Great Western Turnpike

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The Great Western Turnpike was a series of toll roads that crossed part of New York State from east to west.

• The First Great Western Turnpike was started in 1799 in Albany where the present Western Avenue is located, and it extended west to Cherry Valley in Otsego County, New York, along a path similar to today's U.S. Route 20.

• The Second Great Western Turnpike ran from Cherry Valley, through Cooperstown and on to Sherburne in Chenango County, New York, along a path similar to today's New York State Route 80.

• The Third Great Western Turnpike or Cherry Valley Turnpike went from Cherry Valley to Cazenovia in Madison County, New York, along a path similar to today's U.S. Route 20. This was eventually extended as far as the Finger Lakes.

The First and Third Turnpikes were rebuilt as part of US 20 in the 1920s, bypassing the older Route 5, which passed through several cities.^[1][2]

[edit] See also

• Cherry Valley Turnpike
• Skaneateles Turnpike
• U.S. Route 20

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