STATE STREET is the name of the former Albany and Schenectady Turnpike in Schenectady County and is also New York State Route 5. At the eastern end of Schenectady’s downtown (Nott Terrace), the perfectly straight 1803 turnpike joins the former King’s Road, the original main road between Albany and Schenectady, dating from 1661. This has…
ERIE BOULEVARD, like so many streets in New York State with this name, was the path of the Erie Canal through Schenectady, thus explaining its extraordinary width. The canal was rerouted and renamed the New York State Barge Canal in the 1910s, and the old section was filled and developed as a street in this…
As we continue our journey west on Central Avenue, notice the following: No posts found. We leave Route 5 for a while at this point and travel to Schenectady to have lunch. We will travel on the Adirondack Northway, the New York State Thruway and local Interstate highways into Schenectady to arrive in time for…
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