Route description
The New York State Thruway system is a collection of six individual components across the state ofMainline
{{See also, Interstate 87 (New York), Interstate 90 in New YorkSouth of Albany
The mainline of the Thruway begins, both in terms ofAlbany to Syracuse
South of Schenectady, but still in Albany County, the Thruway and I-90 meetSyracuse to Buffalo
West of Salina, the Thruway passes north ofWest of Buffalo
Just west of the toll barrier, I-90 and the Thruway—now toll-free—connect toBerkshire Connector
{{See also, Interstate 90 in New York The Berkshire Connector is a {{convert, 24.28, mi, 2, adj=on east–west spur connecting the Thruway mainline in Coeymans, New York, Coeymans to theGarden State Parkway Connector
{{See also, Garden State Parkway The Garden State Parkway Connector is a {{convert, 2.40, mi, 2, adj=on highway that connects the Thruway mainline at exit 14A in Ramapo, New York, Ramapo with theOther components
{{See also, Interstate 95 in New York, Interstate 190 (New York), Interstate 287 The New York State Thruway system also consists of three other components: theHistory
Origins and construction
A toll Highway, superhighway connecting the major cities of the state ofTappan Zee Bridge replacement
{{Main, Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present) The original Tappan Zee Bridge (1955-2017), Tappan Zee Bridge, carrying the concurrency of the New York State Thruway, I-87, and I-287, was a cantilever bridge built during 1952–55. The bridge was {{convert, 3, mi, spell=in long and spanned the Hudson at its second-widest point. Before its replacement in 2017, the deteriorating structure carried an average of 138,000 vehicles per day, substantially more traffic than its design capacity. During its first decade, the bridge carried fewer than 40,000 vehicles per day. Part of the justification for replacing the bridge stems from its construction immediately following the Korean War on a low budget of only $81 million. Unlike other major bridges in metropolitan New York, the Tappan Zee was designed only to last 50 years. The Federal Highway Administration issued a report in October 2011 designating the Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present), Tappan Zee's replacement to be a dual-span (engineering), span twin bridges, twin bridge.{{cite web, url=http://www.tzbsite.com/tzbsite_2/pdf-library_2/2011-10-13%20Scoping%20Information%20Packet.pdf, title=Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project Scoping Information Packet, author=US Federal Highway Administration, author-link=Federal Highway Administration, date=October 13, 2011, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030101223/http://www.tzbsite.com/tzbsite_2/pdf-library_2/2011-10-13%20Scoping%20Information%20Packet.pdf, archive-date=October 30, 2011, url-status=dead, access-date=October 26, 2011, df=mdy-all Construction officially began in October 2013, with the new spans being built to the north of the existing bridge. The new bridge connects to the existing highway approaches of I-87 and I-287 on both river banks. The northbound/westbound span opened on August 25, 2017. Southbound/eastbound traffic remained on the old bridge until October 6, 2017. At that point, southbound/eastbound traffic shifted to the westbound span of the new bridge and the old bridge closed.{{cite news, url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/06/westchester-bound-traffic-shifting-to-new-gov-mario-m-cuomo-bridge/, title=Old Tappan Zee Bridge Sees Its Final Car Friday Night, last1=Adams, first1=Sean, date=October 6, 2017, access-date=October 13, 2017, publisher=CBS New York The bridge's eastbound span opened to traffic on September 11, 2018. Upon completion, the new Tappan Zee Bridge became one of the longest cable-stayed spans in the nation.Interstate 84
Except for the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge that is owned and maintained by the New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA), Interstate 84 in New York, Interstate 84 was a toll-free component of the New York State Thruway System from 1991 to 2010. Prior to 1991, I-84 was constructed and maintained by theOther developments
In 1964, the New York State Legislature officially renamed the Thruway in honor of Thomas E. Dewey, the Governor of New York at the time of the Thruway's opening. The official designation is, however, rarely used in reference to the road. The Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse, Schoharie Creek Bridge was a Thruway bridge over the Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter, New York, Fort Hunter and theServices
There are 27 Rest area, service areas along the Thruway, all on the New York–Ripley mainline. The service areas, called "travel plazas" by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), are spaced roughly {{convert, 30, mi, 0 apart and are open at all hours of the day. Two plazas—the New Baltimore, New York, New Baltimore plaza at milepost 127 and the Angola, New York, Angola plaza at milepost 447—are accessible from both directions of the Thruway; the remainder are accessible from only one direction (although the Sloatsburg and Ramapo service plazas at milepost 33 were connected via a pedestrian bridge until 2021). Each plaza features a gas station and a variety of restaurants, at least one of which is open 24 hours. Free Wi-Fi service was added to all 27 service areas on March 1, 2007. NYSTA also operates the Thruway Authority highway advisory radio, Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) system, a network of radio stations across the state that broadcast information on traffic conditions along the Thruway. The system broadcasts at 1610 AM in theTravel plazas
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All components of the New York State Thruway system except for the Garden State Parkway Connector and the Cross-Westchester Expressway are tolled in some capacity. The entire Thruway has used an all-electronic,Component toll sections
There are three types of toll sections on the Thruway: closed-toll segments, flat-rate highway gantry segments, and flat-rate bridge/barrier gantry segments. On the closed-toll segments, a driver is electronically recorded when they enter and pay a distance-based toll upon exit. The highway gantry segments are situated between closed-toll segments and are spaced so they require a toll to travel between any pair of exits on each segment. Finally, the barrier/bridge gantries generally contain free exits on either side of the gantry.Closed-toll segments and highway gantries
Prior to the implementation of electronic tolling, the longer of the two closed-toll systems began atStandalone fixed toll gantries
This class of toll gantry on the Thruway system replaced former fixed-rate toll barrier plazas located at bridges and other locations. These particular toll points are their own class because they are not considered segments of the distance-based toll system (former ticket systems), unlike fixed-rate segment highway gantries which are situated between distance-based toll segments. These toll points were made cashless (changed from plazas to gantries) first, from 2016 to 2018, contrasted with fixed-rate segment highway gantries, which were established for tolling in November 2020, when cashless tolling went live on the ticket systems of the Thruway. Even before cashless tolling, which brought more segmentation and the other class of fixed-rate toll point, these toll points were considered standalone due to being outside the ticket systems. This class of toll gantry, and the toll barriers that existed before, are subject to conditions such as direction of travel and not being covered by the E-ZPass annual permit plan. On the mainline Thruway, there are three flat-rate bridge/barrier gantries. The southernmost of these is inCost
When the Thruway opened in the mid-1950s, the cost to travel from Buffalo to New York City was $5.60 (equivalent to ${{formatprice, {{inflation, US-GDP, 5.60, 1954, r=0 in {{inflation-year, US-GDP). The closed ticket system, which at the time extended from Spring Valley to Williamsville, accounted for $5 of the toll, while the remaining $0.60 was charged at the Yonkers ($0.10) and Tappan Zee ($0.50) toll barriers.{{cite news , title = Collecting The Tolls , date = June 20, 1954 , newspaper = The New York Times , page = XX10 {{inflation-fn, US-GDP After the south end of the major closed ticket system was moved from Spring Valley to Woodbury, the Spring Valley toll barrier became a fixed-rate toll for both cars and trucks. The Spring Vallery barrier's car toll was removed in July 1997. At the time, the toll was $0.40 (equivalent to ${{formatprice, {{inflation, US-GDP, 0.40, 1997, r=0 in {{inflation-year, US-GDP).{{inflation-fn, US-GDP As of August 2021, the trip from Buffalo to the New York City line costs $31.04 with toll-by-plate ($23.87 for New York E-ZPass holders) with two-axle passenger vehicles, calculated at 15 gantries and tolling sections. The return trip costs $24.21 ($18.62 with New York E-ZPass) across 14 gantries and tolling sections, as the Tappan Zee Bridge gantry only charges a southbound/eastbound toll. As of August 2021, the Berkshire Connector costs $1.03 ($0.79 with New York E-ZPass) to travel between theExit list
For exits on the Cross-Westchester Expressway, theMainline
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