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…
CENTRAL AVENEUE begins a few blocks above the capitol and is the next leg in Route 5. The history of this street is truly the history of transportation in Albany. It was built as the first turnpike in New York State, (the Mohawk and Hudson or Albany and Schenectady), begun in 1797 and Completed to…
EAST GREENBUSH, this town is one of the fastest-growing suburban towns east of Albany. Once a rural settlement along the Columbia Turnpike, it has become a bedroom community for Albany. Prior to construction of the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Berkshire Spur of the New York State Thruway, Columbia Turnpike–now part of U.S. Route 20–was the…
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