45-623: (Redirected from I-490 ) Interstate 490 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States: Interstate 490 (New York) in Rochester, New York Interstate 490 (Ohio) in Cleveland, Ohio Interstate 490 (Illinois) currently being built west of Chicago [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with
90-529: A complete set of auxiliary Interstates, which means that there are Interstates numbered I-190 through I-990 in the state, with no gaps in between. For most of its length in New York, I-90 runs parallel to the former Erie Canal route, NY 5 , US Route 20 (US 20) and the CSX Transportation railroad mainline that traverses the state. I-90 was assigned in 1957 as part of the establishment of
135-575: A large suburb of Buffalo directly east of the city. Two auxiliary routes, I-190 (leading to Niagara Falls and connecting into Canada as Ontario Highway 405 ) and I-290 (a northerly bypass of Buffalo) connect with I-90 here. Both auxiliary routes provide access between I-90 and Canada's largest city, Toronto . East of Erie County , the Thruway turns east and passes through the suburbs of several major cities in Upstate New York , generally following
180-581: A third time in the Ontario County town of Victor , where I-490 passes along the western fringe of Eastview Mall . I-490 ends a short distance southeast of the third NY 96 interchange at Thruway exit 45. The portion of I-490 from exit 15 southeast to the Can of Worms follows the original path of the Erie Canal through the city of Rochester . After the canal was rerouted to bypass Rochester in 1920,
225-543: Is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves the city of Rochester, New York , in the United States. It acts as a northerly alternate route to the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ), leaving it at exit 47 in the town of Le Roy and rejoining the highway at exit 45 in the town of Victor 37.4 miles (60.2 km) to the east. I-490 connects with I-390 and New York State Route 390 (NY 390) on
270-567: Is not part of the Thruway system—begins concurrent with I-87 and heads southeast from Thruway exit 24. Now a toll-free highway, I-90 and I-87 continue to exits 1N and 1S, which are for I-87 and NY 910F , respectively. Located off exit 1S and NY 910F, an unsigned spur of the Northway leading to Western Avenue ( US 20 ), is Crossgates Mall in Guilderland . I-90 proceeds eastward, meeting Washington Avenue at an interchange connecting to
315-653: The Adirondack Northway (I-87) at a cloverleaf interchange and connected to Washington Avenue in western Albany, and exit B1, which connected to US 9 near Nassau. Work on the freeway began at the Northway and progressed southeasterly to the Berkshire Connector in Rensselaer County. The portion between the Northway and Everett Road was opened to traffic in the mid-1960s while the piece extending from Everett Road to US 4 east of Rensselaer
360-529: The CSX Transportation -owned Rochester Subdivision rail line, intersecting NY 441 , a four-lane divided highway in the process. South of exit 25, I-490 traverses the southeastern suburbs of Rochester, passing close to East Rochester , Pittsford , and Bushnell's Basin and closely paralleling NY 96 on its way toward the Ontario County line. The freeway meets NY 96 twice in Perinton and
405-540: The Erie Canal , I-490 meets NY 390 and I-390 . Beyond the junction lies the canal and the city of Rochester . Between the Mount Read Boulevard interchange at exit 10 and the Genesee River , I-490 is referred to as the "Western Gateway". This section, which saw major decorative and structural improvements in the late 2000s, travels due east through heavily residential neighborhoods before turning to
450-595: The Genesee River was the driving factor that led the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to relocate to its present location in Henrietta in 1968. The plan called for the demolition of a number of RIT buildings and would have resulted in splitting the campus into two halves separated by the new freeway. The portion of I-490 from exit 9 ( I-390 and NY 390 ) in Gates to exit 27 (NY 96) in Perinton
495-594: The Massachusetts state line at Canaan , and is the second-longest highway in the state after New York State Route 17 (NY 17). Although most of the route is part of the tolled New York State Thruway , two non-tolled sections exist along I-90 (the first, situated outside of Buffalo, is included in the Thruway system; the second, situated in the Capital District , is not part of the Thruway system and links Albany and its eastern suburbs). Within New York, I-90 has
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#1732858678525540-596: The Massachusetts Turnpike . The east–west corridor I-90 follows across New York has always been major, followed by the Genesee Trail (1790s), Erie Canal (1825), New York Central Railroad (1853), and later the Yellowstone Trail (1912), which became US 20 and NY 5 . It was planned as part of a nationwide toll road system as early as 1938. Exactly which cities would be served changed over
585-524: The Mohawk River into the Mohawk Valley toward Utica , where I-90 skirts the northern edge of downtown and meets I-790 , a short route leading into the city's center. Farther east, the freeway indirectly serves the canal and riverside cities of Little Falls (via NY 169 ) and Amsterdam ( NY 30 ) on its way to Schenectady , where I-890 splits from the Thruway and serves as the connection to
630-575: The New York State Thruway ( I-90 ), I-490 passes through rural portions of eastern Genesee County and western Monroe County , skirting the villages of Bergen and Churchville . Gradually, the expressway takes a more easterly alignment near exit 3 before returning to the northeast at exit 4. At exit 6, I-490 intersects the Airport Expressway ( NY 204 ). Past this interchange, I-490 heads due north, connecting to NY 33 and NY 531 before returning east. Prior to crossing
675-746: The University of Albany, SUNY , a state university, eastbound and Fuller Road ( CR 156 ) westbound. Exits 3 and 4, located 0.6 miles (0.97 km) apart in an area bounded by Washington and Central ( NY 5 ) avenues, lead to the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus and the New York State Police Academy (exit 3) and to the Crosstown Arterial ( NY 85 at exit 4). I-90 subsequently crosses over NY 5 and passes north of Westgate Plaza as it connects to Everett Road ( CR 155 ). The freeway continues along
720-571: The Berkshire Thruway at the Nassau interchange, providing Albany with an alternate route and additional bridge but not offering any savings in distance and creating a "toll trap" for drivers accessing the Taconic State Parkway from Albany. Construction on the route of I-90 through Albany began c. 1963 , with both ends at existing Thruway interchanges: exit 24, which crossed
765-734: The Genesee River. I-490 crosses both the river and NY 383 by way of the Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge and connects to NY 15 before leaving the Inner Loop and turning south and east to follow the former pathway of the Erie Canal and the Rochester subway through the east side of the city. Along this stretch, I-490 connects to NY 31 (now part of Monroe Avenue) and passes north of Cobbs Hill Reservoir and
810-633: The Interstate Highway System. In New York, it was overlaid on the preexisting New York State Thruway from Pennsylvania to Albany, from where it would have continued to Massachusetts on a new freeway that bypassed the Berkshire Connector to the north. Ultimately, the freeway was built from the Thruway mainline in Albany to the Berkshire Connector in Schodack , and I-90 was assigned to the segment of
855-496: The Thruway system at exit B1 of the Berkshire Connector . I-90 heads southeast on the connector, meeting the north end of the Taconic State Parkway in the Columbia County town of Chatham at exit B2 and NY 22 at exit B3 in the town of Canaan one mile (1.6 km) from the Massachusetts state line. The Berkshire Connector ends at the state line; however, I-90 continues southeast into Massachusetts as
900-419: The all-toll alignment and would provide relief to the four-lane Castleton Bridge on the Berkshire Thruway, which had been built narrower than the rest of the system because of the planned parallel alternate. The BPR objected to the duplication, which would cost over $ 90 million (equivalent to $ 773 million in 2023 ), and refused to approve this alignment. The eventual route ran southeast from Albany to
945-560: The area. The ones in Victor, west of the thruway interchange, were closed on November 1, 1990, for the winter as a temporary cost-saving measure. The New York State Department of Transportation decided in June ;1991 to make these closures permanent to save on costs. The planned construction of the Inner Loop (now part of I-490) through the Corn Hill district of Downtown Rochester just west of
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#1732858678525990-586: The city center. It rejoins I-90 in Albany County , where I-90 leaves the mainline of the Thruway at exit 24 in Albany , which is signed for I-87 north and I-90 east. Here, the route designation of the Thruway changes from I-90 east to I-87 south. Traffic intending to continue on I-90 or reach I-87 north must exit the Thruway here. Exit numbers and mile markers for I-90 reset after exiting. The Albany– Schodack section of I-90—the only portion of I-90 in New York that
1035-529: The connector east of the proposed freeway. The Albany–Schodack freeway was completed in stages during the 1960s and 1970s and fully open by 1977. West of Albany , I-90 in New York is designated along the mainline of the New York State Thruway . The Thruway begins at the Pennsylvania state line in Chautauqua County , following the shore of Lake Erie northeast and passes through the town of Cheektowaga ,
1080-583: The county, crossing over NY 151 and entering the town of Schodack, where it meets Miller Road, a connector between I-90 and the concurrent routes of US 9 and US 20 . The freeway and the overlapping US Routes follow similar routings to Schodack Center , at which point I-90 finally connects to US 9 and US 20 at exits 11E and 11W. I-90 heads due south from this point, passing over NY 150 and paralleling US 9, which splits from US 20 at Schodack Center. The routes cross paths again at exit 12 just north of where I-90 rejoins
1125-426: The county, the freeway meets Washington Avenue at the northern edge of the city of Rensselaer and the west end of NY 43 in the town of North Greenbush , southwest of US 4 and Defreestville . South of NY 43, I-90 and US 4 follow parallel routings into East Greenbush , where I-90 directly connects to US 4 at exit 9. I-90 heads southeastward across an undeveloped, forested section of
1170-687: The exit on US 9. Not far to the east of US 9 is a second stack interchange, connecting I-90 to I-787 in the industrial northeasternmost section of the city of Albany. At this point, I-90 turns to the southeast and follows the Patroon Island Bridge over the Hudson River and into Rensselaer County . Across the river, I-90 becomes the Rensselaer County Veterans Memorial Highway and passes through much less developed areas. In its first 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in
1215-407: The former canal bed was purchased by the city for roughly $ 1.5 million (equivalent to $ 17.3 million in 2023 ). Plans drawn up by the city in the early 1910s called for a highway to be built in the old canal bed; however, subsequent proposals leaned toward repurposing the bed as a rapid transit system instead. The Rochester subway , as it became known, began operation in 1927. As ridership on
1260-552: The highway between the Inner Loop and Winton Road was completed in the old subway cut by this time, while the segment between Winton Road and the Can of Worms was opened c. 1963 . Work on the portion of I-490 west of the Inner Loop began c. 1962 and initially extended from NY 259 in Chili to Mount Read Boulevard two miles (3.2 km) west of downtown. This section
1305-666: The line declined in the 1940s and early 1950s, the city elected to shut the subway down in 1956 and use the right-of-way for a new highway connecting the Inner Loop to the recently completed New York State Thruway south of Rochester. Construction of the Eastern Expressway, a limited-access highway connecting the Inner Loop to the thruway in Victor , began in the early 1950s with the first section extending from NY 96 in Bushnell's Basin to NY 31F near East Rochester . It
1350-422: The northern edge of Albany to exit 5A, a large trumpet interchange originally built to serve I-687 . After that project was canceled, it was repurposed as an exit for Corporate Woods Boulevard. East of exit 5A, I-90 passes by slightly more residential areas ahead of a stack interchange with US 9 one mile (1.6 km) north of downtown Albany. Albany Memorial Hospital is located just north of
1395-466: The path of the Erie Canal . It passes south of Rochester and north of Syracuse , which are served by three auxiliary Interstate Highways: I-490 and I-390 connect to Rochester, while I-690 leads to Syracuse. The speed limit, enforced by the New York State Police , is 65 mph (105 km/h) along most of this stretch. East of Syracuse, the Thruway follows the Erie Canal and, later,
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1440-517: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate_490&oldid=1161043816 " Categories : Road disambiguation pages Interstate 90 Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interstate 490 (New York) Interstate 490 ( I-490 )
1485-451: The southeast near Innovative Field and a junction with the Inner Loop at exit 13. Just west of this point, I-490 passes over West Broad Street ( NY 31 ) and close to the former Rochester terminal of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway , which now houses Nick Tahou Hots . I-490 now becomes part of the Inner Loop as it passes just south of the city center and heads toward
1530-494: The state (thus having higher interest rates ). The roadway was completed between Buffalo and Albany in 1954, to New York City in 1956, to Pennsylvania in 1957, and to Massachusetts in 1959. In the meantime, the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was enacted in 1956, promising a toll-free network of Interstate Highways throughout the nation. The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) commissioner soon announced that
1575-400: The surrounding Cobbs Hill Park. I-490 continues to run in the former bed until exit 21, where I-490 connects to NY 590 and I-590 at an interchange known locally as the Can of Worms . At this point, the former Erie Canal route (now part of I-590) curves southward while I-490 continues eastward into the eastern suburbs of Rochester. Between exits 21 and 24, I-490 parallels
1620-510: The toll road met all federal Interstate Highway standards , and, on August 14, 1957, most of the mainline of the Thruway was incorporated into the system as part of I-87 and I-90. Most of the connecting Massachusetts Turnpike was also included, but a more northerly alignment, avoiding the Berkshire Thruway, was proposed by the states of New York and Massachusetts for I-90 through Albany past Pittsfield to East Lee, Massachusetts . This alignment would be about 30 percent shorter than
1665-471: The western side of Rochester and I-590 and NY 590 on the east side of the city at an interchange known as the Can of Worms . The highway comprises the southernmost portion of the Inner Loop , a beltway around the interior of Rochester. Outside the city, I-490 serves several suburban villages, such as Churchville and Pittsford . The eastern half of the freeway, named the Eastern Expressway ,
1710-428: The years, but it was the state of New York that made the decision in 1942, when they passed a law for the construction of a New York City – Albany – Buffalo – Pennsylvania "thruway". This highway, passing Utica , Syracuse , and Rochester on its path between Albany and Buffalo, would provide construction jobs in the post-World War II period. The Berkshire Thruway , a branch east from near Albany to Massachusetts ,
1755-512: Was authorized in 1944, completing the east–west route across the state. However, construction, which began in 1946, proceeded very slowly, with only one four-mile (6.4 km) portion open by 1950, when a law created the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) to operate the route as a toll road . Construction then progressed much more rapidly, especially after 1954, when the authority was allowed to issue bonds not backed by
1800-508: Was built in stages from the 1950s to the 1970s as a connector between the Inner Loop and the thruway, and the section west of the Inner Loop and Downtown Rochester to I-90 in Le Roy is known as the Western Expressway . From Downtown Rochester to the Can of Worms, it follows the former right-of-way of the Rochester subway and, before it, the Erie Canal . The section west of the Inner Loop
1845-671: Was ceremoniously designated as the "Erie Canal Expressway" by the New York State Legislature on August 16, 2005. Interstate 90 in New York Interstate ;90 ( I-90 ) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Seattle, Washington , to Boston, Massachusetts . In the US state of New York , I-90 extends 385.48 miles (620.37 km) from the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley to
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1890-497: Was completed by 1956 and originally designated as part of NY 96. An extension northwest to the present site of the Can of Worms was opened to traffic by the following year. The expressway remained part of NY 96 until c. 1961 when it was designated as part of I-490, a proposed route extending westward through Downtown Rochester and southwestward through the western suburbs to Thruway exit 47 in Le Roy . The portion of
1935-726: Was completed by the following year. The remainder of the freeway west of Rochester was opened to traffic as far west as NY 36 near Churchville c. 1965 and finished by 1968. The last two gaps in the freeway—from Mount Read Boulevard east to the Inner Loop in Rochester and from Bushnell's Basin southeast to the thruway in Pittsford and Victor—were filled in the early 1970s. I-490 formerly had two sets of rest areas , one in Victor and one in Churchville. The Churchville pair, located east of exit 3, were closed on July 18, 1990, after numerous complaints about sexual activity in
1980-630: Was completed in the early 1970s. The last section of the highway was completed to US 9 and US 20 in Schodack Center c. 1974 and finished by 1977. The Northway cloverleaf was rebuilt in the late 1980s. In 1999, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and NYSTA discussed redesignating the Berkshire Connector as I-90 and redesignating
2025-454: Was mostly built during the 1960s and completed in the early 1970s. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the portion of the Eastern Expressway from what is now the Can of Worms east to Bushnell's Basin was originally designated as part of NY 96 . That route was moved back onto its parallel surface routing c. 1961 when I-490 was assigned to the entirety of the then-proposed Le Roy–Victor freeway. Heading northeast from exit 47 of
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