New York State Route 690 (NY 690) is a
state highway in
Central New York
Central New York is the central region of New York State, including the following counties and cities:
With a population of about 773,606 (2009) and an area of , the region includes the Syracuse metropolitan area.
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in the United States. NY 690's southern terminus is at an interchange with the
New York State Thruway (
Interstate 90 or I-90) and
I-690 in
Van Buren. The northern terminus is at an intersection with
NY 48 and
NY 631 in
Lysander
Lysander (; grc-gre, Λύσανδρος ; died 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an en ...
. NY 690 serves the northwest suburbs of
Syracuse and
Onondaga County
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse.
Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
. It also provides a link to routes that run into the populated areas of
Oswego County
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, because its northern terminus is just a few miles shy of the county line.
NY 690 is an extension of I-690 in the northwest suburbs of
Syracuse. NY 690 is a divided, four-lane freeway for its entire run, and is signed north–south even though I-690 is signed east–west. NY 690 is one of two state routes that serve as an extension of an Interstate Highway in the Syracuse area, the other being
NY 481. NY 690 was designated on July 1, 1974.
Route description
NY 690 officially begins at the exit ramp for
I-690 exit 1 in
Van Buren, where I-690 ends and NY 690 begins. The route, still a limited-access highway, parallels Van Buren Road to its southeast for a short distance, running from northwest to southeast, before meeting the road northwest of the Thruway by way of an interchange. Outside of
Baldwinsville, the road begins to turn to the north as it has an exit for Downer Street Road, which carries
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 ...
west of the interchange. North of the exit, NY 31 and NY 690 form a
concurrency along the western extents of the village as they cross over the
Seneca River.
On the north side of the river in
Lysander
Lysander (; grc-gre, Λύσανδρος ; died 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an en ...
, NY 31 exits onto
NY 370
New York State Route 370 (NY 370) is an east–west state highway in Central New York in the United States. It extends for about from an intersection with NY 104 and NY 104A south of the Wayne County village of Red Creek t ...
via a partial clover-leaf interchange. The exit with NY 370 is also the northernmost exit on NY 690. The freeway ends shortly after an at-grade intersection with
NY 48 and the northern terminus of
NY 631 northwest of Baldwinsville. Although NY 690 ends, the right-of-way of the route continues northward as NY 48 toward
Fulton
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People
* Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steam-powered ship
* Fulton (surname)
Given name
* Fulton Allem (born 1957), South African golfer
* Fult ...
.
History
Construction of what is now NY 690 began in the mid-1960s and was completed in the early 1970s. The freeway was designated as NY 690 on July 1, 1974.
When the expressway was first constructed, the interchange with the
New York State Thruway was located south of the Thruway in the space bounded by Winchell Road, Walters Road, I-690, and the Thruway. The Thruway interchange was rebuilt in 1987, locating it about one mile (1.6 km) north to its current location near Jones Road.
National Bridge Inventory
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, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation
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Federal Highway Administration
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, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed February 15, 2008.
Exit list
See also
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References
External links
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Year 690 ( DCXC) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 690 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
Limited-access roads in New York (state)
Transportation in Onondaga County, New York