The Byway is the road, a road that tells a story. The Mohawk Towpath Byway is a series of local, county, and state highways between Waterford and Cohoes and Schenectady along the Mohawk River. Our Byway tells the story of the waterway west and its many layers of history from native American times, through Erie Canal and the role our communities played in the industrial revolution and the westward expansion of the country.