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
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 stock. The company than 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 | |
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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 Amwell | 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] |
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