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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.

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List of plank roads in New York

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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...

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Plank road

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airport runways Old Plank Road (California) Old Plank Road Trail Sweet Track and Post Track List of plank roads in New York The numbering of the trackways No...

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Plank Road Boom

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of plank road were built countrywide. Plank roads were brought to the United States by Syracuse engineer George Geddes who brought them to New York from...

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Paterson Plank Road

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Hackensack and the Passaic. Many plank roads in the United States were developed in the nineteenth century. These roads consisted of wooden boards laid adjacently...

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Old York Road

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Hook Ferry in present day Exchange Place in Jersey City via Bergen Point Plank Road/Newark Plank Road. Old York Road was laid out from New Hope, Pennsylvania...

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List of turnpikes in New York

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New York Thruway System, reintroducing toll roads to the state. List of plank roads in New York Franklin Ellis, History of Columbia County, New York,...

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Historic roads and trails

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1844 to the mid 1850s. In about 10 years, over 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of plank road were built in New York alone–enough road to go from Manhattan to...

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New York State Route 317

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route was once part of the Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road, a plank road established by a New York State Legislature charter in the 1850s. It spanned...

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Newark Plank Road

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a plank road was constructed of wooden planks laid side-to-side on a roadbed. Similar roads, the Bergen Point Plank Road, the Hackensack Plank Road and...

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Weston Road

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Plan". Canada portal List of north-south roads in Toronto List of numbered roads in York Region "Bylaw 434-2006" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved December...

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New York State Route 115

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them back. Due to the action of the New York State Legislature in 1854, the plank road company would need to be constructed in accordance with the turnpike...

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New York State Route 174

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settlements in Central New York. The northern half of the route, between the villages of Marcellus and Camillus, was later improved as a plank road in 1855 by...

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120th New York Infantry Regiment

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of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road...

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List of reference routes in New York

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route is an unsigned highway assigned by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to roads that possess a signed name (mainly parkways)...

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New York State Route 52

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route; the supporters of a northern route organized the Newburgh and Shawangunk Plank Road two weeks later. Both roads were completed in December 1851; an...

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History of the New York City Subway

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The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and...

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Canyon Road

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coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road) is a 6.5 mi (10.5 km) major road and partial state highway, which serves...

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New York State Route 165

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in the mid-1960s. U.S. roads portal List of county routes in Otsego County, New York "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State...

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Bergen Point Plank Road

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Avenue in Jersey City and Broadway in Bayonne. Plank roads were built during the 19th century, often by private companies as turnpike roads, in this case...

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Boardwalk

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each of two prehistoric plank roads, or boardwalks, trackway No. I being discovered in 1898 and trackway No. II in 1904 in the Wittmoor bog in northern...

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Roads in Italy

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Roads in Italy are an important mode of transport in Italy. The classification of the roads of Italy is regulated by the Italian traffic code, both from...

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50th New York Engineer Regiment

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Plank Road First Battle of Deep Bottom Battle of Hatcher's Run Battle of White Oak Road Fall of Petersburg Battle of Appomattox Court House Left New York...

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