The Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway parallels the Mohawk River from Rotterdam Junction to Cohoes where the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers converge.  Many sections of the trailway were built on the old Erie Canal towpath.  The trail is continuous except where it crosses the Mohawk River between Scotia and Schenectady and under Route 87.  The trail is 25 miles long and the surface is all asphalt except for a 1 mile segment.  Many of America's earliest mills, dams, locks, bridges, and mansions were built along the route.