110-594: GSPC may refer to: Garden State Parkway Connector , a short spur of the New York State Thruway that connects to the Garden State Parkway at the New Jersey state line Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat), an Islamist militant organization now called al-Qaeda in
220-701: A New York State public-benefit corporation . The 496.00-mile (798.23 km) mainline is a freeway that extends from the New York City line at Yonkers 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 toll road
330-602: A full interchange, exit 4B, with the Bronx River Parkway . After a curve from the parkway, the Cross Bronx Expressway begins paralleling East 177th Street and enters exit 5A, which connects to White Plains Road in Parkchester . Continuing southeast, the roadway enters exit 5B, Castle Hill Avenue, which is an eastbound-only exit. After Castle Hill Avenue, the route enters exit 6A, which reaches
440-599: A gap in the I-90 designation around Albany until the completion of the 20-mile-long (32 km) 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 I-95 upon completion while the Niagara Thruway became I-90N in 1957 when it was built through downtown Buffalo, and later I-190 in 1959 upon completion. The Elmsford– Suffern section of
550-475: 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. 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 , Massachusetts , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania ) as well as
660-558: A junction with the Hutchinson River Parkway. In the middle of the interchange with the Hutchinson River, exit 10 forks to the left, reaching Gun Hill Road . Now paralleling Baychester Avenue, which also services exit 11 and Bartow Avenue, the New England Thruway continues north and enters exit 12 which connects to Baychester Conner Street is connected via exit 13 before I-95 turns east and crosses over
770-601: 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 gantry, the northwestern end of the major closed toll system. Just west of the toll gantry, I-90 and the Thruway—now toll-free—connect to I-290 via exit 50, a semi-directional T interchange. At this point,
880-620: A large semi-directional T interchange (exit 15) near the New Jersey 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 . 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. The Thruway continues north through
990-639: A part of the thruway toll system. Construction lasted until 1961. I-95 was assigned on August 14, 1957, as part of the establishment of the Interstate Highway System and has always run along its current path in New York. The route was overlaid on the under-construction New England Thruway northeast of New York City and assigned to the then-proposed Cross Bronx and Bruckner expressways through New York City. The thruway opened in October 1958, connecting
1100-538: A partial diamond interchange . All southbound trucks are forced to exit here, as the Garden State Parkway prohibits trucks north of exit 105. Thus, the final 0.31 miles (0.50 km) of the road south of the Red Schoolhouse Road exit is the only part of the Thruway system that prohibits trucks. The connector continues to the state line, where it becomes the tolled Garden State Parkway. The New York State Thruway system also consists of three other components:
1210-476: 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. Panera Bread All components of the New York State Thruway system except for the Garden State Parkway Connector and
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#17328510705111320-624: A spur route leading to downtown Buffalo and Niagara Falls , at exit 53. South of the city, the Thruway meets the Aurora Expressway ( NY 400 ) and the Southern Expressway ( US 219 ) at exits 54 and 55, respectively, in West Seneca . Just southwest of exit 55, I-90 and the Thruway pass through the Lackawanna toll gantry, which serves as the northeast end of
1430-416: A variant of high-mast lighting, lamps were installed onto the entire New England Thruway. These lights remain there to this day, although they've been recently replaced by LED luminaires since 2015. Around 2005, NYSDOT began a project to renumber I-95 with sequential numbers throughout. However, the idea never fully got traction with all three agencies. The PANYNJ did complete the renumbering on its section of
1540-564: 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 10 inches (254 mm) high and 8 inches (203 mm) wide and display a limited amount of mileage information on their third row. The mainline of the Thruway begins (in terms of exit numbers and mileposts) as a continuation of the Major Deegan Expressway , carrying I-87 northward into Westchester County from New York City at
1650-480: 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 . South of Schenectady, but still in Albany County , the Thruway and I-90 meet I-890 , a loop route of I-90 that directly serves the downtown district of Schenectady, at exit 25. The Thruway, meanwhile, bypasses
1760-461: Is also a major route for long distance travelers linking the cities of Toronto , Buffalo, and Montreal with Boston 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 Lowell, New York (south of Rome ) and Rochester , 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
1870-576: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Garden State Parkway Connector The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially " the Thruway ") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York . It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA),
1980-567: Is located between where I-87 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 , is 65 miles per hour along most of the Thruway. The main exceptions to this are in the suburbs and city of Buffalo and in Westchester and Rockland counties. There,
2090-620: Is marked both exit 1C (following with the Cross Bronx Expressway) and exit 3A–B (matching with the Trans-Manhattan Expressway). Now the Cross Bronx Expressway, I-95 and US 1 continue east under University Avenue and enter exit 2A, which serves Jerome Avenue . Crossing under the Grand Concourse , the six-lane expressway crosses into exit 2B, which is for Webster Avenue . This interchange also marks
2200-545: Is open 24 hours. Free Wi-Fi service was added to all 27 service areas on March 1, 2007. NYSTA also operates the Thruway Authority Highway Advisory Radio (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 Rochester , Albany , Kingston , and Newburgh areas, 1620 AM in
2310-600: Is part of I-95, US 1 , and US 9 at the eastern approach to the George Washington Bridge. It crosses Fort Washington Park , connecting with the Henry Hudson Parkway ( NY 9A ) at the park's eastern edge near Riverside Drive and 168th Street . The route continues, crossing the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights in a cut flanked by 178th Street to the south and 179th Street to
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#17328510705112420-637: The Bridge Apartments , over the expressway. The 32-story buildings are among the first aluminum-sheathed high-rise structures built in the world. Local traffic reporters frequently refer to congestion "under the Apartments" during morning and evening rush hours. After exit 2, I-95 crosses over the Harlem River and enters the Bronx , entering an interchange with the Major Deegan Expressway ( I-87 ), which
2530-519: The Byram River and crosses into Connecticut , becoming the Connecticut Turnpike . Robert Moses first recommended the construction of what became the New England Thruway in 1940. Construction began in 1951, but major work on the highway did not commence until 1956–1957. By 1950, the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) assumed control of the construction and made the New England Thruway
2640-852: The Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine . In the US state of New York , I-95 extends 23.50 miles (37.82 km) from the George Washington Bridge in New York City to the Connecticut state line at Port Chester . The George Washington Bridge carries I-95 across the Hudson River from New Jersey into New York City. There, I-95 runs across Upper Manhattan on the Trans-Manhattan Expressway for 0.81 miles (1.30 km) through Washington Heights . It continues east across
2750-561: The Connecticut state line, where it connects to the Connecticut Turnpike . The Cross Westchester Expressway, part of I-287, begins at I-87 exit 8 in Elmsford , where I-287 splits from the Thruway mainline, and travels east across Westchester County to I-95, with connections to both the New England Thruway and the Connecticut Turnpike at exit 12 in Rye . The Niagara Thruway comprises
2860-589: The Connecticut Turnpike , and the Niagara Thruway (July 30, 1959), which connects to Canada's Queen Elizabeth Way via a border crossing near Niagara Falls . The Thruway also directly connects to New Jersey's tolled Garden State Parkway , which eventually connects to the New Jersey Turnpike , which is part of a toll road system linking New York City and Chicago that also uses tolled highways in Pennsylvania , Ohio , and Indiana . On August 14, 1957,
2970-709: The Finger Lakes and Syracuse areas, 1630 AM near Buffalo , and 530 AM in the New York City metropolitan area . HAR is also used to broadcast Amber / Silver Alerts if one is issued. As of August 9, 2023, a check of the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS) shows that all of the Highway Advisory Radio stations licensed to the New York State Thruway Authority show a status of "Expired" or "Cancelled". The New York Thruway Travel Plazas started
3080-861: The Harlem River on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and onto the Cross Bronx Expressway . In the Bronx , I-95 leaves the Cross Bronx at the Bruckner Interchange , joining the Bruckner Expressway to its end. North of the interchange with Pelham Parkway , it then continues northeast via the New England Thruway (which is part of the New York State Thruway system) out of New York City into Westchester County and to
3190-608: The Hutchinson River . After crossing the river, the route enters an interchange once again with the Hutchinson River Parkway (exit 14) but this time southbound only. Crossing through the northern reaches of Pelham Bay Park, I-95 turns more northeast and enters Westchester County . Now in Pelham Manor , the route crosses through Pelham Country Club , entering exit 15, which connects to US 1 (Main Street). After US 1,
3300-758: The Hutchinson River Parkway at the Bruckner Interchange . Changing to the Bruckner Expressway , which runs to the northeast, I-95 enters the Bruckner Interchange with the northern terminuses of I-678 and I-278 ; the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension turns southeast along I-295 at the same interchange. After the Bruckner Interchange, I-95 crosses Tremont Avenue before crossing over I-695 (the Throgs Neck Expressway). Southbound, exit 7A serves I-695, while northbound
3410-629: The Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge . Here, the canal leaves the Thruway for good, turning northwestward to follow the NY ;31 corridor to Rochester and beyond. 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
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3520-640: The New England Thruway , the Cross Westchester Expressway , and the Niagara Thruway . The New England Thruway (NET) is a 15.01-mile (24.16 km) section of Interstate 95 under the operation and maintenance of the New York State Thruway Authority. It begins at the Pelham Parkway interchange (exit 8) in the Co-op City section of the Bronx and continues northeastward into Westchester County to
3630-588: The Niagara Thruway (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 (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
3740-526: The Tappan Zee's replacement to be a dual- span twin bridge . 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
3850-523: The Turning Stone Resort & Casino via NY 365. The highway continues onward through a sparsely-populated area between Verona and Syracuse, passing roughly 5 miles (8 km) south of Oneida Lake as it connects to the village of Canastota 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
3960-599: The double-decked bridge, opened to traffic in 1962 as part of a $ 60 million program to improve access roads for the George Washington Bridge, whose lower deck opened that same year. The expressway was one of the first to use air rights over a major highway. After completion of the expressway, the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal was built. After purchasing the air rights in 1961, Marvin Kratter built four high-rise apartment buildings, known as
4070-437: The 18.86 miles (30.35 km) shared with I-87), while I-190 spans 21.24 miles (34.18 km) and I-95 covers 15.01 miles (24.16 km). All highways maintained by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) lack the reference markers that exist on all New York State Department of Transportation -maintained roads, as would be expected. In their place, NYSTA-controlled roadways use small, square tenth-mile markers with
4180-401: The 426-mile (686 km) mainline between Buffalo and the Bronx were completed and opened throughout 1954 and 1955. The last segment, from Yonkers south to the Bronx, was completed on August 31, 1956. The total cost was $ 600 million (equivalent to $ 5.15 billion in 2023), financed by the sale of $ 972 million in bonds (equivalent to $ 8.35 billion in 2023). At the time, it was
4290-751: 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 , which connects the spur to the New York City area. About 2 miles (3.2 km) to
4400-524: The Bruckner Expressway and the Connecticut Turnpike . The final sections of the Cross Bronx and Bruckner expressways were finished in 1963 and 1972, respectively. Prior to the 1972 completion of the Bruckner Expressway, coinciding with the completion of the new Bruckner Interchange , the old Bruckner Boulevard (once part of NY 164 ) was used by through traffic. The Trans-Manhattan Expressway replaced tunnels under 178th and 179th streets as
4510-408: The Canadian province of Ontario 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 . Other segments became part of I-190 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 (I-95),
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4620-426: The Canadian province of Ontario . Together, the highways extend for 569.83 miles (917.05 km), making the Thruway system one of the largest toll highway systems in the United States. The longest of the six components is the 496-mile (798 km) mainline. Of the 570 miles in the Thruway system, 560.85 miles (902.60 km) (98.4%) carries at least one Interstate Highway designation. Only three sections of
4730-418: The Connecticut state line, where I-95 continues on the Connecticut Turnpike . The Trans-Manhattan Expressway also carries US Route 1 . Approximately 280,000 vehicles traverse the expressway on a daily average basis. Completed in 1960, the expressway is located below ground level, in an open cut ; however, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station and the highrise Bridge Apartments are built over
4840-432: The Cross Westchester Expressway are tolled in some capacity. The entire Thruway has used an all-electronic, open road tolling system since November 14, 2020, with tolls being collected by E-ZPass or Tolls by Mail . Seventy electronic toll gantries comprise the Thruway toll system. New England Thruway Interstate 95 ( I-95 ) is part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from Miami , Florida , to
4950-467: The George Washington Bridge Bus Station was built. After purchasing the air rights in 1961, Marvin Kratter built four highrise apartment buildings, known as the Bridge Apartments , over the expressway. The 32-story buildings are among the first aluminum-sheathed highrise structures built in the world. Local traffic reporters frequently refer to congestion "under the Apartments" during morning and evening rush hours. The first change to exit numbers along
5060-400: The George Washington Bridge, whose lower deck opened that same year. The Trans-Manhattan Expressway provides access to and from the Henry Hudson Parkway and Riverside Drive on the West Side of Manhattan and to and from Tenth Avenue and the Harlem River Drive on the East Side . The expressway was one of the first to use air rights over a major highway. After completion of the expressway,
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5280-422: The Mohawk River and the Erie Canal while NY 49 continues northwestward along the northern bank of the water-bodies toward Rome . On the other side of the river, the Thruway curves back to the west, proceeding to exit 32 in Westmoreland . Not far to the west, the Thruway has a junction with NY 365 at exit 33 in Verona . Here, the Thruway connects to the cities of Rome and Oneida and serves
5390-451: The New England Thruway section of I-95 was in April 1980 when the section was converted for sequential exits . Prior to the change, the Cross Bronx/Bruckner Expressway and New England Thruway sections had different exit numbering systems. More specifically, exit 19 on the Bruckner Expressway was followed immediately by exit 2 on the New England Thruway. As a result, because exit numbers on I-95 repeated themselves in close succession,
5500-431: The New Rochelle toll barrier was widened by four booths. The Schoharie Creek Bridge was a Thruway bridge over the Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter and the Mohawk River . On April 5, 1987, it collapsed due to bridge scour at the foundations 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
5610-448: The New York State Legislature officially renamed the Thruway in honor of Thomas E. Dewey , the Governor of New York at the time of the Thruway's opening. The official designation is, however, rarely used in reference to the road. The 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
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#17328510705115720-451: The Pennsylvania state line. I-90, however, continues onward into Pennsylvania as a toll-free highway. The Berkshire Connector is a 24.28-mile (39.07 km) east–west spur connecting the Thruway mainline in Coeymans to the Massachusetts Turnpike at the Massachusetts state line in Canaan . It is tolled as part of the closed toll system in place on the mainline between exits 16 and 50. The highway begins at exit 21A off
5830-444: The Rye Village area, entering exit 20, which connects to US 1 ( Boston Post Road ) and the village. Almost immediately after exit 20, exit 21 marks the eastern end of the Cross Westchester Expressway ( I-287 ). Proceeding westbound, exit 21 and nearby exit 22 (Midland Avenue and Port Chester ) are merged but are separate exits going eastbound. Crossing through the eastern edges of Port Chester, I-95 reaches
5940-414: The Thruway enters Salina , a northern suburb of Syracuse. Within Salina, I-90 and the Thruway intersect I-81 , which connects the Thruway to both downtown Syracuse and Syracuse Hancock International Airport . West of Salina, the Thruway passes north of Liverpool and Onondaga Lake before intersecting I-690 and its northern continuation, NY 690 , at exit 39 in Van Buren . At this point,
6050-426: 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 , connecting to the short I-587 in the latter. 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 Ravena . Just north of Ravena,
6160-514: The Thruway here, following I-87 west across the Hudson River into Rockland County on the Tappan Zee Bridge . I-87 and I-287 remain overlapped for 15 miles (24 km) through the densely-populated southern portion of Rockland County, meeting the Palisades Interstate Parkway (exit 13) and the Garden State Parkway Connector , the latter of which provides access to the Garden State Parkway (exit 14A) in New Jersey. The Thruway continues generally westward to Suffern , where I-87 and I-287 split at
6270-483: The Thruway mainline at exit 14A in Ramapo with the Garden State Parkway at the New Jersey state line. It is designated as NY 982L , an unsigned reference route. The highway begins, in terms of mileposts, at Thruway ( I-87 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
6380-411: The Thruway meets the west end of the Berkshire Connector, a spur linking the Thruway mainline to the Massachusetts Turnpike 25 miles (40 km) to the east. The highway continues into Albany , where it connects to Troy via I-787 at exit 23 and intersects I-90 at exit 24. The latter of the two junctions is the busiest of the Thruway's exits, serving an estimated 27 million vehicles
6490-429: The Thruway serve several riverside communities, including the cities of Amsterdam (exit 27 via NY 30 ) and Little Falls (exit 29A, NY 169 ) and the villages of Fonda (exit 28, NY 30A ), Canajoharie (exit 29, NY 5S and NY 10 ), and Herkimer (exit 30, NY 28 ). Like Schenectady before it, the Thruway bypasses downtown Utica, following an alignment north of
6600-436: The Thruway southwest of Selkirk in the town of Coeymans (south of Albany ) as NY 912M , an unsigned reference route . It proceeds eastward over the Hudson River and into Rensselaer County by way of the Castleton Bridge . It navigates through the southern, rural portion of the county to exit B1 in Schodack , where the connector meets I-90. The unsigned NY 912M designation terminates here while I-90 joins
6710-422: The Thruway system transitioned to open road tolling , which replaced cash payment with an all-electronic tolling system using E-ZPass and toll by mail . 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
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#17328510705116820-452: The Thruway turns southward, passing through the immediate eastern suburbs of Buffalo. As it heads south, it meets the Kensington Expressway ( NY 33 ) at exit 51 and Walden Avenue at exit 52, both cloverleaf interchanges . At exit 52, it passes to the west of the Walden Galleria , a shopping mall situated at the nearby junction of Walden Avenue and NY 277 . Two exits later in southern Cheektowaga , I-90 meets I-190 ,
6930-432: The Thruway. The project was to be financed through toll revenue bonds 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. The first section of Thruway, a 115-mile stretch from Lowell to Rochester , opened on June 24, 1954. Other sections of
7040-410: The Yonkers toll gantry . 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 Elmsford , where I-87 directly intersects the Saw Mill River Parkway at exit 7A. Not far to the north is exit 8, a semi-directional T interchange with I-287 (the Cross Westchester Expressway). I-287 joins
7150-474: The amount of development along the Thruway sharply declines as it heads generally westward through a marshy area of Onondaga County . 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 , the highway serves Weedsport via exit 40 and NY 34 , exit 41 serving Del Lago Resort and Casino in Tyre, New York and passes north of Port Byron prior to entering Seneca County and
7260-409: The border between Yonkers and the Bronx . The first few exits serve various local streets and destinations in the city. At exit 4, I-87 connects to the Cross County Parkway , an east-west parkway providing access to the Saw Mill River, Bronx River , and Hutchinson River parkways, all of which run parallel to the Thruway through Yonkers. The Hutchinson River and Bronx River parkways leave to
7370-402: The bridge carried fewer than 40,000 vehicles per day. Part of the justification for replacing the bridge stems from its construction immediately following the Korean War on a low budget of only $ 81 million. Unlike other major bridges in metropolitan New York , the Tappan Zee was designed only to last 50 years. The Federal Highway Administration issued a report in October 2011 designating
7480-432: The city to the south and west, intersecting I-88 at exit 25A in Rotterdam before reuniting with I-890 at exit 26 west of Scotia . 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 Erie Canal and the Mohawk River , crossing over the water-bodies at Mohawk . In between Schenectady and Utica, I-90 and
7590-444: The city while I-790 serves it directly. I-790 breaks from the Thruway at exit 31 and runs along two carriageways flanking the mainline on both sides for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before turning southward onto the North-South Arterial. The adjacent highways become NY 49 , which parallels the Thruway for another 2 miles (3.2 km) northwestward. At the end of this stretch, the Thruway turns slightly southwestward, crossing over
7700-399: The concurrency of the New York State Thruway, I-87, and I-287, was a cantilever bridge built during 1952–55. The bridge was three miles (4.8 km) 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,
7810-438: The creation of the highway in June 1957 as part of a joint effort with the PANYNJ that also called for the creation of the lower deck on the George Washington Bridge and construction of the George Washington Bridge Bus Station above the cut for the expressway. The expressway, the main New York approach to the George Washington Bridge, is only 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long. The projects required demolition of numerous buildings and
7920-550: The crosstown route. The expressway was announced in 1957 and built in conjunction with the addition of the lower level of the George Washington Bridge. Originally known as the George Washington Bridge Expressway , the highway was originally planned as an open cut between 178th and 179th streets, traversed by overpasses carrying the major north–south avenues in Upper Manhattan. The City of New York approved
8030-579: The cut for the Expressway. The expressway, the main New York approach to the George Washington Bridge, is only 0.8 miles long. The projects required demolition of numerous buildings and the relocation of 1,824 families. Overpasses over the open cut passing under Broadway, Wadsworth Avenue, and St. Nicholas Avenue were in place in December 1959. The George Washington Bridge Expressway, with three lanes of traffic heading in each direction to and from each deck of
8140-581: The day. Two plazas—the New Baltimore plaza at milepost 127 and the Angola plaza at milepost 447—are accessible from both directions of the Thruway; the remainder are accessible from only one direction (although the Sloatsburg and Ramapo service plazas at milepost 33 were connected via a pedestrian bridge until 2021). Each plaza features a gas station and a variety of restaurants, at least one of which
8250-510: The eastern end of the I-95/US ;1 concurrency . Passing south of Tremont Park , the Cross Bronx Expressway westbound serves exit 3, which serves Third Avenue . At East 176th Street, the Cross Bronx Expressway turns southeast, entering exit 4A eastbound, which marks the northern terminus of NY 895 (Sheridan Boulevard). After crossing the Bronx River , the expressway enters
8360-569: 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 I-88 . 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
8470-492: 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. 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 30 miles (48 km) apart and are open at all hours of
8580-547: The expressway, creating intermittent tunnels . It is maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). Although the highway geographically runs east–west, it carries the north–south routings of I-95 and US 1. The westbound lanes carry the southbound designations of both routes, while the eastbound lanes carry the northbound designations. At its western end, the Trans-Manhattan Expressway
8690-677: The first 21.24 miles (34.18 km) of I-190 from I-90 in Buffalo to NY 384 in Niagara Falls . 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 passed the Thruway Authority Act creating the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), an independent public corporation , which would build and manage
8800-594: 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. In 1999, NYSDOT, the Federal Highway Administration and NYSTA discussed making
8910-470: The former portion of I-87 between White Plains and Brewster became I-684 . On February 28, 1974, exit 14B was opened. 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 Rockland County to be free of tolls. The Suffern toll plaza was demolished soon after this change. In 1984,
9020-506: The gap. The collapse killed ten people. The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on May 21, 1988. In 1994, exit 5 was rebuilt, replacing the original trumpet interchange with a more complex configuration. Part of the old interchange was not enitrly demloished however. The Spring Vallery barrier's car toll was removed in July 1997. At the time, the toll was $ 0.40 (equivalent to $ 1.00 in 2023). In August 1993, NYSTA became
9130-623: The highway was originally planned as an open cut between 178th and 179th Streets, traversed by overpasses carrying the major north–south avenues in upper Manhattan. The City of New York approved the creation of the highway in June 1957 as part of a joint effort with the Port Authority that also called for the creation of the lower deck on the George Washington Bridge and construction of the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal above
9240-527: The highway, which once again line up with the thruway portion. This has eliminated all of the exit number conflicts, with one exception. The exception exists because the PANYNJ has not changed the numbers back on its portion of the road creating a confusing situation at the Amsterdam Avenue exit, which is maintained by NYSDOT southbound but the PANYNJ northbound. The exit is signed as exit 1B southbound (which
9350-615: The last on its routing, it cuts through the northwestern portion of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation , situated on Cattaraugus Creek . The Thruway continues alongside US 20 past Dunkirk and Westfield to the Ripley toll gantry, the southwestern end of the minor closed toll system just northeast of exit 61 for Shortman Road. Travelers heading eastbound from Pennsylvania can access Shortman Road toll-free. The Thruway ends about 1 mile (1.6 km) after exit 61 at
9460-562: The longest toll road in the world. In 1957, the mainline was extended 70 miles (113 km) west from Buffalo along Lake Erie 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 Massachusetts Turnpike , the New England Thruway (October 31, 1958) and Cross Westchester Expressway (December 1, 1960), which both connect to
9570-528: The mainline was designated as part of I-287 upon completion of the Cross Westchester Expressway (also I-287) in 1960. 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 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-approved green backgrounds. On September 1, 1964,
9680-492: The minor closed toll system. Once again a toll road, the Thruway heads southwestward, roughly paralleling the shoreline of Lake Erie 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 . As the route passes from Erie County to Chautauqua County ,
9790-524: The north. Roughly midway across Manhattan, US 9 leaves the freeway to follow Broadway northward toward the Bronx and Westchester County . Proceeding eastward, the road has several ramps that connect to the Harlem River Drive and the expressway's original Harlem River crossing, the Washington Bridge (now carrying 181st Street local traffic over the Harlem River ). At Highbridge Park ,
9900-457: The northbound direction only. The road continues northeast through New Rochelle, passing exit 17 as it enters the town of Mamaroneck . Exit 17 connects to Chatsworth Avenue in the Larchmont section. Passing a pedestrian footbridge for the Larchmont station , crossing over NY 125 (Weaver Street). Winding north through Mamaroneck, I-95 enters exit 18A, servicing Fenimore Road in
10010-506: The northeast midway through Yonkers, while the Saw Mill and Sprain Brook parkways follow the Thruway out of the city. Exit 5 connects to Central Park Avenue ( NY 100 ) 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 exit 6A; travel farther north requires a toll payment at
10120-409: The old exit numbering system frequently caused confusion. As part of an experiment, I-95 was one of the few roads in New York to receive mileage-based exit numbers . This was implemented over both the PANYNJ section and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) section of the highway (exits 1A–8C). The thruway section (which had originally carried its own sequential exit numbers)
10230-467: The relocation of 1,824 families. Overpasses over the open cut passing under Broadway, Wadsworth Avenue, and St. Nicholas Avenue were in place in December 1959. The George Washington Bridge Expressway, with three lanes of traffic heading in each direction to and from each deck of the double-decked George Washington Bridge, opened to traffic in 1962 as part of a $ 60-million (equivalent to $ 463 million in 2023 ) program to improve access roads for
10340-510: The river valley toward Harriman , where it encounters the Woodbury toll gantry, the southeastern end of the mainline's major closed toll system. The gantry is located on the mainline within exit 16 ( NY 17 ), a trumpet interchange . Along with the mainline gantry in Harriman, an toll plaza]] exists on future I-86 midway between the Thruway and NY 17. Now a completely tolled highway,
10450-522: The road. NYSDOT itself renumbered only one section of the road in Parkchester. Meanwhile, the NYSTA did not renumber any of the exits on its stretch of the road. This led to a situation from 2005 through 2012 in which some exits were signed with two different numbers, while some numbers were repeated twice, but only on some of the signs. Finally, in 2012, NYSDOT restored the mileage-based numbers to its portion of
10560-417: The roadway crosses the Alexander Hamilton Bridge to the Bronx, where it becomes the Cross Bronx Expressway . The Trans-Manhattan Expressway replaced tunnels under 178th and 179th Streets as the crosstown route. The expressway was announced in 1957 and built in conjunction with the addition of the lower level of the George Washington Bridge. Originally known as the George Washington Bridge Expressway ,
10670-528: The route crosses out of the Pelham Country Club, entering New Rochelle . Crossing over Metro-North Railroad tracks, the Interstate turns northeast and crossing through downtown New Rochelle, reaching exit 16, serving several local streets including Cross Avenue, Cedar Street, and Garden Street. North of exit 16, the New England Thruway enters its lone toll gantry along the alignment, serving
10780-696: The segment of the mainline between the Pennsylvania border and the Adirondack Northway in Albany became part of I-90 while the portions from the Northway south to Newburgh and from Elmsford south to the New York City line were included in I-87 . 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 US 9 also became part of I-90, creating
10890-519: The south of the Thruway: Geneva by way of exit 42 for NY 14 and Canandaigua by way of exit 43 via NY 21 . The next exit along the highway, exit 44 for NY 332 , 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 Victor . As in
11000-711: The southbound toll plaza at the Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County was closed and replaced with a 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. 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. On November 12, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that
11110-505: The southeast is the Canaan toll gantry, which marks the end of the Thruway ticket system. The last exit on the Berkshire Connector is exit B3 for NY 22 just west of the Massachusetts state line in Canaan . The spur continues east to the state line, where it becomes the Massachusetts Turnpike . The Garden State Parkway Connector is a 2.40-mile (3.86 km) highway that connects
11220-565: The speed limit is 55 miles per hour. I-90, which comprises the bulk of the mainline and the Berkshire Connector, runs for 365.55 miles (588.30 km) along the Thruway: 17.70 miles (28.49 km) as part of the Berkshire Connector and 347.85 miles (559.81 km) on the mainline. I-87 comprises the remaining 148.15 miles (238.42 km) of the mainline, including an 18.86-mile (30.35 km) concurrency with I-287 north of New York City. I-287 covers another 29.76 miles (47.89 km) (including
11330-523: The system are not part of the Interstate Highway System; these are the Garden State Parkway Connector in Rockland County , a 6-mile (10 km) 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 at exit B1 in Schodack , and a short section of the mainline within exit 24 in Albany that
11440-461: The two Interstates merge. Continuing north, the Bruckner Expressway and I-95 parallel Bruckner Boulevard and run along the western edge of Pelham Bay Park . Entering exit 8A southbound services Westchester Avenue while northbound, exits 8B and 8C serve Pelham Parkway and Shore Road through the park, which marks the northern end of the Bruckner Expressway. Now known as the New England Thruway, I-95 leaves Pelham Bay Park and enters exit 9,
11550-679: 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. It heads northwestward through the city's southern, mostly rural suburbs to Henrietta , 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 at exit 48 north of Batavia and NY 77 at exit 48A in Pembroke . The latter exit provides access to Six Flags Darien Lake ,
11660-419: The village of Mamaroneck . Turning northeast again, I-95 enters exit 18B, a partial cloverleaf interchange with Mamaroneck Avenue before crossing into the town of Harrison . The road turns east, crossing over NY 127 (Harrison Avenue), and enters exit 19, the western terminus of Playland Parkway , which connects the expressway to Playland as the road enters Rye . The route crosses through
11770-521: The westbound span of the new bridge and the old bridge closed. 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. In late 2018, ramp meters 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. On April 23, 2016,
11880-543: 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. 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
11990-529: 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. 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. The original Tappan Zee Bridge , carrying
12100-399: Was then renumbered by the NYSTA to a system of sequential numbers starting from 9 (where the mileage-based system left off). This led to a situation in which exits 1 through 8 were mileage-based (all but one of which contained lettered suffixes as a result) and exits 9 through 22 were sequential. During the late 1970s, and 1980s, in various stages, the mid-mast cuptlight-luminaire ,
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