Mohawk Towpath Byway
Driving Directions
Driving the Byway
The byway begins at the intersection of State Route 32 and 8th Street in the Village of Waterford on the Lakes to Locks Passage. From there:
- Follow Route 32 south for 1.7 miles across the Mohawk River into Cohoes at the intersection of State Route 787.
- Turn left onto Van Courtland Street (which becomes North Mohawk Street and then Cohoes/Crescent Road). Continue for 3.6 miles.
- Turn right onto Route 9 and continue for .6 miles.
- Turn left onto Crescent/Vischer Ferry Road and continue for .1 miles.
- Turn left onto Canal Road and continue for 2.3 miles.
- Turn right onto Klamsteam road and continue for .3 miles.
- Turn left onto Riverview Road and continue for 4 miles.
- Bear left to continue along Riverview road and yield to traffic entering from Vischer Ferry road. Continue for 3.7 miles.
- Continue straight through the stop sign. Riverview Road becomes Saratoga County Route 91. Continue for 1.7 miles.
- Turn left onto State Route 146 and continue for .3 miles.
- Turn right onto Aqueduct Road and continue for 2.1 miles. The road will become Van Vranken Ave.
- Bear right at the intersection with Maxon Road and continue for 1.2 miles.
- Turn right onto Erie Boulevard and continue for 1.3 miles to the western terminus of the byway at the intersection of State Street which is State Route 5 and the Revolutionary Byway.
An alternate route from Route 9 in Crescent, Halfmoon (fourth bullet above) returns to Waterford at the intersection of Eighth Street and Route 32.
- Turn right onto Church Hill Road and continue for 1 mile.
- Continue straight through the stop sign. The road becomes Saratoga County Route 94. Continue for .4 miles.
- Turn right onto Saratoga County Route 96 and continue for .2 miles.
- Turn right onto County 97 (Fonda Road) and continue for 3.0 miles.
- County 97 (Fonda Road) becomes Washington Street in the village of Waterford.
- Turn right onto Eighth Street and continue for .2 miles to the eastern terminus at the intersection of State Route 32 which is the Lakes to Locks Passage Byway.
