth Great Western Turnpike | ||||
| Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike | ||||
| Cayuga Turnpike | ||||
| Ontario and Genesee Turnpike | ||||
| Onondaga Salt Spring Turnpike | ||||
| Great Northern Turnpike | ||||
| Delaware Road | ||||
| Newburgh and Chenango Turnpike | ||||
| Neversink Turnpike | ||||
| Popacton Turnpike | ||||
| Plattsburgh and Chateauguay Turnpike | ||||
| Utica Turnpike | ||||
| Rome Turnpike | ||||
| Greenfield Turnpike | ||||
| Farmers' Turnpike | ||||
| Ulster and Delaware First Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Waterford and Whitehall Turnpike | ||||
| Newburgh and New-Windsor Turnpike | ||||
| Schenectady and Ballstown Turnpike | ||||
| Unadilla Turnpike | ||||
| Jamaica and Rockaway Turnpike | ||||
| Canajoharie and Charleston Turnpike | ||||
| Hamilton and Scaneatelas Turnpike | ||||
| Highland Turnpike | ||||
| New-Baltimore and Rensselaerville Turnpike | ||||
| Mohawk Bridge and Ballstown Turnpike | ||||
| Waterford Turnpike | Waterford, Halfmoon, Clifton Park, Jonesville | Middletown Rd., Guideboard Rd., Plant Rd., Plank Rd., Kinns Rd., Carlton Rd., Main St. | ||
| Mexico Turnpike | ||||
| Middleburgh and Rensselaerville Turnpike | ||||
| Albany and Greene Turnpike | ||||
| Eastern Branch of the Schoharie Turnpike | See Schoharie Turnpike (1802) | |||
| Western Branch of the Schoharie Turnpike | See Schoharie Turnpike (1802) | |||
| Essex Turnpike | ||||
| Owego and Ithaca Turnpike | ||||
| Otsego and Broome Turnpike | ||||
| Salina and Chenango Turnpike | ||||
| Lake George Turnpike | ||||
| Groton Turnpike | ||||
| Saugerties and Woodstock Turnpike | ||||
| New Paltz Turnpike | ||||
| Rensselaerville and Durham Turnpike | ||||
| Great Bend and Bath Turnpike | ||||
| Farmer's Turnpike | Gardiner Gardiner (CDP), New York Gardiner is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, USA. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.The community is near the center of the Town of Gardiner on routes 44 and 55.-Geography:... - Highland Highland, Ulster County, New York Highland is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 5,060 at the 2000 census.Highland is a community in the Town of Lloyd, on U.S. Route 9W. Routes 44 and 55 run through it as well... |
US 44 U.S. Route 44 U.S. Route 44 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 237 miles through four states in the Northeastern region of the United States. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 209 and New York State Route 55 in Kerhonkson, a hamlet in the Hudson Valley region of New York... /NY 55 New York State Route 55 New York State Route 55 is a state highway in southern New York, running from the Pennsylvania state line at the Delaware River in Barryville to the Connecticut state line at Wingdale... |
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| Claverack and Hillsdale Turnpike | ||||
| Canaan and Union Village Turnpike | ||||
| Bowman's Creek Turnpike | ||||
| Traveller's Turnpike | ||||
| Schoharie and Duanesburgh Turnpike | ||||
| Bristol and Rensselaerville Turnpike | ||||
| Stamford Turnpike | ||||
| Windham Turnpike | ||||
| Catskill Ferry Turnpike | ||||
| Beekman and Pawling's Turnpike | ||||
| Military Turnpike | ||||
| Middletown Turnpike | ||||
| Oneida and Jefferson Turnpike | ||||
| Norwich and Preston Turnpike | ||||
| Aurora Turnpike | ||||
| Green River Turnpike | ||||
| Pine Plains Turnpike | ||||
| Jerico and Norwich Turnpike | ||||
| Sherburne and Lebanon Salt Spring Turnpike | ||||
| Cook-house and Jerico Turnpike | ||||
| Ulster and Orange Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Cortlandt Turnpike | ||||
| Minisink and Montgomery Turnpike | Minisink Minisink, New York Minisink is a town located in southwest Orange County, New York northeast of the New Jersey border between the Town of Greenville and the Town of Warwick... - Middletown Middletown, Orange County, New York Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. It lies in New York's Hudson Valley region, near the Wallkill River and the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains. Middletown is situated between Port Jervis and Newburgh, New York. The city's population was 25,388 at the 2000 census... - Montgomery Montgomery (village), New York Montgomery is a village located in Orange County, New York, United States, 60 miles northwest of New York City, and 90 miles southwest of Albany. The population was 3,636 at the 2000 census... |
NY 211 New York State Route 211 New York State Route 211 is a state highway located entirely within Orange County, New York, in the United States. The western terminus is at the intersection with US 209 located in Cuddebackville, and the eastern terminus is located at Montgomery at NY 17K, where it becomes the... |
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| Woodstock Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Mountain Turnpike | ||||
| Charlotte River Turnpike | ||||
| Windham and Durham Turnpike | ||||
| Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush Turnpike | ||||
| Athens Turnpike | ||||
| Utica and Minden Turnpike | ||||
| Rockland Turnpike | ||||
| Dunderbergh and Clove Turnpike | ||||
| Goshen and Minisink Turnpike | ||||
| Eastern Union Turnpike | ||||
| New-Windsor and Cornwall Turnpike | ||||
| Owego Turnpike | ||||
| Angelica and Allegany Turnpike | ||||
| Middle Patent Turnpike | ||||
| Bedford Turnpike | ||||
| Warwick and Minisink Turnpike | ||||
| Westchester and Dutchess Turnpike | ||||
| Durham and Broome Turnpike | ||||
| Walton and Franklin Turnpike | ||||
| Paris and Bridgewater Turnpike | ||||
| Newburgh and Sullivan Turnpike | ||||
| Little Falls and Fairfield Turnpike | ||||
| Whitehall and Granville Turnpike | ||||
| Cambridge Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Newburgh and Plattekill Turnpike | ||||
| Mohawk and Black River Turnpike | ||||
| Bath and Geneva Turnpike | ||||
| Hadley and Luzerne Turnpike | ||||
| Plattekill and Marlborough Turnpike | ||||
| Southern Westchester Turnpike | ||||
| Washington and Saratoga Turnpike | ||||
| Black River Turnpike | ||||
| Croton Turnpike | ||||
| Portage Turnpike | ||||
| Spencer and Seneca Turnpike | ||||
| Madison County Turnpike | ||||
| Lebanon Turnpike | ||||
| Great Bend and Union Turnpike | ||||
| Balltown and Saratoga Spring Turnpike | ||||
| Lewis Turnpike | ||||
| Narrowsburgh and Sullivan Turnpike | ||||
| Manlius and Truxton Turnpike | ||||
| Deruyter and Eaton Turnpike | ||||
| Bethel Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Bridgewater and Litchfield Branch Turnpike | ||||
| Canandaigua, Palmyra and Pultneyville Turnpike | ||||
| Tioga Turnpike | ||||
| Sacondaga Turnpike | ||||
| Williamsburgh Turnpike | ||||
| Montezuma Turnpike | ||||
| Ithica and Hamburgh Turnpike | ||||
| Niagara and Chautauque Turnpike | ||||
| Buffalo and Manchester Turnpike | ||||
| Oxford Turnpike | ||||
| Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauque Turnpike | ||||
| Graves End and Coney Island Bridge | ||||
| Hector and Catharine Turnpike | ||||
| Greene and Delaware Turnpike | Middletown Middletown, Delaware County, New York Middletown is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 4,051 at the 2000 census.The Town of Middletown is in the southeast part of the county.- History :... - Hunter Hunter (village), New York Hunter is a village in Greene County, New York, USA. The population was 502 at the 2010 census.The Village of Hunter is in the northwest part of the Town of Hunter on Route 23A.- History :... |
Route 28 New York State Route 28 New York State Route 28 is a state highway extending for in the shape of a "C" between the Hudson Valley city of Kingston and southern Warren County in the U.S. state of New York. Along the way, it intersects several major routes, including Interstate 88 , U.S. Route 20 , and the... , Route 42 New York State Route 42 New York State Route 42 is a north–south, discontinuous state highway in the Catskill Mountains region of New York in the United States. The southernmost of the highway's two segments begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 6 and US 209 in Port Jervis and ends at a junction with... and Route 23A New York State Route 23A New York State Route 23A is an east–west state highway in Greene County, New York, in the United States. It serves as a alternate route of NY 23 through the northern Catskill Mountains... |
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| Woodbourne and Ellenville Turnpike | Ellenville - Woodbourne Woodbourne, New York Woodbourne is a hamlet in the town of Fallsburg in Sullivan County, New York, United States.Woodbourne is bordered by the town of Neversink, the hamlet of Grahamsville, the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake, the hamlet of Old Falls, and the hamlet of Hasbrouck. The major thoroughfares of Woodbourne are New... - Liberty |
Route 52 | ||
| Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road | Albany Albany, New York Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River... - Gallupville |
Route 85 | ||
| Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road | Newburgh - Ellenville | Route 52 |