List of turnpikes in New York
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This is a list of turnpikes built and operated by private companies or non-profit turnpike trusts 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.
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| Name | Chartered | Routing | Approximate modern designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany and Schenectady Turnpike | 1 April 1797 | Albany - Schenectady | Route 5 | |
| First Great Western Turnpike | 15 March 1799 | Albany - Duanesburg - Esperance - Cherry Valley | U.S. Route 20 | |
| Columbia Turnpike | 29 March 1799 | Hudson - Claverack - Hillsdale - Massachusetts (Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike) | Route 23B, Route 23 | |
| Rensselaer and Columbia Turnpike | 1 April 1799 | Rensselaer - Nassau - Lebanon Springs | U.S. Route 20 | |
| Eastern Turnpike | 1 April 1799 | Nassau - Berlin - Massachusetts (Williamstown Turnpike) | ||
| Northern Turnpike | 1 April 1799 | Lansingburgh - Cambridge - Salem - Granville; Salem - Vermont | Route 40, Melrose Valley Falls Road, Northern Turnpike, Route 67, Turnpike Road, Route 22; (Side Tpke from Salem - County Route 153) | |
| Seneca Turnpike | 1 April 1800 | Utica - Oneida - Syracuse - Waterloo - Canandaigua | Route 5, Turnpike Road, Route 5 | |
| Susquehannah Turnpike | 1 April 1800 | Catskill - Cairo - Durham - Gilboa - Stamford - Treadwell - Unadilla | Route 32, Route 145, Durham Road, Gilboa Road, Route 23, Turnpike Road, Dehli-Leonta Road, Route 357 | |
| Orange Turnpike | 4 April 1800 | New Jersey (Franklin Turnpike) - Suffern - Sloatsburg - Harriman - Newburgh | Route 17, Route 32 | |
| Mohawk Turnpike | 4 April 1800 | Schenectady - Amsterdam - Fonda - Palatine Bridge - Little Falls - Herkimer - Utica | Route 5 | |
| Westchester Turnpike | 7 April 1800 | Eastchester - New Rochelle - Mamaroneck - Port Chester - Connecticut (Connecticut Turnpike) | U.S. Route 1 | |
| Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike | 20 March 1801 | Newburgh - Montgomery - Wurtsboro - Monticello - Cohecton - Pennsylvania | Route 17K, Route 17, Route 17B, Newburgh Turnpike | |
| Flushing and Newtown Turnpike | 21 March 1801 | Brooklyn - Maspeth | Flushing Avenue[citation needed] | |
| Chenango Turnpike | 30 March 1801 | |||
| Oneida Turnpike | 31 March 1801 | Vernon - Peterboro - Cazenovia | Peterboro Road, Cody Road | |
| Union Turnpike | 3 April 1801 | |||
| Stephentown Turnpike | 3 April 1801 | |||
| New-Windsor and Blooming-Grove Turnpike | 3 April 1801 | |||
| Second Great Western Turnpike | 4 April 1801 | |||
| Quaker Hill Turnpike | 30 March 1802 | |||
| Troy and Schenectady Turnpike | 2 April 1802 | Troy - Schenectady | Route 7 | |
| Hudson Branch Turnpike | 2 April 1802 | Hudson - Livingston | ||
| Ulster and Delaware Turnpike | 2 April 1802 | Connecticut (Salisbury and Canaan Turnpike) - Millerton - Pine Plains - Rhinebeck - Kingston - Delhi - Walton - Bainbridge | Beilke Road, Route 199, Salisbury Turnpike, Route 308, Route 28, Route 10, Route 206 | |
| Dutchess Turnpike | 5 April 1802 | Poughkeepsie - Pleasant Valley - Millbrook - Amenia - Connecticut (Goshen and Sharon Turnpike); Millbrook - Dover Plains | U.S. Route 44, Route 343; Route 343 | |
| Schoharie Turnpike | 5 April 1802 | Athens - Freehold - Oak Hill - Middleburgh - Schoharie | Schoharie Turnpike, Route 145, Route 30 | Split into the Eastern Branch and Western Branch on March 13, 1807 |
| Canandaigua and Bath Turnpike | 2 April 1803 | |||
| Third Great Western Turnpike | 4 April 1803 | |||
| Highland Turnpike | 24 March 1804 | |||
| Susquehannah and Bath Turnpike | 7 April 1804 | |||
| Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike | 9 April 1804 | |||
| Fall-hill Turnpike | 9 April 1804 | |||
| Chatham Turnpike | 10 April 1804 | |||
| Coxsackie Turnpike | 2 March 1805 | |||
| Albany and Delaware Turnpike | 2 March 1805 | |||
| Little Delaware Turnpike | 16 March 1805 | Catskill - Palenville - Tannersville - Prattsville - Grand Gorge - Roxbury - Bovina - Delhi | ||
| Lake Erie Turnpike | 28 March 1805 | |||
| Fourth Great Western Turnpike | 28 March 1805 | |||
| Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike | 2 April 1805 | |||
| Cayuga Turnpike | 2 April 1805 | |||
| Ontario and Genesee Turnpike | 2 April 1805 | |||
| Onondaga Salt Spring Turnpike | 4 April 1805 | |||
| Great Northern Turnpike | 4 April 1805 | |||
| Delaware Road | 6 April 1805 | |||
| Newburgh and Chenango Turnpike | 6 April 1805 | |||
| Neversink Turnpike | 6 April 1805 | |||
| Popacton Turnpike | 6 April 1805 | |||
| Plattsburgh and Chateauguay Turnpike | 8 April 1805 | |||
| Utica Turnpike | 10 April 1805 | |||
| Rome Turnpike | 10 April 1805 | |||
| Greenfield Turnpike | 14 March 1806 | |||
| Farmers' Turnpike | 14 March 1806 | |||
| Ulster and Delaware First Branch Turnpike | 28 March 1806 | |||
| Waterford and Whitehall Turnpike | 28 March 1806 | |||
| Newburgh and New-Windsor Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Schenectady and Ballstown Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Unadilla Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Jamaica and Rockaway Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Canajoharie and Charleston Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Hamilton and Scaneatelas Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Highland Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| New-Baltimore and Rensselaerville Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Mohawk Bridge and Ballstown Turnpike | 2 April 1806 | |||
| Waterford Turnpike | 4 April 1806 | |||
| Mexico Turnpike | 4 April 1806 | |||
| Middleburgh and Rensselaerville Turnpike | 4 April 1806 | |||
| Albany and Greene Turnpike | 7 April 1806 | |||
| Eastern Branch of the Schoharie Turnpike | 13 March 1807 | See Schoharie Turnpike (1802) | ||
| Western Branch of the Schoharie Turnpike | 13 March 1807 | See Schoharie Turnpike (1802) | ||
| Essex Turnpike | 3 April 1807 | |||
| Owego and Ithaca Turnpike | 6 April 1807 | |||
| Otsego and Broome Turnpike | 6 April 1807 | |||
| Salina and Chenango Turnpike | 6 April 1807 | |||
| Lake George Turnpike | 6 April 1807 | |||
| Groton Turnpike | 6 April 1807 | |||
| Saugerties and Woodstock Turnpike | 7 April 1807 | |||
| New Paltz Turnpike | 7 April 1807 | |||
| Rensselaerville and Durham Turnpike | 4 March 1808 | |||
| Great Bend and Bath Turnpike | 11 March 1808 | |||
| Farmer's Turnpike | 11 March 1808 | Gardiner - Highland | US 44/NY 55 | |
| Claverack and Hillsdale Turnpike | 18 March 1808 | |||
| Canaan and Union Village Turnpike | 25 March 1808 | |||
| Bowman's Creek Turnpike | 25 March 1808 | |||
| Traveller's Turnpike | 25 March 1808 | |||
| Schoharie and Duanesburgh Turnpike | 25 March 1808 | |||
| Bristol and Rensselaerville Turnpike | 25 March 1808 | |||
| Stamford Turnpike | 1 April 1808 | |||
| Windham Turnpike | 1 April 1808 | |||
| Catskill Ferry Turnpike | 1 April 1808 | |||
| Beekman and Pawling's Turnpike | 1 April 1808 | |||
| Military Turnpike | 6 April 1808 | |||
| Middletown Turnpike | 6 April 1808 | |||
| Oneida and Jefferson Turnpike | 8 April 1808 | |||
| Norwich and Preston Turnpike | 8 April 1808 | |||
| Aurora Turnpike | 8 April 1808 | |||
| Green River Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Pine Plains Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Jerico and Norwich Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Sherburne and Lebanon Salt Spring Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Cook-house and Jerico Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Ulster and Orange Branch Turnpike | 11 April 1808 | |||
| Cortlandt Turnpike | 10 February 1809 | |||
| Minisink and Montgomery Turnpike | 17 February 1809 | Minisink - Middletown - Montgomery | NY 211 | |
| Woodstock Branch Turnpike | 17 February 1809 | |||
| Mountain Turnpike | 17 March 1809 | |||
| Charlotte River Turnpike | 17 March 1809 | |||
| Windham and Durham Turnpike | 17 March 1809 | |||
| Brooklyn, Jamaica and Flatbush Turnpike | 17 March 1809 | |||
| Athens Turnpike | 24 March 1809 | |||
| Utica and Minden Turnpike | 24 March 1809 | |||
| Rockland Turnpike | 27 March 1809 | |||
| Dunderbergh and Clove Turnpike | 27 March 1809 | |||
| Goshen and Minisink Turnpike | 27 March 1809 | |||
| Eastern Union Turnpike | 28 March 1809 | |||
| New-Windsor and Cornwall Turnpike | 30 March 1809 | |||
| Owego Turnpike | 30 March 1809 | |||
| Angelica and Allegany Turnpike | 8 February 1810 | |||
| Middle Patent Turnpike | 17 February 1810 | |||
| Bedford Turnpike | 17 February 1810 | |||
| Warwick and Minisink Turnpike | 2 March 1810 | |||
| Westchester and Dutchess Turnpike | 9 March 1810 | |||
| Durham and Broome Turnpike | 23 March 1810 | |||
| Walton and Franklin Turnpike | 23 March 1810 | |||
| Paris and Bridgewater Turnpike | 23 March 1810 | |||
| Newburgh and Sullivan Turnpike | 30 March 1810 | |||
| Little Falls and Fairfield Turnpike | 30 March 1810 | |||
| Whitehall and Granville Turnpike | 2 April 1810 | |||
| Cambridge Branch Turnpike | 2 April 1810 | |||
| Newburgh and Plattekill Turnpike | 5 April 1810 | |||
| Mohawk and Black River Turnpike | 5 April 1810 | |||
| Bath and Geneva Turnpike | 5 April 1810 | |||
| Hadley and Luzerne Turnpike | 6 April 1810 | |||
| Plattekill and Marlborough Turnpike | 16 February 1811 | |||
| Southern Westchester Turnpike | 22 March 1811 | |||
| Washington and Saratoga Turnpike | 30 March 1811 | |||
| Black River Turnpike | 30 March 1811 | |||
| Croton Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Portage Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Spencer and Seneca Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Madison County Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Lebanon Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Great Bend and Union Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Balltown and Saratoga Spring Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Lewis Turnpike | 8 April 1811 | |||
| Narrowsburgh and Sullivan Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Manlius and Truxton Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Deruyter and Eaton Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Bethel Branch Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Bridgewater and Litchfield Branch Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Canandaigua, Palmyra and Pultneyville Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Tioga Turnpike | 9 April 1811 | |||
| Sacondaga Turnpike | 15 June 1812 | |||
| Williamsburgh Turnpike | 11 March 1814 | |||
| Montezuma Turnpike | 31 March 1815 | |||
| Ithica and Hamburgh Turnpike | 12 April 1816 | |||
| Niagara and Chautauque Turnpike | 28 February 1817 | |||
| Buffalo and Manchester Turnpike | 10 April 1818 | |||
| Oxford Turnpike | 20 April 1818 | |||
| Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauque Turnpike | 12 April 1819 | |||
| Graves End and Coney Island Bridge | 22 March 1823 | |||
| Hector and Catharine Turnpike | 15 April 1823 | |||
| Woodbourne and Ellenville Turnpike | 17 April 1830 | Ellenville - Woodbourne - Liberty | Route 52 | |
| Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road | 24 March 1850 | Newburgh - Ellenville | Route 52 |
[edit] References
- The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York, Volume III, 1829, pp. 587-624
- Laws of the State of New-York, 1804
- Henry S. Tanner, 1823 and 1825 maps of New York, accessed via the David Rumsey Map Collection
- Franklin Ellis, History of Columbia County, New York, 1878, Chapter XIV
