List of plank roads in New York

This is a list of plank roads built and operated by private companies 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.

Background

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The first plank road in the United States was the Syracuse-Central Square road. A 16.5 mile road built for $23,000 out of eight foot wide, four inch thick hemlock planks, the Syracuse-Central road was a massive success. In its first two years, 161,000 teams passing over it generated $12,900 in revenue.[1] An 1847 report claimed that the road could generate 100 to 200 percent profit. Along the road, there were four toll booths. A vehicle that was drawn by two horses paid 1 and one-half cents per mile, one horse and rider paid half a cent, and pedestrians traveled on the road free.

After the success of the first plank road, applications to form new plank road companies poured in. By 1847, a general incorporation law was passed by the state legislature. The law made it significantly easier to form a company. The law stated that at least five people could come together and form a company with the intent to build a plank road, as long as they circulated a message in at least one newspaper in the county where the plank road would be built saying where people could buy a participating interest in the company. The company then had to raise at least 500 dollars per mile that the road would be built. Next, the proposed company had to draw up articles of association, elect directors according to the articles, name the company, state how long the company will continue (at most 30 years), list the company's capital, and provide in-depth information about where the road will go. The company could than petition the New York Department of State's office, and presumably get approval to form a company.[2] In 1848, 52 companies were organized, 80 in 1849, and in the 1850s, about 200.[3] This was significantly easier than the process before, which involved petitioning the New York State Legislature. In New York state, under the general incorporation law, from 1847 to 1854, more than 340 plank road building companies were incorporated, building about 3,500 miles of plank roads.[1]

The New York Senate reported in 1870 that plank roads were more profitable than gravel or stone roads.[4]

List

Name[5] Chartered Length Routing Approximate modern designation Built? Notes
Salina and Central Square Plank Road April 12, 1844, c. 151[6] Salina - Central Square US 11 Yes See Background for more information
Lockport and Buffalo Plank Road April 29, 1844, c. 227[6] 10 miles (16 km) Lockport - East Amherst NY 78 Yes[7] Was planked once before it became unprofitable
Buffalo and Batavia Plank Road May 7, 1844, c. 317[6] Batavia - Buffalo Yes[8]
Ogdensburgh and Heuvelton Plank Road May 9, 1846, c. 175[9] 7 miles (11 km) Ogdensburgh - Heuvelton No Was reincorporated 1848
Aurora and Buffalo Plank Road May 11, 1846, c. 191[9] Aurora - Spring Brook - Buffalo US 20A, NY 78, NY 16 (Seneca Street) Yes[10]
Buffalo and Lancaster Plank Road May 12, 1846, c. 212[9] 15 miles (24 km) No Not to be confused with a later similarly named road
Henrietta Plank Road May 12, 1846, c. 258[9] 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) Brighton - Henrietta NY 15 Yes[11] Likely only existed for a few years before the Rochester-West Henrietta PR was constructed
Rome and Oswego Plank Road 1847 Rome - Mexico - Oswego West Dominick Street, NY 49, Oswego Road, Main Street, NY 13, NY 104 Yes[12]
Northern Plank Road August 18, 1847 21 miles (34 km) No Not to be confused with another similarly named company chartered later that year
Cherry Valley and Canajoharie Plank Road August 19, 1847 12 miles (19 km) No
Salmon River Plank Road August 26, 1847 17 miles (27 km) Port Ontario - Pulaski - Albion - Williamstown Lake Road, US 11, NY 13 Yes[13] Authorized to sell the road west of Pulaski and abandon the road east of Sand Bank 1853
Watertown and Sackett's Harbor Plank Road August 31, 1847 10 miles (16 km) NY 3, Dodge Avenue Watertown - Sackett's Harbor Yes[14]
McConnellsville and Fish Creek Plank Road September 9, 1847 4 miles (6.4 km) Fish Creek Landing - McConnellsville Yes[15]
Rome and Utica Plank Road September 22, 1847 14 miles (23 km) Rome - Oriskany - Whitesboro - Utica[16] Erie Boulevard ... Martin Street ... Stanwix Avenue, NY 69, Main Street, Whitesboro Street, Court Street Yes[17] Partly abandoned 1856
Whites' Corners and Buffalo Plank Road September 29, 1847 11 miles (18 km) White's Corners - Buffalo US 62, Southside Parkway, Abbot Road, South Park Avenue Yes[18] Part abandoned 1881
Bridgewater and Utica Plank Road October 20, 1847 18 miles (29 km) Utica - Bridgewater Oneida Street (Main Street), NY 8 Yes[19] Probable extension to New Berlin some time later
Lansingburgh Plank Road October 20, 1847 2 miles (3.2 km) No Not to be confused with another similarly named road chartered the next year
Fonda and Caroga Plank Road November 5, 1847 Fonda - Newkirk's Mills Yes Authorized to sell their road 1855
New London Plank Road November 17, 1847 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) New London - Fish Creek - Rome and Oswego PR NY 49, Herder Road Yes Abandoned north of Fish Creek 1853
Rome and Turin Plank Road November 24, 1847 28 miles (45 km) Rome - Lee - Ava - Turin Yes[17] Abandoned 1855
Mohawk and Newport Plank Road December 1, 1847 14 miles (23 km) Mohawk - Herkimer - Middleville - Newport Yes[20] Still in business to at least 1866. 1854: Authorized to abandon their road through Newport Village, and to make their bridges public
Waterville and Utica Plank Road December 11, 1847 20 miles (32 km) Utica - Clinton - Deansville - Waterville[21] Genesee Street, NY 12B, NY 315 Yes[22] Financially unsuccessful. Made public 1877.
Central Plank Road December 15, 1847 12 miles (19 km) Central Square - Hastings - Colosse - Maple View US 11 Yes[12]
Salina, Liverpool, and Clay Plank Road December 16, 1847 11 miles (18 km) Salina - Liverpool - Clay Park Street, Old Liverpool Road, Oswego Street, Tulip Street, Morgan Road Yes[23]
Fultonville and Johnstown Plank Road December 23, 1847 5 miles (8.0 km) Fultonville - Fonda - Johnstown Main Street, Bridge Street, NY 5, NY 30A, Chestnut Street, Madison Avenue Yes Authorized to abandon their road from Fultonville to Fonda 1877
Northern Plank Road December 25, 1847 15 miles (24 km) Deerfield Corners - Remsen Trenton Road, NY 12, Plank Road, Old Route 12 Yes[24] On the bed of the old Utica Turnpike
Turin Plank Road December 27, 1847 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) Through Turin NY 26 Yes[25]
Brighton Plank Road December 30, 1847 3+2⁄3 miles (5.9 km) Rochester line - Brighton NY 96 Yes[26]
Glens Falls and Lake George Plank Road January 4, 1848 9 miles (14 km) Glen's Falls - Caldwell US 9 Yes[27]
Rome and Tabergh Plank Road January 5, 1848 9 miles (14 km) Rome - Tabergh NY 69, Main Street Yes[21]
Hamilton and Deansville Plank Road January 6, 1848 15 miles (24 km) Hamilton - Eaton - Madison - Augusta - Marshall - Deansville[17] Lake Morraine Road, Center Road, Lovejoy Road, Yes[28] Abandoned 1874
Buffalo and Lancaster Plank Road January 10, 1848 11 miles (18 km) Lancaster - Buffalo Broadway Yes[29] Such a successful company that a festival was thrown in honor of its success
Auburn and Moravia Plank Road January 15, 1848 18 miles (29 km) Auburn - Moravia Lake Avenue, NY 38, Warner Road, Long Hill Road, Aurora Street Yes[30] Authorized to sell their road 1852
Syracuse and Massina Springs Plank Road January 17, 1848 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) No Followed the route that the Messina Plank Road would follow
Syracuse and Tully Plank Road Main Road January 18, 1848 19+1⁄2 miles (31.4 km) Syracuse - Tully-Preble line US 11, NY 11A, NY 80, NY 281 Yes[31]
Branch March 20, 1850 - South Onondaga No
Baldwinsville Plank Road January 26, 1848 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) Lysander Yes[32]
Hannibalville and Fulton Plank Road January 31, 1848 8 miles (13 km) Hannibalville - Fulton Oswego CR 3 Yes[33]
Batavia Street Plank Road January 31, 1848 5 miles (8.0 km) Broadway Yes[34]
Lansingburgh Plank Road February 1, 1848 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) Troy - Lansingburgh US 4 Yes[35] 1853: Authorized to lay a railroad on their road
Ilion and Cedarville Plank Road February 1, 1848 8 miles (13 km) Ilion - Cedarville NY 51 Yes[36]
Dexter and Brownville Plank Road February 14, 1848 7 miles (11 km) Dexter - Brownville - Pamelia Yes[37] Likely the same company as the Dexter, Brownville, and Pamelia Plank Road Co. Began operating from Dexter to Brownville January 1849,[38] fully operational October 1850
Cazenovia and Chittenango Plank Road February 15, 1848 8 miles (13 km) Cazenovia - Chittenango NY 13 Yes[39] 1853: Reorganized as a turnpike of a similar name
West Martinsburgh and Copenhagen Plank Road February 17, 1848 17 miles (27 km) Turin-Martinsburgh line - Copenhagen NY 12 Yes[40]
Mohawk and Richfield Springs Plank Road February 26, 1848 12 miles (19 km) No
Central Square and Pine Plank Road March 2, 1848 27+3⁄4 miles (44.7 km) Central Square - Pine Yes Work had begun July, and was planned to be completed by next autumn.[41] 1853: Eastern terminus changed to Vienna center.
Auburn and Cato Plank Road March 6, 1848 16 miles (26 km) Auburn - Cato NY 34 Yes[42]
Southport Plank Road March 27, 1848 13 miles (21 km) Elmira - Pennsylvania line Pennsylvania Avenue (Chemung CR 69) Yes[43]
Sackett's Harbor and Ellisburgh Plank Road March 29, 1848 20 miles (32 km) No
Amsterdam and Fish House Plank Road March 30, 1848 17 miles (27 km) Amsterdam - Vail Mills - Broadalbin - Northampton Northampton Road, NY 30, Main Street, North Street, Fulton CR 110 Yes[44]
Clyde and Rose Plank Road April 7, 1848 5 miles (8.0 km) Clyde - Rose NY 414 Yes[45] Ceded within Clyde to the village 1851. The rest of the west fork was abandoned 1853, though an eastern fork wasn't recorded on maps of the time.[46]
Vernon and Verona Plank Road April 21, 1848 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) No
Adams and Ellisburgh Plank Road May 31, 1848 10+1⁄2 miles (16.9 km) Adams - Ellisburgh US 11 Yes[37] Abandoned by 1855
Oswego, Hannibal, and Sterling Plank Road Main Road June 22, 1848 18 miles (29 km) Oswego - Hannibal NY 104, Oswego Street Yes[47]
Branch 7 miles (11 km) Southwest Oswego - Sterling Center - Sterling NY 104A, Sterling Valley Road, Cayuga CR E98
Oneida Valley Plank Road June 27, 1848 13 miles (21 km) No
Camillus and Marcellus Plank Road June 28, 1848 5 miles (8.0 km) Camillus - Marcellus NY 174 Yes[48]
Little Falls and Salisbury Plank Road July 21, 1848 16 miles (26 km) Little Falls - Salisbury Center - Deveraux Loomis Street, NY 167, NY 29, NY 29A Yes[49]
Fort Plain and Cooperstown Plank Road September 27, 1848 24 miles (39 km) Fort Plain - Cooperstown NY 80 Yes[50]
West Turin and Leyden Plank Road October 23, 1848 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) Leyden - West Turin - Turin West Road Yes[40] On the road of the Turin and Leyden Turnpike
Rochester and Greece Plank Road October 23, 1848 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) Rochester - Greece Yes[51] Though chartered to be longer, road in fact was less than 5 miles (8.0 km) long
Hampton and Whitesborough Plank Road October 27, 1848 6 miles (9.7 km) No
Lowville and Denmark Plank Road November 1, 1848 15 miles (24 km) No
Hamburgh and Eighteen-mile Creek Plank Road November 3, 1848 7 miles (11 km) No
Lowville and Carthage Plank Road November 8, 1848 16+1⁄2 miles (26.6 km) Martinsburgh south line - Lowville - Denmark - Deer River - Carthage Glenfield Road, Glendale Road, Jantzi Road ... East Road, Turin Road, NY 26 Yes[40]
Boonville Plank Road November 8, 1848 20 miles (32 km) Boonville - Turin south line NY 12D, NY 26 Yes[40]
Salisbury and Manheim Plank Road November 15, 1848 9 miles (14 km) Little Falls - Salisbury NY 170, Burrell Road, Military Road, Dairy Hill Road ... Black Creek Road, Bull Hill Road Yes Later extended to Graysville, which was later spun off to the Salisbury and Manehim Plank Road
Rome and Western Plank Road November 28, 1848 11 miles (18 km)
Great Bend and Copenhagen Plank Road December 4, 1848 10 miles (16 km) Great Bend - Champion - Copenhagen Jefferson CR 47, CR 163, Lewis CR 16, CR 15 Yes[37]
Ogdensburgh and Heuvelton Plank Road December 4, 1848 7 miles (11 km) Ogdensburgh - Heuvelton NY 812 Yes[52]
Antwerp, Sterlingville, and Great Bend Plank Road December 8, 1848 12 miles (19 km) Antwerp - Sterlingville - Great Bend - Watertown[53] ... Antwerp Road, Madison Avenue
Carthage and Antwerp Plank Road December 8, 1848 17 miles (27 km) Carthage - Antwerp NY 3, US Military Highway, Main Street Yes[37]
Johnstown and McEwen's Corners Plank Road December 12, 1848 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) No
Martinsburgh Plank Road December 13, 1848 5 miles (8.0 km) Through Martinsburgh NY 26 Yes[40]
Au Sable Plank Road December 19, 1848 16 miles (26 km) Yes Had already been authorized to collect tolls by 1852
Little Falls and Middleville Plank Road December 19, 1848 10 miles (16 km) No
Watertown Central Plank Road December 22, 1848 2 miles (3.2 km) Watertown - Watertown Center US 11 Yes[54]
Pamelia and Evan's Mills Plank Road December 22, 1848 10 miles (16 km) Evan's Mills - Watertown US 11 Yes[37]
Watertown Plank and Turnpike Road December 22, 1848 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) Rutland - Watertown State Street Yes[37]
Schenectady and Saratoga Plank Road December 28, 1848 22 miles (35 km) Schenectady - Saratoga Springs NY 50 Yes[55] Opened their road July 1849
Rochester and Charlotte Plank Road December 29, 1848 5 miles (8.0 km) Rochester - Charlotte Lake Road Yes[56]
Utica and Waterville Central Plank Road December 30, 1848 16 miles (26 km) Utica - Waterville Genesee Street, Paris Road, NY 12 Yes[17]
Gouverneur, Somerville, and Antwerp Plank Road January 1, 1849 13 miles (21 km) Gouverneur - Somerville - Antwerp US 11 Yes[57]
Messina Plank Road January 1, 1849 8 miles (13 km) Syracuse - Manlius Center NY 290 Yes[58]
Oswego Falls Plank Road January 2, 1849 5 miles (8.0 km) No
Antwerp, Sprague's Corners, and Gouverneur Plank Road January 2, 1849 12 miles (19 km) No
Schenectady and Duanesburgh Plank Road January 4, 1849 20 miles (32 km) Schenectady - Duanesburgh - Central Bridge ... Broadway, NY 7 Yes[59]
Lockport and Wright's Corners Plank Road January 6, 1849 2 miles (3.2 km) Lockport - Wrights Corners NY 78 Yes[60]
Durhamville and Wood Creek Plank Road January 6, 1849 9 miles (14 km) Probably[28] Still in operation through 1854
Henrietta and Canton Falls Plank Road January 10, 1849 10 miles (16 km) No
Saranac River Plank Road January 12, 1849 24 miles (39 km) Plattsburgh - Clayburg NY 3 Yes[1]
Half Moon and Clifton Park Plank Road January 12, 1849 8 miles (13 km) Halfmoon - Clifton Park Yes Still in business by 1854, when the legislature authorized work to be done on the road
Westfield and Chautauqua Lake Plank Road January 13, 1849 10 miles (16 km) Barcelona - Westfield - Chautauqua Lake NY 394, US 20, Chautauqua CR 308, Landing Road Yes[61] Forked a mile above its southern end
Canandaigua and Port Gibson Plank Road January 16, 1849 12 miles (19 km) No
Oswego and Syracuse Plank Road January 19, 1849 32 miles (51 km) Oswego - Fulton - Liverpool NY 481/Oswego CR 57, Onondaga CR 57 Yes[62] Included a loop closer to Hinmansville along Oswego River Road and Hawthorne Road
Great Bend and Watertown Plank Road January 23, 1849 10 miles (16 km) Great Bend - Watertown Water Street, NY 3 Yes[37]
Port Jackson and Union Falls Plank Road January 29, 1849 25 miles (40 km) Port Jackson - Union Falls Yes[63]
Waterville and Earlville Plank Road January 29, 1849 17 miles (27 km) Waterville - Earlville Earlville Road, Poolville Road, Cranston Road, NY 12 Yes[64]
Frankfort and Utica Plank Road January 30, 1849 10 miles (16 km) Frankfort - Utica Old NY 5S Yes[17]
Chittenango and Oneida Lake Plank Road January 31, 1849 7 miles (11 km) Chittenango - Lakeport Genesee Street, Lakeport Road Yes Petitioned the legislature to abandon part of their road 1854
Russia and North Gage Plank Road February 3, 1849 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) Northern Plank Road - North Gage - Russia Crooked Brook Road, Cameron Hill Road ... NY 28, Gravesville Road, Russia Road Yes[17]
Westfield and Clymer Plank Road February 6, 1849 25 miles (40 km) Westfield - Sherman - Pennsylvania line at Clyde South Portage Street, West Second St, South Water Street, Chautauqua County Touring Route 21, Sherman Road, Kipp Street, West Main Street, Franklin Street, Mill Street, Cornish Street, CTR 15 Yes[65]
Chautauqua Central Plank Road February 9, 1849 22 miles (35 km) Yes Authorized to sell their road 1861
Geneva and Rushville Plank Road February 12, 1849 16 miles (26 km) Geneva - Rushville US 20, NY 14A, NY 245 Yes[66] Mostly known as the Geneva and Rushville Plank Road. Town of Seneca authorized to inspect the road 1862
Bridgeport and Hampton Plank Road February 14, 1849 27 miles (43 km) No
Rutland and Champion Plank Road February 17, 1849 8 miles (13 km) Rutland - Champion NY 126 Yes[53] Though histories had recorded that the road led to Copenhagen, a map from 1855 shows its terminus being Champion Village[67]
Seneca Plank Road February 19, 1849 17 miles (27 km) New Hartford - Oneida Castle NY 5 Yes[68] Company folded 1852
Dexter and Limerick Plank Road February 22, 1849 4+2⁄3 miles (7.5 km) Dexter - Limerick - Lyme line NY 180, NY 12E Yes[37]
Syracuse and Bridgeport Plank Road February 22, 1849 12 miles (19 km) Syracuse - Bridgeport NY 298 Yes[69]
Bainbridge and Deposit Plank Road February 26, 1849 17 miles (27 km) No
Heuvelton and Dekalb Plank Road March 1, 1849 7 miles (11 km) Heuvelton - DeKalb Yes[70] Upon completion totaled 13 miles (21 km)
Bridgewater and Leonardsville Plank Road March 3, 1849 8 miles (13 km) Bridgewater - Leonardsville NY 8 Yes[71]
Alexandria Bay and Theresa Plank Road March 5, 1849 11 miles (18 km) Alexandria Bay - Theresa Church Street, NY 26, Jefferson CR 193 Yes[37]
Fultonville and Central Square Plank Road March 5, 1849 15 miles (24 km) No Not to be confused with the Fulton and Central Square PR
Brockport and Clarkson Plank Road Main Road March 8, 1849 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) Yes[72]
Branch Lake Road - Redman Road
Theresa and Clayton Plank Road March 12, 1849 16 miles (26 km) Theresa - La Fargeville - Clayton Yes[37]
Dexter and Hounsfield Plank Road March 12, 1849 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) Dexter - Sackets Harbor NY 180 Yes[37]
Oswego and Hastings Central Plank Road March 19, 1849 20 miles (32 km) Hastings Center - Oswego Oswego CR 4 Yes[12]
Clyde and Savannah Plank Road March 19, 1849 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) No
Eaton and Georgetown Plank Road March 21, 1849 13 miles (21 km) Eaton-Madison line - Georgetown Wendover Road, NY 26 Yes[28]
Binghamton and Chenango Forks Plank Road March 22, 1849 11 miles (18 km) No
Delaware Plank Road March 23, 1849 20 miles (32 km) Walton - Hancock South River Road, NY 10, Chase Brook Road ... NY 268 Yes[73]
Glens Falls and Moreau Plank Road April 3, 1849 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) South Glens Falls - Moreau - Fort Edward Main Street, Fort Edward Road Yes[74]
Palmyra and Canandaigua Plank Road April 13, 1849 9 miles (14 km) Palmyra - Canandaigua NY 21 Yes[75]
Cattaraugus and Buffalo Plank Road April 28, 1849 32 miles (51 km) Buffalo - Orchard Park - Ellicot - Florence - Buffum's Mills - New Boston - Springville - Sardinia[76] Abbot Road, Potter's Road, NY 240, NY 39 Yes[77]
Saratoga and Hadley Plank Road April 28, 1849 16 miles (26 km) Saratoga Springs - Hadley NY 9N, Old Corinth Road Yes[78]
New-Haven and Port Ontario Plank Road May 5, 1849 10 miles (16 km) New Haven - Port Ontario Oswego CR 6, NY 104B, NY 3 Yes[79]
Burlington and Utica Plank Road May 7, 1849 26 miles (42 km) Utica - Burlington Flats Albany Street, North Winfield Road, North Street, NY 51 Yes Authorized to make public 1864
Schoharie and Albany Plank Road May 23, 1849 32 miles (51 km) NY 146, NY 443 Yes[80] Also known as the Albany and Schoharie Plank Road, and a company was supposedly incorporated
Seneca and Wayne Plank Road June 1, 1849 14 miles (23 km) Tyre - Seneca Falls - Fayette - Bearytown Seneca CR 101, US 20, NY 414 Yes[81]
Cherry Valley Creek Plank Road June 8, 1849 4 miles (6.4 km) Cherry Valley - Rosebloom NY 166 Yes[82]
Branchport and Penn Yan Plank Road June 20, 1849 7 miles (11 km) Branchport - Penn Yan NY 54A Yes[83]
Mohawk and Ilion Plank Road June 21, 1849 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) No
Gouverneur, Richville, and Canton Plank Road July 9, 1849 16 miles (26 km) Gouverneur - Richville - Canton line US 11 Yes[84]
Albany and Sand Lake Plank Road July 17, 1849 14 miles (23 km) Rensselaer - Sand Lake - Nassau NY 43 Yes[85] Most of the road purchased from Eastern Turnpike a few months prior to full incorporation[38]
Canastota and Morrisville Plank Road September 4, 1849 11 miles (18 km) Canastota - Peterboro - Morrisville Oxbow Road, Pleasant Valley Road, Old County Road, Cedar Street Yes[86]
Fort Hunter and Albany Plank Road September 12 & 17, 1849 22 miles (35 km) Fort Hunter - Albany[87] US 20, NY 146, Fort Hunter Road, NY 7, NY 159, NY 30, Fort Hunter Road, NY 5S, Main Street, Church Street Yes[88]
Johnstown and Pleasant Valley Plank Road September 21, 1849 8 miles (13 km) Johnstown - Pleasant Valley NY 29 Yes[89]
Fort Plain and Canajoharie Plank Road September 22, 1849 3 miles (4.8 km) No
Manlius Plank Road October 6, 1849 9 miles (14 km) Syracuse - Manlius NY 5, NY 257 Yes[90] 1853: Authorized to abandon the road north of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad
Watervleit Plank Road October 13, 1849 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) Yes 1854: Authorized to be abandoned within West Troy
Winfield and Paris Plank Road October 17, 1849 5 miles (8.0 km) Cassville - West Winfield Stone Road Yes[17]
Delaware and Susquehannah Plank Road October 22, 1849 14 miles (23 km) Deposit - Bainbridge Front Street, Second Street, Old Route 17, Old Plank Road, NY 41 Yes[91]
Lyons and Phelps Plank Road October 24, 1849 5 miles (8.0 km) No
Mayfield and Broadalbin Plank Road October 25, 1849 4+3⁄4 miles (7.6 km) No
Mayfield and Vail's Mills Plank Road November 6, 1849 No
Moravia and Plank Road November 10, 1849 4 miles (6.4 km) No
Ephratah Plank Road November 14, 1849 5 miles (8.0 km) Ephratah - Johnstown NY 67 Yes
Auburn and Fleming Plank Road November 23, 1849 6 miles (9.7 km) Auburn - Fleming NY 34 Yes[92]
Rochester and Gates Plank Road November 30, 1849 6 miles (9.7 km) Rochester - Gates - Chili NY 33 Yes[26]
Brighton and Pittsford Plank Road December 5, 1849 5+1⁄3 miles (8.6 km) No
Rochester and Monroe Spring Plank Road December 8, 1849 3+1⁄3 miles (5.4 km) No
Sennett and Auburn Plank Road December 12, 1849 4 miles (6.4 km) Sennett - Auburn NY 5 Yes[93]
Rochester and West Henrietta Plank Road December 15, 1849 7 miles (11 km) Rochester - West Henrietta NY 15 Yes[94]
Palatine and Ephratah Plank Road December 20, 1849 7 miles (11 km) No
Owasco Plank Road December 20, 1849 8 miles (13 km) No
Lansingburgh, Brunswick, and Pittstown Plank Road December 24, 1849 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) No
Lockport and Cambria Plank Road December 27, 1849 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) Lockport - Cambria West Avenue, Upper Mountain Road, Gothic Hill Road, Lower Mountain Road Yes[7]
Dansville and Wayland Plank Road December 27, 1849 6 miles (9.7 km) Dansville - Wayland NY 63 Yes[95]
Rochester and Spencerport Plank Road December 28, 1849 6 miles (9.7 km) Rochester- Spencerport NY 31 Yes[26] Toll booths still on the road well after deplanking
Rochester and Webster Plank Road December 28, 1849 7 miles (11 km) Rochester - Webster Webster Avenue, Bay Street, Culver Road, Empire Boulevard, NY 404 Yes[26] Had branches
Niagara Falls and Lewiston Plank Road January 5, 1850 7 miles (11 km) Niagara Falls - Lewiston NY 104, Portage Road, Center Street Yes 1851: Authorized to erect a second booth on their road
Albion Plank Road January 5, 1850 2 miles (3.2 km) Albion - Gaines NY 98, NY 279 Yes[96]
Waterford and Half Moon Plank Road January 9, 1850 5 miles (8.0 km) No
Canajoharie and Spraker's Basin Plank Road January 9, 1850 3 miles (4.8 km) No
Cato and Victory Plank Road January 14, 1850 5 miles (8.0 km) Cato - Victory NY 370, Old State Road Yes[97] 1851: Authorized to construct only 4 miles of what was initially planned
Vienna and Clifton Plank Road January 14, 1850 5 miles (8.0 km) Vienna - Clifton Springs| Yes Also known as the Vienna and Clifton Springs Plank Road. Toll gates were erected.[98]
Middletown and Bloomingburgh Plank Road January 16, 1850 8 miles (13 km) Middletown - Bloomingburgh NY 17M Yes[99]
Utica Deerfield and Schuyler Plank Road January 18, 1850 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) No
Madison and Earlville Plank Road January 21, 1850 16+1⁄2 miles (26.6 km) Madison - Oriskany Falls - Earlville No
Oxford and Norwich Plank Road January 21, 1850 8 miles (13 km) No
Barre Plank Road January 21, 1850 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) No
Albany and Mohawk Plank Road January 23, 1850 11 miles (18 km) Albany - Crescent[100] US 9 Yes[101]
Cazenovia and De Ruyter Plank Road January 23, 1850 6 miles (9.7 km) Cazenovia - DeRuyter NY 13 (Delphi Road, Kiley Road, DeRuyter Reservoir Road, Reservoir Road, East Lake Road) Yes[39]
Auburn and Port Byron Plank Road January 26, 1850 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) Auburn - Port Byron NY 38 Yes[102]
Macedon and Victor Plank Road Main Road January 26, 1850 10 miles (16 km) Macedon - East Victor NY 31, Victor Road, Bowerman Road, Brownsville Road, Plastermill Road, NY 96, NY 444, US 20, US 20A, NY 64 Yes Name changed to Macedon and Bristol Plank Road the year of incorporation, and was extended to Bristol Center. Authorized to sell 1855
Branch Macedon - Perinton line NY 31
Warrensburg and Chester Plank Road January 29, 1850 17+1⁄2 miles (28.2 km) Lake George - Warrensburg - Chester US 9 Yes[103]
Hammond, Rossie, and Antwerp Plank Road January 29, 1850 18 miles (29 km) Hammond - Rossie - Antwerp Jefferson CR 31, CR 3, CR 25, CR 24 Yes[37] 1857: Authorized to extend southernly along the Gouverneur, Somerville, and Antwerp PR
Fort Edward and Fort Miller Plank Road January 30, 1850 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) Fort Edward - Fort Miller Yes[104] Had the right to extend to the bridge at Thomson
Sandy Hill and Adamsville Plank Road January 30, 1850 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) Sandy Hill - Adamsville NY 196 Yes
Morristown Hammond Alexandria and Theresa Plank Road January 30, 1850 24 miles (39 km) No
Hannibal Sterling and Wolcott Plank Road February 1, 1850 16 miles (26 km) Hannibal - Red Creek - Wolcott NY 104 Yes 1857: Terms outlined for sale
Theresa Plank Road February 2, 1850 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) Theresa - Evan's Mills Yes[37]
Jordan and Cato Plank Road February 4, 1850 10 miles (16 km) Yes[105]
Waterloo Ontario and Wayne Plank Road February 4, 1850 9 miles (14 km) No
Waterloo and Fayette Plank Road February 4, 1850 6+3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) Waterloo - Fayette-Varick line Yes[81]
Hammondsport and Bath Plank Road Main Road February 6, 1850 12 miles (19 km) Hammondsport - Bath - Kennedyville NY 54 Yes 1853: Authorized to not build a road into Hammondsport in exchange for making a branch
Branch April 12, 1853 Urbana - Mitchellville Steuben CR 88, CR 89 Yes[106]
De Ruyter Plank Road February 6, 1850 7 miles (11 km) Yes[28]
Ulster and Delaware Plank Road February 6, 1850 36 miles (58 km) Kingston - Pine Hill Yes[107]
Cedarville and Schuyler's Lake Plank Road February 7, 1850 7 miles (11 km) Schuyler Lake - Cedarville NY 28, Hyder Road, Otsego CR 25, CR 24, US 20, Herkimer CR 177, NY 51 Yes[108] 1853: Authorized to not build the part of their road on the Third Great Western TP
Ogdensburgh and Canton Road February 16, 1850 18 miles (29 km) Ogdensburgh - Canton Falls NY 68 Yes[109] Had earlier organized as a turnpike; this act converted it to a plank road
Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road March 24, 1850 Albany - Gallupville New Scotland Road, NY 85, The Old Road, Indian Ledge Road, Wolf Hill Road, Pinnacle Road, NY 443 Yes[88]
Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road Main Road March 24, 1850 Ellenville - Newburgh Washington Street, Washington Terrace, Dupont Avenue, South Street, NY 52 Yes[110] 1853: Authorized to abandon, at their discretion, their road south of the Cochecton Turnpike and their branch, though it didn't happen at the time.
Branch 1853 Saint Andrews - Wallkill Saint Andrews Road, Lake Osiris Road, Bordens Road Yes
Newburgh and Shawangunk Plank Road March 24, 1850 Wallkill - Newburgh Water Street, Leroy Place, North Street, Plank Road, NY 32, NY 300 Yes[110] Abandoned within Newburgh 1853
Clinton Prison Plank Road April 10, 1850 Clinton Correctional Facility - Saranac River Plank Road NY 374 Yes[111]
Brabrant Plank Road Mutton Hollow - Sawkill[112] Morey Hill Road Yes[113]
Newtown and Maspeth Plank Road 1850-1851 Newtown - Maspeth Grand Avenue Yes[114]
Medina and Alabama Plank Road 1850-1851 Ridgeway - Medina - Alabama NY 63 Yes[115] Also known as the Ridgeway, Medina, and Alabama Plank Road
Auburn and Aurelius Plank Road 1850-1851 Auburn - Aurelius Clark Street, US 20 Yes[116]
Delhi Plank Road 1850-1851 Delhi - Hamden - Walton NY 10 Yes[117] On the bed of the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike
Union Plank Road Main Road 1850-1851 Esopus Creek - Kingston Washington Avenue, North Front Street, Wall Street Yes[118]
West Fork Kingston - Wilbur Wall Street, Henry Street, Wilbur Avenue, Dunn Street Yes
East Fork Kingston - Rondout Pearl Street, Clinton Avenue, Saint James Avenue, Broadway Yes
Lockport and Warren's Corners Plank Road 1850-1851 Lockport - Warren's Corners Gooding Street, Jackson Street, Plank Road, Stone Road Yes[119]
Manlius and Delphi Plank Road 1850-1851 Manlius - Delphi NY 92, Oran-Delphi Road ... Yes[28]
Jamaica and Brooklyn Plank Road 1850-1851 Brooklyn - Jamaica Fulton Street, Jamaica Avenue Yes[120]
Cherry Valley and Fort Plain Plank Road 1850-1851 Cherry Valley - Fort Plain NY 163, Montgomery CR 82, Otsego CR 32, NY 166 Yes
Schoharie and Richmondville Plank Road 1850-1851 Schoharie - Mineral Springs - Richmondville Schoharie CR 1A, NY 145, CR 1, NY 7 Yes[121]
Angelica and Belvidere Plank Road 1850-1851 Angelica - Belvidere Allegany CR 20 Yes[122]
Jamestown Plank Road 1851 Carroll-Jamestown - Gerry-Ellicot line Chautauqua CR 380, Van Cobb Road, NY 60 Yes[123]
Hermon Plank Road March 1, 1851 Marshville - Dekalb-Canton line Saint Lawrence CR 21, Church Street, Main Street, Water Street, Dekalb Junction-Russell Road, Cousintown Road Yes Proposed to extend to Edwards and Carthage
Belfast and Angelica Plank Road March 23, 1851 Belfast - Angelica Allegany CR 26, Old State Road ... Joncy Road, CR 16 Yes[122]
Coxsackie and Oak Hill Plank Road 1850-1852 Coxsackie - Greenville - Oak Hill NY 81 (Old Plank Road, King Hill-Earlton Road), Old Plank Road, Plank Road Yes[124]
Evan's Mills and Oxbow Plank Road 1850-1852 17 miles (27 km) Evan's Mills - Oxbow North Main Street, Elm Ridge Road, Ore Bed Road, Jefferson CR 23, Pulpit Rock Road Yes[37]
Ellenville and Fallsburgh Plank Road 1850-1852 Ellenville - Woodbourne NY 52 Yes Acquired from the Fallsburgh Turnpike 1852
Rochester and Hemlock Lake Plank Road 1850-1852 Rochester - Hemlock NY 15A Yes[125]
Lisle and Forestburgh Plank Road 1850-1852 Mount Hope - Forestburgh Mount Hope Avenue, Highland Avenue, Main Street, NY 211 (Galley Hill Road, Horse Shoe Bend Road), Oakland Valley Road, Hartwood Road Yes[28] Purchased from the Mount Hope and Lumberland Turnpike
Reservation Central Plank Road 1850-1852 East Seneca - Elma Center Bullis Road Partly[126]
Livingston, Allegany, and Steuben Plank Road 1850-1852 Sparta - Dansville NY 63 Yes[127] Name changed to the Sparta and Dansville Plank Road 1852.
Western Plank Road 1850-1852 McLenathan Falls - Franklin-Black Brook line Plank Road Yes[128]
Palmyra and Pultneyville Plank Road 1850-1852 Palmyra - Marion - Pultneyville NY 21, Lake Avenue, Jay Street Yes[129] Made public 1861
Monterey, Cooper's Plains, Painted Post, and Corning Plank Road 1852 Corning - Painted Post - Coopers Plains - Monterey NY 415, Main Street, Steuben CR 26, Schuyler CR 16 Yes[130]
Fredonia and Sinclairville Plank Road 1850-1853 Fredonia - Sinclairville - Gerry - Ellicot line Eagle Street, NY 60 (... Canandaigua CR 133), Salisbury Road Yes[131]
Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Canarsie Plank Road 1850-1853 Brooklyn line - Flatbush - Canarsie Flatbush Avenue, Cortelyou Road ... Yes[132]
Ransomville Plank Road 1850-1853
Monticello and Wurtsboro Plank Road ~1853 No Authorized the year of incorporation to purchase their road from the Newburgh-Cochecton TP
Pulaski and Selkirk Plank Road 1853 No Was to acquire their road from the Salmon River Plank Road
Myrtle Avenue and Jamaica Plank Road 1850-1853 Brooklyn - Richmond Hill Myrtle Avenue Yes[133]
Bristol Center and South Bristol Plank Road 1850-1853 Bristol - South Bristol No
Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road 1850-1853 Skaneateles - Elbridge - Jordan NY 317, Onondaga CR 122, CR 22 Yes
Mongaup Valley, Forestburgh, and Port Jervis Plank Road 1850-1853 Mongaup Valley - Forestburgh - Port Jervis Plank Road ... Starlight Road, Plank Road, Griffin Road, NY 42, Old Forestburgh Road, Old Cahoonzie Road, Cemetery Road, Main Street, Sleepy Hollow Road, Main Street Yes 1857: Road purchased by the Orange and Sullivan Plank Road Co.
Frewsburg Plank Road July 18, 1853, c. 535 Kiantone - Frewsburg US 62 Yes[134]
Philipsville and Belfast Plank Road 1850-1853 Philipsville - Belfast No
Havana and Newfield Plank Road 1850-1853 Havana - Newfield Broadway, Cotton Hanlon Road, MacDowell Road, Main Street, Coddington Place, Fowler Place, NY 224, CR 11 Yes Had constructed their road by 1853 when toll gate locations were changed. Had a branch from Odessa
New Berlin and Brookfield Plank Road 1850-1853 No
Flatbush Plank Road 1850-1853 Flatbush - Flatlands Flatbush Avenue Yes[135]
Richmondville and Summit Plank Road 1850-1858 Richmondville - Summit Street, NY 10 Yes
Salisbury and Manehim Plank Road April 12, 1856, c. 182[136] Salisbury - Gray Military Road, Dairy Hill Road ... Black Creek Road, Bull Hill Road Yes
Canastota and Morrisville New Plank Road 1850-1858 Yes[28]
Madison and Hamilton Plank Road 1850-1859 Yes[28]

See also

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