approaches Skaneateles Lake, one of New York's Finger Lakes, running along the shoreline through the area, with a western turn at Amerman Road. At the northern terminus of Old Salt Road (CR 67), this process repeats itself, crossing into Onondaga County. Now in the town of Skaneateles, NY 41A gains the name West Lake Road, running along Skaneateles Lake, intersecting the northern terminus of NY 359 (Lacy Road) at the lakeside hamlet of Mandana. Continuing north along the western shore of the lake, NY 41A crosses through Thornton Heights and Winding Ways and passes the Skaneateles Aerodrome. After crossing a junction with Benson Road (CR 117), NY 41A crosses through the Skaneateles Country Club and into the village of Skaneateles. Now known as Kane Avenue, NY 41A serves several residential blocks before ending at a junction with US 20 (West Genesee Street). History The origins of NY 41A date back to November 29, 1901, when the state of New York awarded a contract to improve a segment of modern NY 41A south of the village of Skaneateles to state highway standards. The rebuilt road was added to the state highway system on December 23, 1902, as unsigned State Highway 48 (SH 48). A later contract, let on July 10, 1906, reconstructed the mile of road directly south of SH 48, while another named on November 10 of that year focused on the stretch leading south from the Skaneateles village line and the section of road between the south end of the July project's scope and Mandana. The highway improved by the former was accepted into the state highway system on December 8, 1909, as SH 292; the latter was included on December 13, 1908, as SH 486. On January 30, 1914, the state awarded a contract to rebuild two highways leading away from SH 486 in Mandana, one heading generally southwestward for and another traveling southeast to the Cayuga–Onondaga county line. Both were added to the state highway system on June 18, 1915, as SH 1068. In 1924, the southwestern leg of SH 1068 became part of NY 26, an Ithaca–Syracuse route which continued north to Skaneateles by way of SH 486, SH 292, and SH 48. The southeast leg of SH 1068 did not receive a posted route number as it did not connect to any state roads at its south end. Over the course of the next few