Part of the "Your Thruway New York!" series. Presents the advantages of building the Thruway from New York City to Albany and Schenectady to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Shots of downtown Rochester, Kodak, and newly opened thruway outside of the city. Scenes of engineers and construction workers clearing trees for the road project, Lake Avenue improvements, Mt. Read Blvd, Hamilton Beach State Park.

Identifier
NYSA_14512-91_mpf16_aaaa_ee

Date Original
1951

Source
New York State Archives. New York State Thruway Authority. Motion pictures of Thruway construction and related matters, approximately 1951-1967. 14512-91, Box 2.;16mm; black & white; sound

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