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{{Infobox road , state = NY , type = NYST , alternate_name = Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway , maint = NYSTA , map = {{maplink, frame=yes, plain=yes, frame-align=center, frame-width=290, type=line, stroke-width=2, type2=line, from2=New York State Thruway Spur Routes.map , map_custom = yes , map_notes = Map of New York with the Thruway mainline in red; other components of the Thruway system are in blue , length_mi = 496.00 , length_ref = , length_notes = Mainline only , established = {{Start date, June 24, 1954 , restrictions = No explosives (including in cargo) between exits 9 and 11
No commercial vehicles allowed on the Garden State Parkway Connector , allocation = {{plainlist, 1= * {{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 87 between
The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
and Albany * {{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 287 between
Elmsford Elmsford is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. Roughly one mile square, the village is fully contained within the borders of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, th ...
and Suffern * {{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 90 between Albany and Ripley and the Berkshire Connector * {{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 95 on the New England Thruway , direction_a = South , terminus_a = {{Jct, state=NY, I, 95 at the
Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
–Yonkers, New York City line , junction = {{plainlist, * {{jct, state=NY, I, 287, Parkway, Saw Mill, NY, 119 in
Elmsford Elmsford is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. Roughly one mile square, the village is fully contained within the borders of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, th ...
* {{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Garden State in Spring Valley * {{jct, state=NJ, I, 287, NJ, 17 in Suffern * {{Jct, state=NY, I-Future, 86, US, 6, NY, 17, NY, 32 in Harriman * {{Jct, state=NY, I, 84, NY, 300, NY, 17K in Newburgh, New York, Newburgh * {{Jct, state=NY, I, 87, I, 90, US, 20 in Albany * {{Jct, state=NY, I, 88, NY, 7 in
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* {{Jct, state=NY, I, 81 in Syracuse * {{jct, state=NY, I, 390, NY, 253, NY, 15 in
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* {{jct, state=NY, I, 190 near Buffalo , direction_b = West , terminus_b = {{Jct, state=PA, I, 90 at the New York–Pennsylvania state line in Ripley , counties = Westchester, Rockland,
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,
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, Albany,
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, Montgomery, Herkimer, Oneida,
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, Cayuga,
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, Monroe,
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The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of
controlled-access highway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...
s spanning {{convert, 569.83, mi, 2 within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the
New York State Thruway Authority The New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States. The NYSTA was formed in 1950 with the responsibility of constructing, maintaining, and operating the New York State Thruway, a syste ...
(NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation. The {{convert, 496.00, mi, adj=on mainline is a
toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...
that extends from the
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line at
Yonkers Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...
to the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley by way of I-87 and I-90 through Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Thruway is the fifth-busiest toll road in the United States. The
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is also a major route for long distance travelers linking the cities of
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
and Buffalo with
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
and New York City. A tolled highway connecting the major cities of New York was first proposed in 1949. The first section of the Thruway, between Utica and
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, opened on June 24, 1954. The remainder of the mainline was opened in 1955, and many of its spurs connecting to highways in other states and the Canadian province of
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were built in the 1950s. In 1957, much of the Thruway system was included as portions of Interstate 87 (I-87), I-90, and
I-95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...
. Other segments became part of
I-190 Interstate 190 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States related to Interstate 90: * Interstate 190 (Illinois), a spur into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport *Interstate 190 (Massachusetts), a spur from Worcester to L ...
and I-287 shortly afterward. Today, the system comprises six highways: the New York–Ripley mainline, the Berkshire Connector, the Garden State Parkway Connector, the
New England Thruway Interstate 95 (I-95) is part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from Miami, Florida, to the Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine. In the U.S. state of New York, I-95 extends from the George Washington Bridge in New Yor ...
(I-95), the
Niagara Thruway Niagara may refer to: Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada *Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River * Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border * Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ...
(I-190), and the Cross-Westchester Expressway (I-287). The portion of I-84 in New York was maintained by the Thruway Authority from 1991 to 2010, but it was never part of the Thruway system and is currently maintained by the
New York State Department of Transportation The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in ...
(NYSDOT). The Thruway formerly utilized a combination of closed ( ticket-based), and open ( barrier-based) tolling. From 2016 to 2018, all flat-rate barriers on the Thruway system transitioned to
open road tolling Open road tolling (ORT), also called all-electronic tolling, cashless tolling, or free-flow tolling, is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The ma ...
, which replaced cash payment with an all-electronic tolling system using E-ZPass and
toll by mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
. On November 13, 2020, both ticket systems on the Thruway were converted to open road tolling. The Garden State Parkway Connector, the Cross-Westchester Expressway and the section of the mainline in and around Buffalo are toll-free. Motorists with E-ZPasses receive a greater discount on the toll-by-mail rate than out-of-state E-ZPass members do. The Thruway is partly subsidized by the tolls, whereas other parts are subsidized by NYSDOT, a 50/50 for the toll-free areas, and cashless/tolled areas.


Route description

The New York State Thruway system is a collection of six individual components across the state of New York that connect the state to four neighboring states (
Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
,
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
,
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, and
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
) as well as the Canadian province of
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. Together, the highways extend for {{convert, 569.83, mi, 2, making the Thruway system one of the largest toll highway systems in the United States. The longest of the six components is the {{convert, 496, mi, 0, adj=on mainline. Of the 570 miles in the Thruway system, {{convert, 560.85, mi, 2 (98.4%) carries at least one
Interstate Highway The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. Th ...
designation. Only three sections of the system are not part of the Interstate Highway System; these are the Garden State Parkway Connector in
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, a {{convert, 6, mi, 0, adj=on portion of the Berkshire Connector between its western terminus at exit 21A on the mainline near Selkirk and where it joins up with
Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
at exit B1 near Castleton-on-Hudson, and a short section of the mainline within exit 24 in Albany that is located between where
I-87 Interstate 87 may refer to either of two unconnected Interstate Highways in the United States: * Interstate 87 (New York), a highway running from New York City north to the Canadian border in Champlain, New York. * Interstate 87 (North Carolina) ...
departs the roadway and I-90 enters it. They are designated as New York State Route 982L (NY 982L), NY 912M, and NY 915H, respectively, all unsigned reference routes. The speed limit, enforced by the
New York State Police The New York State Police (NYSP) is the state police of the state of New York in the United States. It is part of the New York State Executive Department, and employs over 5,000 sworn state troopers and 711 civilian members. History The Stat ...
, is 65 miles per hour along most of the Thruway. The main exceptions to this are in the densely-populated northern suburbs of
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; the suburbs and city of Buffalo; in Westchester and Rockland counties. There, the speed limit is 55 miles per hour.{{cite web , title = History of NY Thruway 1991–2000 , url = http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history6.shtml , work = Upstate NY Roads , access-date = June 30, 2016 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160815074637/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history6.shtml , archive-date = August 15, 2016 , url-status = dead {{sps, certain=yes, date=October 2018 I-90, which comprises the bulk of the mainline and the Berkshire Connector, runs for {{convert, 365.55, mi, 2 along the Thruway: {{convert, 17.70, mi, 2 as part of the Berkshire Connector and {{convert, 347.85, mi, 2 on the mainline. I-87 comprises the remaining {{convert, 148.15, mi, 2 of the mainline, including an {{convert, 18.86, mi, 2, adj=on concurrency with I-287 north of New York City. I-287 covers another {{convert, 29.76, mi, 2 (including the {{convert, 18.86, mi, 2 shared with I-87), while
I-190 Interstate 190 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States related to Interstate 90: * Interstate 190 (Illinois), a spur into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport *Interstate 190 (Massachusetts), a spur from Worcester to L ...
spans {{convert, 21.24, mi, 2 and
I-95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...
covers {{convert, 15.01, mi, 2. All highways maintained by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) lack the
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s that exist on all
New York State Department of Transportation The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in ...
-maintained roads, as would be expected. In their place, NYSTA-controlled roadways use small, square tenth-mile markers with a white background and blue numbering. These markers differ from the white-on-green reference markers used by NYSDOT on state-maintained highways, which are {{convert, 10, in, 0 high and {{convert, 8, in, 0 wide and display a limited amount of mileage information on their third row.


Mainline

{{See also, Interstate 87 (New York), Interstate 90 in New York


South of Albany

The mainline of the Thruway begins, both in terms of
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s and mileposts, at the boundary between the
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of
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and the
Westchester County Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...
city of
Yonkers Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...
. Here, I-87 changes from the Major Deegan Expressway to the Thruway as the mainline proceeds northward through Yonkers and southern Westchester County. It connects with Central Park Avenue ( NY 100) at exit 1, the first of 12 exits within the county. The first few exits serve various local streets, with exit 2 providing access to
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and exit 3 serving the Cross County Shopping Center. At exit 4, I-87 connects to the
Cross County Parkway The Cross County Parkway (CCP) is a parkway in lower Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The parkway is a critical east–west connection throughout Westchester, having full interchanges with every major north–south high ...
, an east-west parkway providing access to the Saw Mill River,
Bronx River The Bronx River (), approximately long, flows through southeast New York in the United States and drains an area of . It is named after colonial settler Jonas Bronck. Besides the Hutchinson River, the Bronx River is the only fresh water river in ...
, and
Hutchinson River The Hutchinson River is a freshwater stream located in the Bronx, and Southern Westchester County, New York. The river forms in Scarsdale at Brookline Road and flows 10 miles (16 km) south until it empties into Eastchester Bay in ...
parkways, all of which run parallel to the Thruway through Yonkers. The Hutchinson River and Bronx River parkways leave to the northeast midway through Yonkers, while the Saw Mill and Sprain Brook parkways follow the Thruway out of the city.{{cn, date=May 2021 Exit 5 connects to Central Park Avenue which connects towards White Plains. After that, exit 6 connects to Tuckahoe Road, connecting towards Yonkers and Bronxville. The last free exit heading northbound is at Ridge Hill Boulevard and Stew Leonard Drive (exit 6A). Travel farther north from there requires a toll payment at the Yonkers toll gantry.{{Citation needed, date=January 2020 After the toll, the thruway continues to exit 7, which grants access to Ardsley and Saw Mill River Road. All three highways take generally parallel tracks to
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, where I-87 directly intersects the Saw Mill River Parkway at exit 7A. Not far to the north is exit 8, a
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with I-287 (the Cross-Westchester Expressway). I-287 joins the Thruway here, following I-87 west across the
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into
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on the Tappan Zee Bridge. I-87 and I-287 remain overlapped for {{convert, 15, mi through the densely-populated southern portion of Rockland County, meeting the
Palisades Interstate Parkway The Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) is a limited-access highway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York (state), New York. The parkway is a major commuter route into New York City from Rockland County, New York, Rockland and Orange County ...
(exit 13) and the Garden State Parkway Connector, the latter of which provides access to the
Garden State Parkway The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May to the New York state line at Montvale. Its name refers to New Jersey ...
(exit 14A) in New Jersey. The Thruway continues generally westward to Suffern, where I-87 and I-287 split at a large semi-directional T interchange (exit 15) near the
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
border. At this point, I-287 heads south into New Jersey while I-87 and the Thruway turn northward into the valley of the
Ramapo River The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey in the United States. Course The Ramapo river rises in Round Lake, a small freshwater lake in the To ...
. NY 17 northbound briefly joins the Thruway at the interchange with I-287 in Suffern, and leaves the Thruway a half-mile north at exit 15A in Hillburn.{{cn, date=May 2021 The Thruway continues north through the river valley toward Harriman, where it encounters the
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toll barrier, the southeastern end of the mainline's major closed ticket system. The barrier is located on the mainline within exit 16 ( NY 17), a
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. Along with the mainline barrier in Harriman, an electronic
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exists on the exit 16 ramp midway between the Thruway and NY 17 exit 131 ( NY 32). Now a completely tolled highway, the Thruway heads northward, roughly paralleling the Hudson River to the river's west as it serves the city of Newburgh, the village of New Paltz, and the city of Kingston, indirectly connecting to the short I-587 in the latter.{{cn, date=May 2021 Past Kingston, the highway runs closer to the river as it parallels U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) through the towns of Saugerties, Catskill, Coxsackie, and
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. Just north of Ravena, the Thruway meets the west end of the Berkshire Connector, a spur linking the Thruway mainline to the
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{{convert, 25, mi, 0 to the east. The highway continues into Albany, where it connects to
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via
I-787 Interstate 787 (I-787) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of New York. I-787 is the main highway for those traveling into and out of downtown Albany. The southern terminus is, per New York traffic data, at the toll plaza ...
at exit 23 and intersects I-90 at exit 24.{{cn, date=May 2021 The latter of the two junctions is the busiest of the Thruway's exits, serving an estimated 27 million vehicles a year. I-87 leaves the Thruway mainline here, and the Thruway briefly becomes the unsigned reference route NY 915H, before I-90 merges into it, following the Thruway northwestward toward
Schenectady Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Y ...
.{{cn, date=May 2021


Albany to Syracuse

South of Schenectady, but still in Albany County, the Thruway and I-90 meet
I-890 Interstate 890 (I-890) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in the vicinity of Schenectady, New York, in the United States. The highway runs southeast–northwest from an interchange with the New York State Thruway ( I-90) northwest of Schene ...
, a loop route of I-90 that directly serves the downtown district of Schenectady, at exit 25. The Thruway, meanwhile, bypasses the city to the south and west, intersecting
I-88 Interstate 88 may refer to either of two United States Interstate highways: * Interstate 88 (Illinois) Interstate 88 (I-88) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that runs from an interchange with I-80 near Silvis and ...
at exit 25A in
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before reuniting with I-890 at exit 26 west of
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. Travel between I-88 (Exit 25A) and exits 24, 25 and 26 in either direction is toll-free. From exit 26 west to Utica, the mainline of the Thruway parallels the
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and the
Mohawk River The Mohawk River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk f ...
, crossing over the water-bodies at
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. In between Schenectady and Utica, I-90 and the Thruway serve several riverside communities, including the cities of
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(exit 27 via
NY 30 New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
) and Little Falls (exit 29A, NY 169) and the villages of Fonda (exit 28,
NY 30A New York State Route 30A (NY 30A) is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. It serves as a westerly alternate route of NY 30 from near the Schoharie County village of Schoharie to the Fulton Cou ...
),
Canajoharie Canajoharie (), also known as the "Upper Castle", was the name of one of two major towns of the Mohawk nation in 1738. The community stretched for a mile and a half along the southern bank of the Mohawk River, from a village known as ''Dekanohage' ...
(exit 29, NY 5S and
NY 10 New York State Route 10 (NY 10) is a north–south state highway in the Central New York and North Country regions of New York in the United States. It extends for from the Quickway ( NY 17) (Future Interstate 86) in Deposit ...
), and Herkimer (exit 30,
NY 28 New York State Route 28 (NY 28) is a state highway extending for in the shape of a "C" between the Hudson Valley city of Kingston and southern Warren County in the U.S. state of New York. Along the way, it intersects several major ...
).{{cn, date=May 2021 Like Schenectady before it, the Thruway bypasses downtown Utica, following an alignment north of the city while
I-790 Interstate 790 (I-790) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the city of Utica, New York, in the United States. It runs for from an interchange with New York State Route 5A (NY 5A) and NY 5S in downtown Utica to a pair of ...
serves it directly. I-790 breaks from the Thruway at exit 31 and runs along two carriageways flanking the mainline on both sides for {{convert, 1.5, mi, 1 before turning southward onto the North-South Arterial. The adjacent highways become NY 49, which parallels the Thruway for another {{convert, 2, mi, 1 northwestward. At the end of this stretch, the Thruway turns slightly southwestward, crossing over the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal while NY 49 continues northwestward along the northern bank of the water-bodies toward
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. On the other side of the river, the Thruway curves back to the west, proceeding to exit 32 in Westmoreland.{{cn, date=May 2021 Not far to the west, the Thruway has a junction with NY 365 at exit 33 in
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. Here, the Thruway connects to the cities of Rome and Oneida and serves the
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via NY 365. The highway continues onward through a sparsely-populated area between Verona and Syracuse, passing roughly {{convert, 5, mi, 0 south of
Oneida Lake Oneida Lake is the largest lake entirely within New York state, with a surface area of . The lake is located northeast of Syracuse and near the Great Lakes. It feeds the Oneida River, a tributary of the Oswego River, which flows into Lake Ontari ...
as it connects to the village of
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by way of NY 13 at exit 34. As the highway approaches exit 34A ( I-481) outside of Syracuse, the surroundings become more developed. The level of development rises sharply west of I-481 as the Thruway enters Salina, a northern suburb of Syracuse. Within Salina, I-90 and the Thruway intersect
I-81 Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Isla ...
, which connects the Thruway to both downtown Syracuse and
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.{{cn, date=May 2021


Syracuse to Buffalo

West of Salina, the Thruway passes north of
Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
and
Onondaga Lake Onondaga Lake is a lake in Central New York, immediately northwest of and adjacent to Syracuse, New York. The southeastern end of the lake and the southwestern shore abut industrial areas and expressways; the northeastern shore and northwestern e ...
before intersecting I-690 and its northern continuation, NY 690, at exit 39 in Van Buren. At this point, the amount of development along the Thruway sharply declines as it heads generally westward through a
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y area of
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. I-90 and the Thruway reconnect to the Erie Canal (here part of the Seneca River) at the western county line. Now in
Cayuga County Cayuga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,248. Its county seat and largest city is Auburn. The county was named for the Cayuga people, one of the Indian tribes in the Iroquois Confed ...
, the highway serves Weedsport via exit 40 and
NY 34 New York State Route 34 (NY 34) is a north–south New York state route located in Central New York. Its southern terminus is at the Pennsylvania state line in the village of Waverly, where it connects to Pennsylvania Route  ...
, exit 41 serving Del Lago Resort and Casino in
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and passes north of Port Byron prior to entering Seneca County and the
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. Here, the canal leaves the Thruway for good, turning northwestward to follow the
NY 31 New York State Route 31 (NY 31) is a state highway that extends for across western and central New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 104 in the city of Niagara Falls. Its ea ...
corridor to
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and beyond.{{cn, date=May 2021 The portion of the Thruway between Montezuma and the Rochester area is one of mostly rural nature, with the highway passing through remote, open fields, and for the most part avoiding highly populated areas. Along this stretch, it connects to two cities, both located well to the south of the Thruway:
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by way of exit 42 for NY 14 and
Canandaigua Canandaigua (; ''Utaʼnaráhkhwaʼ'' in Tuscarora) is a city in Ontario County, New York, United States. Its population was 10,545 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ontario County; some administrative offices are at the county compl ...
by way of exit 43 via
NY 21 New York State Route 21 (NY 21) is a state highway extending for about through the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 417 in the village of Andover, ...
. The next exit along the highway, exit 44 for
NY 332 New York State Route 332 (NY 332) is a north–south state highway that extends for through Ontario County in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with ...
, also serves Canandaigua; the junction is the primary exit for Canandaigua-bound travelers from the Rochester area. Here, the Thruway temporarily widens from four to six lanes as it continues generally westward to meet I-490 at exit 45 near
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. As in the vicinity of Schenectady and Utica, an auxiliary route of I-90—here I-490—directly serves a city (Rochester) while the Thruway bypasses it.{{cn, date=May 2021 It heads northwestward through the city's southern, mostly rural suburbs to
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, where it meets I-390 at exit 46. Henrietta is as close as the Thruway gets to downtown as it proceeds west to Le Roy, where I-490 reconnects to I-90 at exit 47. I-90 continues onward into Genesee County, intersecting with
NY 98 New York State Route 98 (NY 98) is a state highway in the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 219 (US 219) in the town of Great Valley in ...
at exit 48 north of
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and NY 77 at exit 48A in Pembroke. The latter exit provides access to
Six Flags Darien Lake Six Flags Darien Lake is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km2) amusement park and resort located in Corfu, New York, off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester. Six Flags Darien Lake features a theme park, water park, campground and lodging. ...
, a large amusement park located in the town of Darien. I-90 and the Thruway continue into Erie County and the Buffalo area. It meets NY 78 at exit 49 near Depew before passing through the Williamsville toll barrier, the northwestern end of the major closed ticket system.{{cn, date=May 2021


West of Buffalo

Just west of the toll barrier, I-90 and the Thruway—now toll-free—connect to
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via exit 50, a semi-directional T interchange. At this point, the Thruway turns southward, passing through the immediate eastern suburbs of Buffalo. As it heads south, it meets the
Kensington Expressway New York State Route 33 (NY 33) is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. The route extends for just under from NY 5 in Buffalo in the west to NY 31 in Rochester in the east. It is, in fact, ...
( NY 33) at exit 51 and Walden Avenue at exit 52, both cloverleaf interchanges. At exit 52, it passes to the west of the
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, a shopping mall situated at the nearby junction of Walden Avenue and
NY 277 New York State Route 277 (NY 277) is a state highway in New York in the United States. This highway is also called Union Road, along with other names. NY 277 is a major north–south road east of Buffalo, New York, through th ...
. Two exits later in southern
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, I-90 meets
I-190 Interstate 190 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States related to Interstate 90: * Interstate 190 (Illinois), a spur into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport *Interstate 190 (Massachusetts), a spur from Worcester to L ...
, a spur route leading to downtown Buffalo and
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, at exit 53.{{cn, date=May 2021 South of the city, the Thruway meets the
Aurora Expressway New York State Route 400 (NY 400) is a state highway located within Erie County, New York, in the United States. The northwest end is connected to the New York State Thruway ( Interstate 90 or I-90) and the southeast end terminat ...
( NY 400) and the Southern Expressway ( US 219) at exits 54 and 55, respectively, in
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. Just southwest of exit 55, I-90 and the Thruway pass through the Lackawanna toll barrier, which serves as the northeast end of the minor closed ticket system. Once again a toll road, the Thruway heads southwestward, roughly paralleling the shoreline of
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to Blasdell, where it connects to NY 179 (the Milestrip Expressway). Farther southwestward, the Thruway is joined by US 20, which follows a parallel routing to that of the Thruway to the Pennsylvania state line.{{cn, date=May 2021 As the route passes from Erie County to Chautauqua County, the last on its routing, it cuts through the northwestern portion of the
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, situated on
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can access Shortman Road toll-free. The Thruway ends about {{convert, 1, mi, 1 after exit 61 at the Pennsylvania state line. I-90, however, continues onward into Pennsylvania as a toll-free highway.{{cn, date=May 2021


Berkshire 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 to the
Massachusetts Turnpike The Massachusetts Turnpike (colloquially "Mass Pike" or "the Pike") is a toll highway in the US state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The turnpike begins at the New York state li ...
at the
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state line in
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. It is tolled as part of the closed ticket system in place on the mainline between exits 16 and 50. The highway begins at exit 21A off the Thruway southwest of Selkirk in the town of Coeymans (south of Albany) as NY 912M, an unsigned reference route.{{cite book , url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2012%20tour-bk.pdf , title = Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State , author =
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, publisher = New York State Department of Transportation , date = January 2012 , access-date = February 16, 2012
It proceeds eastward over the
Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
and into
Rensselaer County Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the ...
by way of the
Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge __NOTOC__ The Castleton Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge over the Hudson River, connecting Coeymans, Albany County with Schodack, Rensselaer County in New York. It carries the Berkshire Connector of the New York State Thruway. This bridge ...
. It navigates through the southern, rural portion of the county to exit B1 in Schodack, where the connector meets I-90. The
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NY 912M designation terminates here while I-90 joins the Berkshire Connector and follows the spur east into Columbia County. While the Rensselaer County segment follows a mostly east–west routing, the Berkshire Connector in Columbia County takes on a northwest-southeast alignment as the roadway heads towards exit B2 in East Chatham. The junction serves as the northern terminus of the
Taconic State Parkway The Taconic State Parkway (often called the Taconic or the TSP and known administratively as New York State Route 987G or NY 987G) is a parkway between Kensico Dam and Chatham, the longest in the U.S. state of New York. It follows ...
, which connects the spur to the
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area. About {{convert, 2, mi, 1 to the southeast is the
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toll barrier, which marks the end of the Thruway ticket system. The last exit on the Berkshire Connector is exit B3 for
NY 22 New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers (CDP), New York, Mooers in Clinton County, ...
just west of the
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state line in
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. The spur continues east to the state line, where it becomes the
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.{{cn, date=May 2021


Garden 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 with the
Garden State Parkway The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May to the New York state line at Montvale. Its name refers to New Jersey ...
at the
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state line. It is designated as NY 982L, an unsigned reference route. The highway begins, in terms of mileposts, at Thruway (
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and I-287) exit 14A in Ramapo and heads generally southwestward as a toll-free highway toward the state line. Just north of the state line, the southbound connector meets Red Schoolhouse Road ( County Route 41 or CR 41) at a partial
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. All southbound commercial traffic is forced to exit here, as the Garden State Parkway prohibits commercial traffic north of exit 105. Thus, the final {{convert, 0.31, mi, 2 of the road south of the Red Schoolhouse Road exit is the only part of the Thruway system that prohibits commercial vehicles. The connector continues to the state line, where it becomes the tolled Garden State Parkway.


Other 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: the
New England Thruway Interstate 95 (I-95) is part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from Miami, Florida, to the Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine. In the U.S. state of New York, I-95 extends from the George Washington Bridge in New Yor ...
, the Cross-Westchester Expressway, and the
Niagara Thruway Niagara may refer to: Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada *Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River * Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border * Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ...
. The New England Thruway (NET) is a {{convert, 15.01, mi, 2, adj=on section of
Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...
under the operation and maintenance of the New York State Thruway Authority. It begins at the
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interchange (exit 8) in the
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section of the
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and continues northeastward into
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to the
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state line, where it connects to the
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. The Cross-Westchester Expressway, part of I-287, begins at I-87 exit 8 in
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, where I-287 splits from the Thruway mainline, and travels east across
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to I-95, with connections to both the New England Thruway and the Connecticut Turnpike at exit 12 in Rye. The Niagara Thruway comprises the first {{convert, 21.24, mi, 2 of
I-190 Interstate 190 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States related to Interstate 90: * Interstate 190 (Illinois), a spur into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport *Interstate 190 (Massachusetts), a spur from Worcester to L ...
from I-90 in Buffalo to NY 384 in
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...
.


History


Origins and construction

A toll superhighway connecting the major cities of the state of New York that would become part of a larger nationwide highway network was proposed as early as 1949. The following year, the
New York State Legislature The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: The New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Constitution of New York does not designate an official ...
passed the Thruway Authority Act creating the
New York State Thruway Authority The New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States. The NYSTA was formed in 1950 with the responsibility of constructing, maintaining, and operating the New York State Thruway, a syste ...
(NYSTA), an independent
public corporation A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (l ...
, which would build and manage the Thruway. The project was to be financed through
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s and self-liquidating by receipt of tolls, rents, concessions, and other income. The act also stipulated NYSTA adopt a hybrid system of tolls, with barrier tolls collected in urban areas, and long-distance tickets issued in rural areas.{{cite web , url = http://www.nycroads.com/roads/thruway/ , title = New York State Thruway , last = Anderson , first = Steve , work = NYCRoads , access-date = April 21, 2010 The first section of the Thruway, between Utica and
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, opened on June 24, 1954.{{cite news , title = Across The Map , last = Dales , first = Douglas , date = June 20, 1954 , newspaper =
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Other sections of the {{convert, 426, mi, 0, adj=on mainline between Buffalo and
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were completed and opened throughout 1954 and 1955. The last segment, from
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south to the Bronx, was completed on August 31, 1956. The total cost was $600 million (equivalent to ${{formatprice, {{inflation, US-GDP, 600000000, 1956, r=0 in {{inflation-year, US-GDP), financed by the sale of $972 million in bonds (equivalent to ${{formatprice, {{inflation, US-GDP, 972000000, 1956, r=0 in {{inflation-year, US-GDP).{{inflation-fn, US-GDP At the time, it was the longest toll road in the world. In 1957, the mainline was extended {{convert, 70, mi, 0 west from Buffalo along
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to the Pennsylvania state line. From 1957 to 1960, several spurs of the road were built to connect the road to turnpikes in adjacent states. These include the Berkshire Connector (May 26, 1959), which connects to the
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(October 31, 1958) and
Cross Westchester Expressway Interstate 287 (I-287) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US states of New Jersey and New York. It is a partial beltway around New York City, serving the northern half of New Jersey and the counties of Rockland and Westchester in N ...
(December 1, 1960), which both connect to the
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, and the
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(July 30, 1959), which connects to Canada's
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via a border crossing near
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. The Thruway also directly connects to New Jersey's tolled
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, which eventually connects to the
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, which is part of a toll road system linking
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that also uses tolled highways in
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, and
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. On August 14, 1957, the segment of the mainline between the Pennsylvania border and the
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in Albany became part of I-90 while the portions from the Northway south to Newburgh and from
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south to the
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line were included in
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. Between Elmsford and Newburgh, I-87 followed I-287, what is now I-684, and I-84. Upon its completion, the Berkshire Connector east of
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also became part of I-90, creating a gap in the I-90 designation around Albany until the completion of the {{convert, 20, mi, km, adj=mid, -long Albany-Schodack Freeway in the early 1970s, which is not part of the Thruway system. The entirety of the New England Thruway became part of
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upon completion while the Niagara Thruway became I-90N in 1957 when it was built through downtown Buffalo, and later
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in 1959 upon completion.{{cite map , author =
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The Elmsford– Suffern section of the mainline was designated as part of I-287 upon completion of the Cross Westchester Expressway (also I-287) in 1960. The last section of the mainline to receive a designation—from Suffern to Newburgh—finally received one on January 1, 1970, when I-87 was realigned to follow the Thruway for its entire length south of Albany and the former portion of I-87 between White Plains and Brewster became
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. The highway was distinctive in that original signage utilized dark blue backgrounds, the same color blue as displayed on the New York state flag. Over time, these signs were replaced with
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(FHWA)-approved green backgrounds.


Tappan Zee Bridge replacement

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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
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on a low budget of only $81 million. Unlike other major bridges in
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, the Tappan Zee was designed only to last 50 years. The
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issued a report in October 2011 designating the Tappan Zee's replacement to be a dual-
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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
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(NYSBA), 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 the
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(NYSDOT). In 2010, maintenance responsibilities of I-84 reverted to NYSDOT as part of a deal to permanently de-toll
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between Buffalo and Niagara Falls (the Buffalo toll plaza has been removed, but tolls for two Grand Island bridges along I-190 remain).


Other developments

In 1964, the New York State Legislature officially renamed the Thruway in honor of
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, the
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at the time of the Thruway's opening. The official designation is, however, rarely used in reference to the road. The Schoharie Creek Bridge was a Thruway bridge over the Schoharie Creek near
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and the
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. On April 5, 1987, it collapsed due to
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after a record rainfall. At the time of the collapse, one car and one tractor-semitrailer were on the bridge. Before the road could be blocked off, three more cars drove into the gap. The collapse killed ten people. The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on May 21, 1988. In August 1993, NYSTA became the first agency to implement the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system. By December 1996, it was implemented at all of the Thruway's fixed-toll barriers and at exits along the Berkshire Connector and the New York City–Buffalo section of the mainline. E-ZPass was installed at all of the mainline exits by March 1998. On May 14, 2010, a new E-ZPass configuration, consisting of two highway speed E-ZPass lanes in each direction, became operational at the Woodbury toll plaza, with concrete barriers separating the faster traffic from the staffed toll lanes necessary for vehicles not equipped for E-ZPass. In 1999, NYSDOT, the
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and NYSTA discussed making the entire Berkshire Connector part of I-90 and redesignating the non-toll part of I-90 from Thruway exit 24 to exit B1 as
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. The Thruway main line would be designated as both I-90 and I-88 between exits 25A and 24, and as I-90 and I-87 from exit 24 to exit 21A. This was never implemented, as the FHWA wished to preserve the I-88 numbering for a potential future corridor connecting Albany and northern interior New England. When I-84 was built through the Newburgh area in the early 1960s, no interchange was built between I-84 and the Thruway. Instead, the connection was made via a short segment of NY 300, which both I-84 and I-87 meet via interchanges.{{cite map , url = http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=bb46 , title = Newburgh Digital Raster Quadrangle , author = New York State Department of Transportation , location = Albany , publisher = New York State Department of Transportation , year = 1991 , scale = 1:24,000 , access-date = April 19, 2010 Construction on a direct connection between the Thruway mainline and I-84 began in August 2003. The portion of the exit carrying traffic from I-84 to the Thruway was opened in July 2009. The opposite direction was opened two months later on September 23. The connection allows cars to travel between I-87, I-84 and NY 300 via splits in the ramp. In late 2018,
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s were installed on all entrance ramps to the Thruway mainline in Westchester County (exits 1-9) and at all entrances to the entire Cross-Westchester Expressway. Ramp meters were activated at exits 11, 12, and 13 in October 2020.{{cite web, last=Taliaferro, first=Lanning, date=October 23, 2020, title=Ramp Meters To Start Regulating Traffic On I-287, url=https://patch.com/new-york/nyack/ramp-meters-start-regulating-traffic-i-287, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=Nyack-Piermont, NY Patch In October 2020, it was announced that the transition to cashless tolls would go into effect the following month, which would eliminate all toll booths and their operators.{{cite web , url = https://www.syracuse.com/state/2020/10/ny-thruway-cashless-toll-system-to-begin-in-november.html?outputType=amp , title = NY Thruway cashless toll system to begin in November, date=October 16, 2020 , work = Syracuse.com , access-date=October 18, 2020 On November 12, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the entire Thruway would transition to cashless tolling. Tolls on the entire Thruway became completely cashless two days later. The cashless tolling project cost $355 million.{{cite web, date=November 17, 2020, title=New York State Thruway Authority's cashless tolling project now operational, url=https://www.roadsbridges.com/new-york-state-thruway-authoritys-cashless-tolling-project-now-operational, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=Roads & Bridges


Services

There are 27 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 plaza at milepost 127 and the
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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
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service was added to all 27 service areas on March 1, 2007. NYSTA also operates the Thruway Authority
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(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 the
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, Albany, Kingston, and Newburgh areas, 1620 AM in the
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. HAR is also used to broadcast
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s if one is issued. The New York Thruway Travel Plazas started a redesign and redevelopment program in the middle of 2021. This project is expected to be completed in two phases with one completed in 2023 and the other in 2025. The operators of the rest stops are Empire State Thruway Partners. They plan to include several restaurant options.


Travel plazas

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Tolls

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,
open road tolling Open road tolling (ORT), also called all-electronic tolling, cashless tolling, or free-flow tolling, is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths. An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The ma ...
system since November 14, 2020, with tolls being collected by E-ZPass or Tolls by Mail.{{cite web, last1=Taddeo, first1=Sarah, last2=Campbell, first2=Jon, date=November 12, 2020, title=Thruway cashless tolling begins Saturday: Here's what you need to know to avoid late fees, url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/11/12/cashless-tolling-new-york-thruway-e-z-pass-what-you-need-know/6249219002/, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=New York State Team{{cite web, date=November 14, 2020, title=NYS Thruway now cashless, url=https://13wham.com/news/local/nys-thruway-now-cashless, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=WHAM Seventy electronic toll gantries comprise the Thruway toll system.{{cite web, last=Hunter, first=Matt, date=August 20, 2020, title=Construction of Thruway's Cashless Tolling System Nearly Complete, url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2020/08/20/construction-of-thruway-s-cashless-tolling-system-nearly-complete, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=spectrumlocalnews.com {{As of, 2021, drivers with out-of-state issued E-ZPass transponders pay 15% more than drivers with transponders issued by the New York Customer Service Center. Tolls by Mail rates are 30% higher than New York E-ZPass rates.{{cite web, last1=Taddeo, first1=Sarah, last2=Campbell, first2=Jon, date=November 18, 2020, title=NY Thruway cashless tolls: You had questions. We have answers., url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2020/11/18/thruway-cashless-tolls-answering-your-questions-ny-new-system/6281747002/, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=New York State Team Tolls by Mail drivers pay an additional fee when receiving their invoice.{{cite web, date=November 7, 2014, title=What is Cashless Tolling, url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/cashless/billing.html, access-date=August 2, 2021, publisher=New York State Thruway Authority


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 at
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and extended from NY 17 to just east of exit 50 in Williamsville. The Berkshire Connector was enclosed within this system, so traveling between the mainline and the connector via exit 21A did not involve crossing an electronic toll gantry. Under the old ticket system, the connector's exits up to the toll barrier at exit B3 were listed with the mainline exits on tickets for the major closed system. The other system encompassed the portion of the mainline between exit 55 in Lackawanna and exit 61 near the Pennsylvania state line.{{cite web, author=New York State Thruway Authority, year=2010, title=New York State Thruway Toll Schedule, url=http://www.nysthruway.gov/tolls/tollschedules/scheduleacash.pdf, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527145001/http://www.nysthruway.gov/tolls/tollschedules/scheduleacash.pdf, archive-date=May 27, 2010, access-date=April 22, 2010, publisher=New York State Thruway Authority Similar to the old system, any travel between exits 15A and 50 and between exits 55 and 61 requires paying a toll, but a mixture of closed-toll segments and fixed-toll gantries are used. There are six closed-toll segments on the Thruway, which are numbered 1 through 6. Within each closed-toll segment, there are highway gantries on the mainline Thruway before the respective start and end of each segment, as well as on the entrance and exit ramps of all interchanges between each of these highway gantries. Cameras or E-ZPass readers record vehicles entering each segment, and a distance-based toll is calculated when vehicles leave that segment. Segments 1 through 5 cover the exits in the old closed-toll system from Woodbury to Williamsville, while segment 6 comprises the shorter system from Lackawanna to Ripley. The segments are as follows: * Segment 1: exits 50 to 47 * Segment 2: exits 44 to 39 * Segment 3: exits 39 to 36 * Segment 4: exits 34A to 25A * Segment 5: exits 23 to 15A and the Berkshire Connector (tolls from southbound drivers entering at exit 16 and northbound drivers leaving at exit 16 are flat-rate; see {{Section link, 2=Barrier/bridge gantries) * Segment 6: exits 61 to 55 The eight fixed-rate segment highway gantries are all located between the closed-toll (distance-based) segments. Unlike at the closed-toll segments, a single fixed-rate toll is paid when traveling between adjacent exits, but motorists driving for longer distances pay multiple tolls. These eight toll points on the highway took the place of toll plazas at the adjacent exits, therefore these exits do not need or have their own toll gantries. There was no corresponding old toll point (barrier plaza) on the highway before November 2020, where this class of gantry now stands, since the plazas were at the exits. Also, when the plazas were at the exits, rather than being fixed-rate, there was a distance-based toll, using tickets or being electronically recorded using E-ZPass. The locations on the highway of this class of toll gantry are as follows: * Three gantries between exits 47 and 44 * Two gantries between exits 36 and 34A * Three gantries between exits 25A and 23


Standalone 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 in
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, where there is a bi-directional gantry between exits 6A and 7. In South Nyack, there is a southbound-only toll gantry for the Tappan Zee Bridge. Lastly, there is a northbound, commercial traffic-only gantry between exits 14A and 14B near Spring Valley.{{cite web, date=November 7, 2014, title=Gantry Locations, url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/map/text/twytextgantry.cgi, url-status=live, access-date=August 2, 2021, website=, publisher=New York State Thruway Authority The closed-toll (originally ticket) system originally began at Spring Valley but was moved to Woodbury on March 3, 1974, allowing interchanges along the Thruway in
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to be free of tolls. The toll plaza at Suffern was dismantled along with this change.{{cite book , author = New York State Thruway Authority , title = Thruway Chronology , url = http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history4.shtml , access-date = November 18, 2010 , year = 2002 , publisher = New York State Thruway Authority , chapter = The New York State Thruway: 1971–1980 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928082413/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history4.shtml , archive-date = September 28, 2011 , url-status = dead On April 23, 2016, the southbound toll plaza at the Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County was closed and replaced with an southbound all-electronic toll gantry on the Rockland County side of the bridge. In late 2018, all remaining flat-rate toll barriers on the Thruway were replaced with electronic toll gantries.The Harriman toll gantry at exit 16 is also a barrier/bridge gantry; it is right next to the Woodbury toll gantry, which forms the southern end of closed-tolling segment 5. The Harriman toll gantry is used by traffic entering the southbound Thruway from eastbound NY 17, as well as traffic on the northbound Thruway exiting to westbound NY 17. Traffic entering or continuing on the northbound Thruway, as well as traffic from the southbound Thruway that is exiting or continuing south, use the Woodbury toll gantry. The ticket on the former ticketed system was identical to that given for exit 15A with the exception that the toll for exit 16 is subtracted from all of the prices. To distinguish between exit 16 and the Woodbury toll barrier, Thruway tickets listed the NY 17 interchange as exit 16 and the Woodbury toll plaza as exit 15, although the actual exit 15 is situated almost {{convert, 15, mi, 0 to the south. The other components of the system that are tolled have far fewer tolls. On the
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Cost

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 the
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state line and exit B1. Tolls west of exit B1 vary based on which direction a motorist travels on I-87. The toll on the minor closed ticket system from Pennsylvania to exit 55 south of Buffalo is $3.87 ($2.97 with New York E-ZPass). The Grand Island Bridges on I-190 cost $1.24 to cross ($0.95 with New York E-ZPass) while the New Rochelle toll gantry on I-95 costs $2.16 ($1.66 with New York E-ZPass).{{cite web , author = New York State Thruway Authority , url = http://www.nysthruway.gov/tolls/barrier.html , title = Schedule of Cash Tolls at Fixed Toll Barriers , publisher = New York State Thruway Authority , access-date = April 21, 2010 , url-status = dead , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100527144938/http://www.nysthruway.gov/tolls/barrier.html , archive-date = May 27, 2010 The Black Rock and City Line toll barriers on the Niagara Thruway in Buffalo charged $0.75 at the time of their removal on October 30, 2006.{{cite news , url = http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2006/10/30/daily8.html , title = I-190 Tolls in Rear-View Mirror , newspaper = Business First of Buffalo , first = James , last = Fink , date = October 30, 2006 , access-date = April 22, 2010 All tolls along the Thruway were supposed to be abolished when the construction bonds used to build it had been paid off.{{cite news , url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/01/nyregion/panel-studies-new-role-for-thruway-authority.html , title = Panel Studies New Role For Thruway Authority , date = May 1, 1991 , newspaper = The New York Times , agency = Associated Press , access-date = April 22, 2010 The last of the bonds was paid off in 1996; however, the tolls remained in place after the
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transferred ownership of the
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to NYSTA in 1992.


Exit list

For exits on the Cross-Westchester Expressway, the
New England Thruway Interstate 95 (I-95) is part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from Miami, Florida, to the Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine. In the U.S. state of New York, I-95 extends from the George Washington Bridge in New Yor ...
, or the
Niagara Thruway Niagara may refer to: Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada *Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River * Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border * Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ...
, see the articles on those highways.


Mainline

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New York State Thruway Authority The New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States. The NYSTA was formed in 1950 with the responsibility of constructing, maintaining, and operating the New York State Thruway, a syste ...
, url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/interchanges/index.html , title = Interchange/Exit Listing with Mileposts , publisher = New York State Thruway Authority , access-date = July 25, 2015
, location_ref={{cite web , url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/highway-data-services/inventory-listing , title = Inventory Listing , author = ((Office of Technical Services, Engineering Division)) , date = 2014 , publisher = New York State Department of Transportation , access-date = July 25, 2015
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, notes=Southern terminus; I-87 continues south into
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as the toll-free Major Deegan Expressway. {{NYint, exit , mile=0.48 , exit=1 , road=Hall Place / McLean Avenue , notes=No northbound signage for McLean Avenue {{NYint, exit , mile=0.92 , exit=2 , road=
Yonkers Avenue Yonkers Avenue is an east–west street in the city of Yonkers in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. It is one of four major east–west through routes in the city. The western terminus of the street is at Nepperhan Avenue, which ...
 – Raceway , notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; other movements via exit 4 {{NYint, exit , mile=1.77 , exit=3 , road=Mile Square Road , notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; other movements via exit 4 {{NYint, exit , mile=2.18 , exit=4 , road={{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Cross County , notes= Cloverleaf interchange with Central Park Avenue; exits 4N-S on Cross County Parkway {{NYint, exit , mile=2.70 , type=incomplete , exit=5 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 100, dir1=north, name1=Central Park Avenue, city1=White Plains , notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of NY 100 {{NYint, exit , mile=4.00 , exit=6 , road= {{jctname, state=NY, CR, 36, county1=Westchester, name1=Tuckahoe Road, city1=Bronxville, city2=Yonkers , notes=Signed as exits 6E (east) and 6W (west) southbound; no control cities signed northbound {{NYint, exit , mile=5.14 , exit=6A , road=Ridge Hill Boulevard / Stew Leonard Drive {{NYint, exit , mile=5.47 , type=etc , place=Yonkers Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Greenburgh , mile=6.10 , place= Ardsley Service Area (northbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Ardsley , mile=7.58 , type=incomplete , exit=7 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 9A, city1=Ardsley , notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance {{NYint, exit , location=Greenburgh , lspan=3 , mile=10.33 , mspan=2 , type=incomplete , exit=7A , espan=2 , road={{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Saw Mill, dir1=north, to2=to, Parkway, Taconic , notes=Northbound exit and entrance; other movements via exit 8 {{NYint , mile=none , type=incomplete , road={{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Saw Mill, dir1=south , notes=Southbound exit only; other movements via exit 8 {{NYint, exit , mile=10.50 , type=concur , exit=8 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 287, NY, 119, Parkway, Saw Mill, I, 95, dir3=north, dir1=east, to4=yes, city1=White Plains, city2=Rye , notes=Southern terminus of I-287 concurrency; signed as exits 8 (I-287) and 8A (NY 119 / Saw Mill) southbound {{NYint, exit , location=Tarrytown , mile=12.65 , exit=9 , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 9, city1=Tarrytown, city2=Sleepy Hollow , notes=Access via
NY 119 New York State Route 119 (NY 119) is an east–west state highway in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The road starts in Tarrytown at an intersection with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) and comes to an end at a junctio ...
northbound {{jctbridge, exit , mile=12.80 , mile2=14.50 , river=
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, bridge= Tappan Zee (Governor Mario M. Cuomo) Bridge {{NYint, exit , county=Rockland , cspan=13 , location=South Nyack , type=etc , lspan=2 , mile=14.76 , place=Tappan Zee Bridge Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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, southbound only{{cite web , url=http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/schedules/barrier.html , title=Fixed Barrier Cash Toll Rates , publisher=New York State Thruway Authority , access-date=October 6, 2014 , archive-date=October 25, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025221722/http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/schedules/barrier.html , url-status=dead ) {{NYint, exit , mile=16.49 , type=incomplete , exit=10 , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 9W, city1=Nyack, city2=South Nyack , notes=No southbound exit {{NYint, exit , location=Nyack , mile=17.63 , exit=11 , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 9W, NY, 59, dir2=west, city1=Nyack, city2=South Nyack , notes=NY 59 not signed {{NYint, exit , location1=West Nyack , location2=Valley Cottage , mile=18.76 , exit=12 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 303, city1=West Nyack, road, Palisades Center Drive {{NYint, exit , location1=West Nyack , location2=Bardonia , location3=Nanuet , mile=20.94 , exit=13 , road={{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Palisades, city1=Bear Mountain, location2=
George Washington Bridge The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey, with Manhattan in New York City. The bridge is named after George Washington, the first president of the United S ...
, notes=Signed as exit 13N (north) and exit 13S (south); exits 9E-W on Palisades Parkway {{NYint, exit , location=Nanuet , lspan=2 , mile=22.80 , exit=14 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 59, city1=Spring Valley, city2=Nanuet , notes=To NY 45 {{NYint, exit , mile=23.00 , type=incomplete , exit=– , road={{jct, state=NY, CR, 35, county1=Rockland, name1=Pascack Road, road, Old Turnpike Road , notes=Southbound entrance only {{NYint, exit , location=Chestnut Ridge , lspan=2 , mile=23.53 , exit=14A , road={{jct, state=NY, Parkway, Garden State, dir1=south, location1=
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, notes=Access via Garden State Parkway Connector {{NYint, exit , mile=24.31 , type=etc , place= Spring Valley Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
, northbound only) {{NYint, exit , location=Montebello , mile=27.62 , exit=14B , road={{jctname, state=NY, CR, 89, county1=Rockland, name1=Airmont Road, city1=Airmont, city2=Montebello, city3=Monsey, city4=Suffern, extra=hospital , notes=Access to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center; To NY 59,
US 202 U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware to Maine, also traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massa ...
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, notes=Northern terminus of I-287 concurrency; southern terminus of NY 17 concurrency {{NYint, exit , location=Hillburn , mile=31.35 , exit=15A , type=concur , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 17, dir1=north, NY, 59, city1=Sloatsburg, city2=Suffern , notes=Northern terminus of NY 17 concurrency; To
US 202 U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware to Maine, also traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massa ...
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Seven Lakes Drive Seven Lakes Drive is a north–south parkway located in the Hudson Valley region of New York in the United States. It extends for just under on a northeast–southwest alignment from an intersection with New York State Route 17 (NY 17) i ...
{{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Sloatsburg , mile=33.20 , place=Sloatsburg- Ramapo Service Area {{NYint, exit , county=Orange , cspan=4 , location=Woodbury , lspan=2 , mile=45.00 , mspan=2 , type=etc , exit=16 , road={{jct, state=NY, Future, 86, US, 6, NY, 17, NY, 32, city1=Harriman, road, Woodbury Outlets Boulevard , notes= Harriman Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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); NY 32 not signed , ctdab=Orange {{NYint, exit , mile=none , type=etc , place=Woodbury Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Newburgh , area=town , lspan=2 , mile=60.10 , type=etc , exit=17 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 84, NY, 300, NY, 17K, location1=
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, city2=Newburgh, city3=Stewart Airport, location4=
Danbury Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
, extra=airport , notes=Exit 36A on I-84; To
NY 52 New York State Route 52 (NY 52) is a state highway in the southeastern part of the state. It generally runs from west to east through five counties, beginning at the New York–Pennsylvania border, Pennsylvania state line in the Delawa ...
& NY 207 {{Jctplace, exit , mile=64.8 , mile2=65.9 , place= Plattekill-
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Service Area {{NYint, exit , county=Ulster , cspan=5 , location=New Paltz , area=town , mile=76.01 , type=etc , exit=18 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 299, location1=
Mid-Hudson Bridge The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge is a toll suspension bridge which carries US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland in the state of New York. History Proposals for the Mid-Hudson span were made ...
, city2=New Paltz, areadab2=village, city3=Poughkeepsie, city4=Hyde Park , notes= To
NY 55 New York State Route 55 (NY 55) is a east-west state highway in southern New York, running from the Pennsylvania state line at the Delaware River in Barryville to the Connecticut state line at Wingdale. It is the only other state ...
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US 44 U.S. Route 44 (US 44) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that runs for through four states in the Northeastern United States. The western terminus is at US 209 and New York State Route 55 (NY 55) in Kerhonkson, ...
{{NYint, exit , location=Ulster , lspan=2 , mile=91.37 , type=etc , exit=19 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 28, city1=Kingston, location2= Rhinecliff Bridge, city3=Woodstock , notes=Also Serves I-587 and
US 209 U.S. Route 209 (US 209) is a long U.S. Highway in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. Although the route is a spur of US 9, US 209 never intersects US 9, coming within five miles of the route and making the short ...
{{Jctplace, exit , mile=96.30 , place=Ulster Service Area (southbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Saugerties , area=town , lspan=2 , mile=101.25 , type=etc , exit=20 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 32, NY, 212, city1=Saugerties, areadab1=village, city2=Woodstock, areadab2=CDP , notes=Woodstock appears only on southbound signage; NY 212 not signed {{Jctplace, exit , mile=103.20 , place= Malden Service Area (northbound) {{NYint, exit , county=Greene , cspan=3 , location=Catskill , area=town , mile=113.89 , type=etc , exit=21 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 23, city1=Cairo, areadab1=CDP, city2=Catskill, areadab2=village, city3=Hudson, location4=
Rip Van Winkle Bridge The Rip Van Winkle Bridge is a cantilever bridge spanning the Hudson River between Hudson, New York and Catskill, New York. Affording of clearance over the water, the structure carries NY 23 across the river, connecting US 9W and NY 385 on t ...
, notes=Via CR 23B {{NYint, exit , location=New Baltimore , lspan=2 , mile=124.53 , type=etc , exit=21B , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 9W, NY, 81, to2=yes, city1=Coxsackie, areadab1=village, city2=Ravena, city3=New Baltimore, areadab3=CDP, city4=Athens {{Jctplace, exit , mile=127.30 , place=New Baltimore Service Area / Capital Region Welcome Center {{NYint, exit , county=Albany , cspan=9 , location=Coeymans , mile=133.60 , exit=21A , road={{jct, state=NY, to1=yes, I, 90, road,
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, notes=Access via Berkshire Connector; To
US 9 U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a north–south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the Northeastern United States. It is one of only two U.S. Highways with a ferry connection (the Cape May–Lewes Ferry, betwe ...
, NY 203, NY 66, NY 295, Taconic Parkway, NY 22, Route 102 & Route 41 {{NYint, exit , location=Bethlehem , lspan=2 , mile=134.93 , type=etc , exit=22 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 144, to2=to, NY, 396, city1=Selkirk {{NYint, exit , mile=139.80 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Albany , mile=141.92 , exit=23 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 787, dir1=north, US, 9W, city1=Albany, city2=Troy, city3=Rensselaer , notes=Southern terminus of I-787; also serves
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NY 32 New York State Route 32 (NY 32) is a north–south state highway that extends for through the Hudson Valley and Capital District regions of the U.S. state of New York. It is a two-lane surface road for nearly its entire length, with ...
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NY 443 New York State Route 443 (NY 443) is an east–west state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. The route begins at an intersection with NY 30 in the town of Schoharie and ends later at a junction wit ...
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Albany , lspan=2 , mile=148.15 , type=trans , exit=24 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 87, dir1=north, I, 90, dir2=east, city1=Albany, location2=
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, location3= Albany International Airport, location4=
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, extra=airport , notes=Signage changes from north-south to east-west; northern terminus of I-87 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-90 concurrency; also serves
US 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=158.82 , exit=25A , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 88, NY, 7, city1=Schenectady, city2=Binghamton , notes=Eastern terminus of Interstate 88 {{NYint, exit , mile=161.00 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=162.22 , type=etc , exit=26 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 890, NY, 5, NY, 5S, city1=Schenectady, city2=Scotia , notes=Exit 1B off of I-890 {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , county=Montgomery , cspan=6 , location=Florida , lspan=2 , mile=168.20 , place= Pattersonville Service Area (westbound) , ctdab=Montgomery {{Jctplace, exit , mile=171.80 , place=
Mohawk Mohawk may refer to: Related to Native Americans * Mohawk people, an indigenous people of North America (Canada and New York) *Mohawk language, the language spoken by the Mohawk people * Mohawk hairstyle, from a hairstyle once thought to have been ...
Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Amsterdam , mile=173.59 , type=etc , exit=27 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 30, city1=Amsterdam {{NYint, exit , location=Fultonville , mile=182.17 , type=etc , exit=28 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 30A, city1=Fultonville, city2=Fonda , notes=Also serves Fulton County Airport {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Root , mile=311.40 , place=Fultonville Rest Area / Mohawk Valley Welcome Center (westbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Canajoharie , area=town , mile=194.10 , type=etc , exit=29 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 10, city1=Canajoharie, areadab1=village, city2=Sharon Springs , notes=Also Serves NY 5S & NY 80 {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , county=Herkimer , cspan=4 , location=Danube , lspan=2 , mile=209.90 , place=Indian Castle-Iroquois Service Area {{NYint, exit , mile=210.62 , type=etc , exit=29A , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 169, city1=Little Falls, areadab1=city, city2=Dolgeville {{NYint, exit , location=Herkimer , area=village , mile=219.70 , type=etc , exit=30 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 28, city1=Herkimer, city2=Mohawk, countydab2=Herkimer {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Schuyler , mile=227.00 , place=Schuyler Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , county=Oneida , cspan=4 , location=Utica , mile=232.85 , type=etc , exit=31 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 790, NY, 8, NY, 12, NY, 49, NY, 5, to4=yes, city1=Utica, city2=Rome , notes=Rome only appears on westbound signage. Eastern terminus of Interstate 790 {{NYint, exit , location=Westmoreland , lspan=2 , mile=243.37 , type=etc , exit=32 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 233, city1=Westmoreland, areadab1=CDP, city2=Rome , notes=Rome only appears on westbound signage {{Jctplace, exit , mile=244.00 , place=Oneida Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Verona , mile=252.71 , type=etc , exit=33 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 365, city1=Verona, areadab1=CDP, city2=Oneida, city3=Rome , notes=Rome only appears on eastbound signage; Oneida only appears on westbound signage {{NYint, exit , county=Madison , cspan=2 , location=Canastota , mile=261.50 , type=etc , exit=34 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 13, city1=Canastota, city2=Chittenango, city3=Oneida , notes=Oneida only appears on eastbound signage; Chittenango only appears on westbound signage {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Sullivan , mile=266.20 , place=Chittenango Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , county=Onondaga , cspan=14 , location=Manlius , area=town , mile=276.10 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
) {{NYint, exit , location=DeWitt , lspan=4 , mile=276.58 , exit=34A , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 481, city1=Syracuse, city2=Oswego, city3=Chittenango , notes=Exit 6 on I-481; Chittenango only appears on eastbound signage; Oswego only appears on westbound signage {{NYint, exit , mile=277.50 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=278.93 , exit=35 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 298, NY, 635, city1=Syracuse, city2=East Syracuse {{Jctplace, exit , mile=279.40 , place= DeWitt Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Salina , lspan=5 , mile=281.30 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=282.93 , exit=36 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 81, extra=airport, city1=Watertown, city2=Binghamton, location3= Syracuse Airport , notes=Exit 25A on I-81 {{NYint, exit , mile=283.40 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
) {{NYint, exit , mile=283.79 , type=etc , exit=37 , road=Electronics Parkway –
Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
, Syracuse , notes=Syracuse only appears on eastbound signage; Liverpool only appears on westbound signage {{NYint, exit , mile=285.95 , type=etc , exit=38 , road={{jct, state=NY, CR, 57, county1=Onondaga, city1=Liverpool, city2=Syracuse {{NYint, exit , location=Van Buren , lspan=4 , mile=288.80 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=289.53 , exit=39 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 690, NY, 690, city1=Syracuse, city2=Fulton, countydab2=Oswego , notes=Exit 1 off of I-690 {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , mile=291.30 , place=Warners Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , mile=294.60 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , county=Cayuga , cspan=3 , location=Brutus , mile=304.19 , type=etc , exit=40 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 34, city1=Weedsport, city2=Auburn , notes=To NY 31 {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Mentz , mile=308.30 , place=
Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing t ...
Heritage Park (eastbound) {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Montezuma , mile=310.10 , place= Port Byron Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , county=Seneca , cspan=2 , location=Tyre , mile=320.41 , type=etc , exit=41 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 414, city1=Waterloo, city2=Clyde {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Junius , mile=323.60 , place= Junius Ponds Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , county=Ontario , cspan=8 , location=Phelps , area=town , mile=327.10 , type=etc , exit=42 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 14, city1=Geneva, city2=Lyons, areadab2=village , notes=Also serves
NY 318 New York State Route 318 (NY 318) is an east–west state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 14 at New York State Thruway ( Inter ...
{{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Manchester , area=town , lspan=3 , mile=336.90 , place=Clifton Springs Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , mile=340.15 , type=etc , exit=43 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 21, city1=Manchester, areadab1=village, city2=Palmyra, areadab2=village {{NYint, exit , mile=340.70 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Farmington , mile=347.13 , exit=44 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 332, city1=Canandaigua, areadab1=city, city2=Victor, areadab2=village , notes=Victor only appears on westbound signage; northern terminus of NY-332 {{NYint, exit , location=Victor , area=town , lspan=3 , mile=348.00 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
) {{Jctplace, exit , mile=349.20 , place=Seneca Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , mile=350.99 , exit=45 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 490, city1=Rochester, city2=Victor, areadab2=village , notes=Victor only appears on eastbound signage. Eastern terminus of Interstate 490; Also serves NY 96 {{NYint, exit , county=Monroe , cspan=4 , location=Pittsford , mile=358.10 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
) {{NYint, exit , location=Henrietta , lspan=2 , mile=362.44 , exit=46 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 390, city1=Rochester, city2=Corning, areadab2=city , notes=Also serves NY 253 and
NY 15 New York State Route 15 (NY 15) is a north–south state highway located in western New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is officially at Interstate 390 (I-390) exit 3 south of the village of Way ...
. Exit 12 off of I-390 {{Jctplace, exit , mile=365.30 , place= Scottsville Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , location=Chili , mile=368.80 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
Toll by Mail Video tolling (sometimes referred to as video billing, toll by plate, pay by mail, or pay by plate) is a form of electronic toll collection, which uses video or still images of a vehicle's license plate to identify a vehicle liable to pay a road ...
) {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , county=Genesee , cspan=6 , location=Le Roy , area=town , lspan=3 , mile=375.20 , place=Ontario Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , mile=378.56 , exit=47 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 490, NY, 19, city1=Le Roy, areadab1=village, city2=Rochester , notes=Western terminus of Interstate 490 {{NYint, exit , mile=379.10 , type=etc , place=Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Batavia , area=town , mile=390.13 , type=etc , exit=48 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 98, city1=Batavia {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , location=Pembroke , lspan=2 , mile=397.00 , place=Pembroke Service Area (eastbound) {{NYint, exit , mile=401.72 , type=etc , exit=48A , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 77, city1=Pembroke, city2=Medina , notes= {{Jctplace, exit , state=NY , county=Erie , cspan=16 , location=Lancaster , area=town , mile=411.60 , place=
Clarence Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division * Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow * Clarence River (New South Wales) * Clarence Strait (Northern Territory) * City of Clarence, a l ...
Service Area (westbound) {{NYint, exit , location1=Cheektowaga , location2=Amherst , lspan=3 , mile=417.27 , type=etc , exit=49 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 78, city1=Depew, city2=Lockport, areadab2=city, extra=airport, location2=
Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga, New York. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York United States, and the southern Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It is the third-busiest airport i ...
{{NYint, exit , mile=418.15 , type=etc , place= Williamsville Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=420.34 , exit=50 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 290, city1=Niagara Falls , notes=Eastern terminus of Interstate 290; interchange formerly served NY 5 {{NYint, exit , location=Cheektowaga , lspan=5 , mile=420.93 , type=incomplete , exit=50A , road=Cleveland Drive , notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance {{NYint, exit , mile=421.57 , exit=51 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 33, extra=airport, city1=Buffalo, location2=
Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga, New York. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York United States, and the southern Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It is the third-busiest airport i ...
, notes=Signed as 51E (east) and 51W (west); interchange formerly served Maryvale Drive{{cite news , last1=Martin , first1=David J. , title=Public Notice - New York State Thruway Authority , url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52129771/interchanges-april-25-1957/ , access-date=May 25, 2020 , work=The Blasdell Frontier-Herald , date=April 25, 1957 , location=Blasdell, New York , page=7, via=Newspapers.com {{open access {{NYint, exit , mile=423.19 , exit=52 , road={{jct, state=NY, road, Walden Avenue, city1=Cheektowaga, city2=Buffalo , notes=Signed as 52E (east) and 52W (west) {{NYint, exit , mile=424.92 , exit=52A , road=William Street {{NYint, exit , mile=426.17 , exit=53 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 190, city1=Downtown Buffalo, location2=
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, city3=Niagara Falls , notes=Southern terminus of Interstate 190 {{NYint, exit , location=West Seneca , lspan=2 , mile=427.94 , exit=54 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 400, NY, 16, city1=West Seneca, city2=East Aurora , notes=Northern terminus of NY 400 {{NYint, exit , mile=429.47 , type=incomplete , exit=55 , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 219, location1=Ridge Road, city2=Lackawanna, city3=West Seneca, city4=Orchard Park, city5=Springville , notes=Eastbound entrance from and westbound exit to US 219; full access to and from Ridge Road. Northern terminus of US 219 {{NYint, exit , location=Lackawanna , mile=431.15 , type=etc , place=Lackawanna Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Hamburg , lspan=2 , area=town , mile=432.45 , type=etc , exit=56 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 179, name1=Mile Strip Road, US, 62, city1=Blasdell, city2=Orchard Park , notes=Orchard Park only appears on eastbound signage {{NYint, exit , mile=436.22 , type=etc , exit=57 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 75, city1=Hamburg, areadab1=village, city2=East Aurora , notes= {{NYint, exit , location=Evans , lspan=2 , mile=444.87 , type=etc , exit=57A , road= Eden,
Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...
, notes= {{Jctplace, exit , mile=446.60 , place=
Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...
Service Area {{NYint, exit , county=Chautauqua , cspan=6 , location=Hanover , mile=455.54 , type=etc , exit=58 , road={{jct, state=NY, US, 20, NY, 5, city1=Silver Creek, city2=Irving, extra=hospital , notes=Access to Lakeshore Hospital {{NYint, exit , location=Dunkirk , area=town , mile=467.74 , type=etc , exit=59 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 60, city1=Dunkirk, city2=Fredonia , notes= {{NYint, exit , location=Westfield , area=town , lspan=2 , mile=485.00 , type=etc , exit=60 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 394, city1=Westfield, areadab1=village, city2=Mayville {{NYint, exit , mile=488.50 , type=etc , place= Ripley Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , location=Ripley , lspan=2 , mile=494.92 , exit=61 , road={{jctname, state=NY, NY, 950D, noshield1=no, name1=Shortman Road, city1=Ripley, areadab1=CDP , notes=Also serves
US 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
,
NY 5 New York State Route 5 (NY 5) is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Sy ...
, and NY 76 {{NYint, exit , mile=496.00 , exit=– , road={{jct, state=PA, I, 90, dir1=west, city1=Erie , notes=Western terminus; I-90 continues into
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
as a toll-free highway {{jctbtm, exit, keys=incomplete,concur,etc,trans


Berkshire Connector

The Berkshire Connector is a closed-ticket system that extends east from the Thruway mainline to the Canaan Toll Barrier, connecting the mainline Thruway to the Mass Pike. {{NYinttop, exit, length_ref=, location_ref=, exit_ref=, dest_ref= {{NYint, exit , county=Albany , location=Coeymans , mile=0.00 , exit=– , road={{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 87, NYST, , to3=yes, I, 90, dir3=west, nolink2=yes, location1=
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
, city2=Buffalo , notes=Exit 21A on mainline Thruway {{jctbridge, exit , river=
Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
, mile=0.95 , mile_ref= , bridge= Castleton Bridge {{NYint, exit , county=Rensselaer , location=Schodack , mile=6.58 , type=concur , exit=B1 , road={{jct, state=NY, I, 90, US, 9, dir1=west, city1=Albany, city2=Hudson , notes=Western terminus of concurrency with I-90; To NY 203 & NY 66 {{NYint, exit , county=Columbia , cspan=4 , location=Chatham , area=town , mile=15.09 , type=etc , exit=B2 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 295, Parkway, Taconic, dir2=south, city1=Chatham, areadab1=village, city2=East Chatham, city3=Canaan , notes=Northern terminus of Taconic Parkway; To NY 66 {{NYint, exit , location=Canaan , lspan=3 , mile=18.1 , type=etc , place=Canaan Toll Gantry ( E-ZPass or
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) {{NYint, exit , mile=23.27 , exit=B3 , road={{jct, state=NY, NY, 22, city1=Austerlitz, city2=New Lebanon, location3= West Stockbridge, location4= Stockbridge , notes=To Route 102 & Route 41 {{NYint, exit , mile=24.28 , type=concur , exit=– , road={{jct, state=MA, I-Toll, 90, dir1=east, MATP, dir2=east, location1=
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, city2=Springfield , notes=Continuation into
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
; eastern terminus of concurrency with I-90 {{jctbtm, exit, keys=concur,etc


Garden State Parkway Connector

{{NYinttop, length_ref=, county=Rockland, location_ref=, exit_ref=, unnum=yes, dest_ref= {{NYint , location=Chestnut Ridge , mile=0.00 , mspan=2 , road={{jct, state=NY, I-Toll, 87, I-Toll, 287, NYST, nolink3=no, location1=
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
, city2=Albany , notes=Exit 14A on the mainline Thruway {{NYint , location=Nanuet , type=incomplete , mile=none , road=
Nanuet Nanuet is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, New York, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, Rockland County, New York (state), New York, United States. The third largest hamlet in Clarkstown, it is ...
, notes=Northbound exit only; access via CR 35 {{NYint , location=Chestnut Ridge , lspan=2 , mile=2.09 , type=incomplete , road={{jctname, state=NY, CR, 41, county1=Rockland, noshield1=yes, name1=Red Schoolhouse Road, city1=Chestnut Ridge , notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance {{NYint , mile=2.40 , type=toll , road={{jct, state=NJ, GSP, dir1=south , notes=Continuation into
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
; no commercial vehicles {{jctbtm, keys=incomplete,toll


See also

*{{Portal-inline, U.S. Roads *{{Portal-inline, New York (state) *
Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse The Schoharie Creek Bridge was a New York State Thruway (I-90) bridge over the Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter and the Mohawk River in New York State. On April 5, 1987 it collapsed due to bridge scour at the foundations after a record rainfa ...
– bridge collapse along the Thruway in 1987 {{-


References

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External links

{{Commons category, New York State Thruway {{Attached KML, display=title,inline
New York State Thruway Authority

Thruway Chronology 1942–2000

The Thruway's entry in BBC h2g2

New York Thruway (I-87) (Greater New York Roads)
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