The Great Western Turnpike was a series of east–west toll roads that crossed part of New York in the United States. The toll roads that carried this name were:
*The
First Great Western Turnpike
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
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, extending from Albany to Cherry Valley over a path similar to today's U.S. Route 20 (US 20)
*The
Second Great Western Turnpike
New York State Route 80 (NY 80) is a west–east New York State Route located within Onondaga, Madison, Chenango, Otsego, Herkimer, and Montgomery counties in New York. Its western terminus is located at a junction with NY&n ...
, extending from Cherry Valley to Sherburne via Cooperstown over a path similar to today's New York State Route 80 (NY 80)
*The
Third Great Western Turnpike
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
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* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
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(Cherry Valley Turnpike), extending from Cherry Valley to Cazenovia over a path similar to today's US 20
*The Fourth Great Western Turnpike, extending the Second Great Western initially from Sherburne to Fabius, and then later extended to Homer, over a path similar to New York State Routes 80 and 13 (NY 80/NY 13)
*The Fifth Great Western Turnpike, extending the Fourth Great Western from Homer to Lake Cayuga near King Ferry over a path similar to today's New York State Route 90 (NY 90)
The First and Third Turnpikes were rebuilt as part of US 20 in the 1920s, bypassing the older
NY 5
New York State Route 5 (NY 5) is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Sy ...
, which passed through several cities.
See also
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Skaneateles Turnpike
The Skaneateles Turnpike was an east–west turnpike (pre-freeway), turnpike in central New York in the United States. It began east of the Skaneateles (village), New York, village of Skaneateles and ran east across southern Onondaga County, New Yo ...
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History of Albany, New York
The history of Albany, New York began long before the first interaction of Europeans with the native Indian tribes, as they had long inhabited the area. The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohican, as well as the ...
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