# New York State Thruway > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_York_State_Thruway > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_York_State_Thruway.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway > Source revision: 1356811663 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|System of controlled-access highways within the U.S. state of New York}} {{Redirect|NYST|the theatre at Lincoln Center formerly known as the New York State Theater|David H. Koch Theater}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox road | state = NY | type = NYST | alternate_name = Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway | maint = [NYSTA](/source/New_York_State_Thruway_Authority) | 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 = | established = June 24, 1954{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/20/archives/across-the-map-limitedaccess-highways-spreading-rapidly-from-maine.html |title = Across The Map |last = Dales |first = Douglas |date = June 20, 1954 |newspaper = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |page = XX21 |access-date = February 9, 2026}} | restrictions = No explosives on the [Tappan Zee Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)) | allocation = {{plainlist|1= * {{jct|state=NY|I|87}} from [Van Cortlandt Park](/source/Van_Cortlandt_Park)–[Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) line to [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) * {{jct|state=NY|I|287}} from [Elmsford](/source/Elmsford%2C_New_York) to [Suffern](/source/Suffern%2C_New_York) * {{jct|state=NY|I|90}} from Albany to [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) state line }} | direction_a = South | terminus_a = {{Jct|state=NY|I|87}} at the [Van Cortlandt Park](/source/Van_Cortlandt_Park)–[Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) line | junction = {{plainlist| * {{jct|state=NY|I|287|NY|119|Parkway|Saw Mill}} in [Elmsford](/source/Elmsford%2C_New_York) * {{jct|state=NJ|I|287|NJ|17}} in [Suffern](/source/Suffern%2C_New_York) * {{Jct|state=NY|I-Future|86}} in [Harriman](/source/Harriman%2C_New_York) * {{Jct|state=NY|I|84|NY|300}} in [Newburgh](/source/Newburgh%2C_New_York) * {{Jct|state=NY|I|87|I|90}} in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) * {{Jct|state=NY|I|88|NY|7}} in [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam%2C_New_York) * {{Jct|state=NY|I|81}} near [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) * {{jct|state=NY|I|390|NY|253}} in [Henrietta](/source/Henrietta%2C_New_York) * {{jct|state=NY|I|190}} near [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) }} | direction_b = West | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=PA|I|90}} at the [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) state line | counties = [Westchester](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York), [Rockland](/source/Rockland_County%2C_New_York), [Orange](/source/Orange_County%2C_New_York), [Ulster](/source/Ulster_County%2C_New_York), [Greene](/source/Greene_County%2C_New_York), [Albany](/source/Albany_County%2C_New_York), [Schenectady](/source/Schenectady_County%2C_New_York), [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_New_York), [Herkimer](/source/Herkimer_County%2C_New_York), [Oneida](/source/Oneida_County%2C_New_York), [Madison](/source/Madison_County%2C_New_York), [Onondaga](/source/Onondaga_County%2C_New_York), [Cayuga](/source/Cayuga_County%2C_New_York), [Seneca](/source/Seneca_County%2C_New_York), [Ontario](/source/Ontario_County%2C_New_York), [Monroe](/source/Monroe_County%2C_New_York), [Genesee](/source/Genesee_County%2C_New_York), [Erie](/source/Erie_County%2C_New_York), [Chautauqua](/source/Chautauqua_County%2C_New_York) }} The '''New York State Thruway''' (officially the '''Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway''' and colloquially "'''the Thruway'''") is a system of [controlled-access](/source/controlled-access_highway) [toll road](/source/toll_road)s spanning {{convert|569.83|mi|2}} within the U.S. state of [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). It is operated by the [New York State Thruway Authority](/source/New_York_State_Thruway_Authority) (NYSTA), a [New York State public-benefit corporation](/source/New_York_state_public-benefit_corporations). The {{convert|496.00|mi|adj=on}} mainline is a freeway that extends from the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) line at [Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) to the [Pennsylvania state line](/source/New_York%E2%80%93Pennsylvania_border) at [Ripley](/source/Ripley%2C_New_York) by way of I-87 and I-90 through [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York), and [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York). According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Thruway is the fifth-busiest toll road in the United States.{{cite news |url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-27-tolls_N.htm |title = Drivers to see major toll hikes |first = Dennis |last = Cauchon |access-date = May 31, 2010 |date = February 5, 2008 |newspaper = [USA Today](/source/USA_Today) }} The toll road is also a major route for long distance travelers linking the cities of [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Buffalo, and [Montreal](/source/Montreal) with [Boston](/source/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](/source/Rome%2C_New_York)) and [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York), opened on June 24, 1954.{{cite web | url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/faqs.html#:~:text=How%20old%20is%20the%20Thruway,the%20Thruway%20system%20in%201991 | title=Frequently Asked Questions - New York State Thruway }} 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 [Ontario](/source/Ontario) were built in the 1950s. In 1957, much of the Thruway system was included as portions of [Interstate 87](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York)) (I-87), [I-90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York), and [I-95](/source/Interstate_95_in_New_York). Other segments became part of [I-190](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)) and [I-287](/source/Interstate_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](/source/New_England_Thruway) (I-95), the [Niagara Thruway](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)) (I-190), and the [Cross Westchester Expressway](/source/Interstate_287) (I-287). The portion of [I-84 in New York](/source/Interstate_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](/source/New_York_State_Department_of_Transportation) (NYSDOT). The Thruway formerly utilized a combination of closed ([ticket-based](/source/Ticket_system)), and open ([barrier-based](/source/Barrier_toll_system)) tolling. From 2016 to 2018, all flat-rate barriers on the Thruway system transitioned to [open road tolling](/source/open_road_tolling), which replaced cash payment with an all-electronic tolling system using [E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) and [toll by mail](/source/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 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== thumb|right|View north along the thruway in Ramapo The New York State Thruway system is a collection of six individual components across the state of [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) that connect the state to four neighboring states ([Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), and [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania)) as well as the Canadian province of [Ontario](/source/Ontario). 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.{{cite web |author = New York State Thruway Authority |url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/index.shtml |title = New York State Thruway Authority |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = October 20, 2010 }} 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](/source/Interstate_Highway) designation. Only three sections of the system are not part of the Interstate Highway System; these are the Garden State Parkway Connector in [Rockland County](/source/Rockland_County%2C_New_York), a {{convert|6|mi|0|adj=on}} portion of the Berkshire Connector between its western terminus at exit 21A on the mainline near [Selkirk](/source/Selkirk%2C_New_York) and where it joins up with [Interstate 90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York) at exit B1 in [Schodack](/source/Schodack%2C_New_York), and a short section of the mainline within exit 24 in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) that is located between where [I-87](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York)) departs the roadway and [I-90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York) enters it. They are designated as New York State Route 982L (NY 982L), NY 912M, and NY 915H, respectively, all unsigned [reference routes](/source/reference_route_(New_York)). The speed limit, enforced by the [New York State Police](/source/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](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) and in [Westchester](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) and [Rockland](/source/Rockland_County%2C_New_York) 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 }}{{self-published inline|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](/source/concurrency_(road)) with [I-287](/source/Interstate_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](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)) spans {{convert|21.24|mi|2}} and [I-95](/source/Interstate_95_in_New_York) covers {{convert|15.01|mi|2}}. All highways maintained by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) lack the [reference marker](/source/reference_marker)s that exist on all [New York State Department of Transportation](/source/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 a white background and blue numbering.{{cite web |url = http://www.upstatenyroads.com/signshop58.shtml |title = Improved Thruway Guidance, Part 2: Coinciding with the Interstate Designations |last = Wing |first = J.P. |date = September 8, 2009 |work = Upstate NY Roads |access-date = November 18, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715235611/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/signshop58.shtml |archive-date = July 15, 2011 |url-status = dead }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=October 2018}} 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.{{cite book |title = Reference Marker Manual |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/design/dqab/dqab-repository/RefMarkerManual.PDF |access-date = November 18, 2010 |date = January 1996 |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |pages = 3–5 }} ===Mainline=== {{See also|Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 90 in New York}} ====South of Albany==== The mainline of the Thruway begins (in terms of [exit number](/source/exit_number)s and mileposts) as a continuation of the [Major Deegan Expressway](/source/Major_Deegan_Expressway), carrying [I-87](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York)) northward into [Westchester County](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) from [New York City](/source/New_York_City) at the border between [Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) and [the Bronx](/source/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](/source/Cross_County_Parkway), an east-west [parkway](/source/Parkways_in_New_York) providing access to the Saw Mill River, [Bronx River](/source/Bronx_River_Parkway), and [Hutchinson River](/source/Hutchinson_River_Parkway) 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](/source/Sprain_Brook_Parkway) parkways follow the Thruway out of the city.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Exit 5 connects to Central Park Avenue ([NY 100](/source/New_York_State_Route_100)) which connects towards [White Plains](/source/White_Plains%2C_New_York). 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 the Yonkers [toll gantry](/source/open_road_tolling).{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} thumb|left|Tappan Zee Bridge (I-87 and I-287) 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](/source/Elmsford%2C_New_York), 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](/source/semi-directional_T_interchange) with I-287 (the Cross Westchester Expressway). I-287 joins the Thruway here, following I-87 west across the [Hudson River](/source/Hudson_River) into [Rockland County](/source/Rockland_County%2C_New_York) on the [Tappan Zee Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)). I-87 and I-287 remain [overlapped](/source/concurrency_(road)) for {{convert|15|mi}} through the densely populated southern portion of Rockland County, meeting the [Palisades Interstate Parkway](/source/Palisades_Interstate_Parkway) (exit 13) and the Garden State Parkway Connector, the latter of which provides access to the [Garden State Parkway](/source/Garden_State_Parkway) (exit 14A) in New Jersey. The Thruway continues generally westward to [Suffern](/source/Suffern%2C_New_York), where I-87 and I-287 split at a large semi-directional T interchange (exit 15) near the [New Jersey](/source/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](/source/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.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} The Thruway continues north through the river valley toward [Harriman](/source/Harriman%2C_New_York), where it encounters the [Woodbury](/source/Woodbury%2C_Orange_County%2C_New_York) 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](/source/New_York_State_Route_17)), a [trumpet interchange](/source/trumpet_interchange). Along with the mainline gantry in Harriman, a toll gantry exists on future [I-86](/source/Interstate_86_(Pennsylvania%E2%80%93New_York)) midway between the Thruway and NY 17. Now a completely [tolled](/source/toll_road) highway, the Thruway heads northward, roughly paralleling the Hudson River to the river's west as it serves the [city of Newburgh](/source/Newburgh_(city)%2C_New_York), the [village of New Paltz](/source/New_Paltz_(village)%2C_New_York), and the city of [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_New_York), connecting to the short [I-587](/source/Interstate_587_(New_York)) in the latter.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Past Kingston, the highway runs closer to the river as it parallels [U.S. Route 9W](/source/U.S._Route%26nbsp%3B9W) (US 9W) through the towns of [Saugerties](/source/Saugerties%2C_New_York), [Catskill](/source/Catskill_(town)%2C_New_York), [Coxsackie](/source/Coxsackie_(town)%2C_New_York), and [Ravena](/source/Ravena%2C_New_York). Just north of Ravena, the Thruway meets the west end of the Berkshire Connector, a spur linking the Thruway mainline to the [Massachusetts Turnpike](/source/Massachusetts_Turnpike) {{convert|25|mi|0}} to the east. The highway continues into [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), where it connects to [Troy](/source/Troy%2C_New_York) via [I-787](/source/Interstate_787) at exit 23 and intersects [I-90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York) at exit 24.{{citation needed|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.{{cite news |title = At a transportation crossroad |newspaper = [Times Union](/source/Times_Union_(Albany)) |location = Albany, New York |date = October 26, 2007 |access-date = April 17, 2010 |page = 56 |url = http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6428652 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723205754/http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6428652 |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 23, 2011 }} 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](/source/Schenectady%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ====Albany to Syracuse==== [[File:NewYorkStateThruway(I-87).jpg|thumb|right|The New York State Thruway ([I-87](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York))) looking east from Nordkop Mountain in [Suffern](/source/Suffern%2C_New_York)]] South of Schenectady, but still in [Albany County](/source/Albany_County%2C_New_York), the Thruway and I-90 meet [I-890](/source/Interstate_890), 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](/source/Interstate_88_(east)) at exit 25A in [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam_(town)%2C_New_York) before reuniting with I-890 at exit 26 west of [Scotia](/source/Scotia%2C_New_York). Travel between I-88 (Exit 25A) and exits 24, 25, and 26 in either direction is toll-free.{{cite web |author = New York State Thruway Authority |url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/schedules/index.html |title = Downloadable Toll Schedules |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = June 25, 2017 }} From exit 26 west to [Utica](/source/Utica%2C_New_York), the mainline of the Thruway parallels the [Erie Canal](/source/Erie_Canal) and the [Mohawk River](/source/Mohawk_River), crossing over the water-bodies at [Mohawk](/source/Mohawk%2C_Herkimer_County%2C_New_York). In between Schenectady and Utica, I-90 and the Thruway serve several riverside communities, including the cities of [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam%2C_New_York) (exit 27 via [NY 30](/source/New_York_State_Route_30)) and [Little Falls](/source/Little_Falls_(city)%2C_New_York) (exit 29A, [NY 169](/source/New_York_State_Route_169)) and the villages of [Fonda](/source/Fonda%2C_New_York) (exit 28, [NY 30A](/source/New_York_State_Route_30A)), [Canajoharie](/source/Canajoharie_(village)%2C_New_York) (exit 29, [NY 5S](/source/New_York_State_Route_5S) and [NY 10](/source/New_York_State_Route_10)), and Herkimer (exit 30, [NY 28](/source/New_York_State_Route_28)).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Like Schenectady before it, the Thruway bypasses downtown Utica, following an alignment north of the city while [I-790](/source/Interstate_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 {{convert|1.5|mi|1}} before turning southward onto the North-South Arterial. The adjacent highways become [NY 49](/source/New_York_State_Route_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 [Rome](/source/Rome%2C_New_York). On the other side of the river, the Thruway curves back to the west, proceeding to exit 32 in [Westmoreland](/source/Westmoreland%2C_New_York).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} thumb|left|New York State Thruway (I-90) eastbound past NY 298 in East Syracuse Not far to the west, the Thruway has a junction with [NY 365](/source/New_York_State_Route_365) at exit 33 in [Verona](/source/Verona%2C_New_York). Here, the Thruway connects to the cities of Rome and [Oneida](/source/Oneida%2C_New_York) and serves the [Turning Stone Resort & Casino](/source/Turning_Stone_Resort_%26_Casino) 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](/source/Oneida_Lake) as it connects to the village of [Canastota](/source/Canastota%2C_New_York) by way of [NY 13](/source/New_York_State_Route_13) at exit 34. As the highway approaches exit 34A ([I-481](/source/Interstate_481)) outside of [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York), the surroundings become more developed. The level of development rises sharply west of I-481 as the Thruway enters [Salina](/source/Salina%2C_New_York), a northern suburb of Syracuse. Within Salina, I-90 and the Thruway intersect [I-81](/source/Interstate_81_in_New_York), which connects the Thruway to both [downtown Syracuse](/source/downtown_Syracuse) and [Syracuse Hancock International Airport](/source/Syracuse_Hancock_International_Airport).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ====Syracuse to Buffalo==== West of Salina, the Thruway passes north of [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool%2C_New_York) and [Onondaga Lake](/source/Onondaga_Lake) before intersecting [I-690](/source/Interstate_690) and its northern continuation, [NY 690](/source/New_York_State_Route_690), at exit 39 in [Van Buren](/source/Van_Buren%2C_New_York). At this point, the amount of development along the Thruway sharply declines as it heads generally westward through a [marsh](/source/marsh)y area of [Onondaga County](/source/Onondaga_County%2C_New_York). I-90 and the Thruway reconnect to the Erie Canal (here part of the [Seneca River](/source/Seneca_River_(New_York))) at the western county line. Now in [Cayuga County](/source/Cayuga_County%2C_New_York), the highway serves [Weedsport](/source/Weedsport%2C_New_York) via exit 40 and [NY 34](/source/New_York_State_Route_34), exit 41 serving [Del Lago Resort and Casino](/source/Del_Lago_Resort_and_Casino) in [Tyre, New York](/source/Tyre%2C_New_York) and passes north of [Port Byron](/source/Port_Byron%2C_New_York) prior to entering [Seneca County](/source/Seneca_County%2C_New_York) and the [Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Montezuma_National_Wildlife_Refuge). Here, the canal leaves the Thruway for good, turning northwestward to follow the [NY 31](/source/New_York_State_Route_31) corridor to [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York) and beyond.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} thumb|right|Advance signage for exit 45 (I-490) The portion of the Thruway between [Montezuma](/source/Montezuma%2C_New_York) 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: [Geneva](/source/Geneva_(city)%2C_New_York) by way of exit 42 for [NY 14](/source/New_York_State_Route_14) and [Canandaigua](/source/Canandaigua_(city)%2C_New_York) by way of exit 43 via [NY 21](/source/New_York_State_Route_21). The next exit along the highway, exit 44 for [NY 332](/source/New_York_State_Route_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](/source/Interstate_490_(New_York)) at exit 45 near [Victor](/source/Victor_(village)%2C_New_York). As in the vicinity of Schenectady and Utica, an auxiliary route of I-90{{mdash}}here I-490{{mdash}}directly serves a city (Rochester) while the Thruway bypasses it.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} It heads northwestward through the city's southern, mostly rural suburbs to [Henrietta](/source/Henrietta%2C_New_York), where it meets [I-390](/source/Interstate_390) at exit 46. Henrietta is as close as the Thruway gets to downtown as it proceeds west to [Le Roy](/source/Le_Roy_(town)%2C_New_York), where I-490 reconnects to I-90 at exit 47. I-90 continues onward into [Genesee County](/source/Genesee_County%2C_New_York), intersecting with [NY 98](/source/New_York_State_Route_98) at exit 48 north of [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(city)%2C_New_York) and [NY 77](/source/New_York_State_Route_77) at exit 48A in [Pembroke](/source/Pembroke%2C_New_York). The latter exit provides access to [Six Flags Darien Lake](/source/Six_Flags_Darien_Lake), a large amusement park located in the town of [Darien](/source/Darien%2C_New_York). I-90 and the Thruway continue into [Erie County](/source/Erie_County%2C_New_York) and the [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) area. It meets [NY 78](/source/New_York_State_Route_78) at exit 49 near [Depew](/source/Depew%2C_New_York) before passing to the north of [Buffalo Niagara International Airport](/source/Buffalo_Niagara_International_Airport) and reaching the [Williamsville](/source/Williamsville%2C_New_York) toll gantry, which marks the northwestern end of the major closed toll system.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ====West of Buffalo==== thumb|right|NYS Thruway near Silver Creek Just west of the toll gantry, I-90 and the Thruway—now toll-free—connect to [I-290](/source/Interstate_290_(New_York)) 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](/source/Kensington_Expressway) ([NY 33](/source/New_York_State_Route_33)) at exit 51 and Walden Avenue at exit 52, both [cloverleaf interchange](/source/cloverleaf_interchange)s. At exit 52, it passes to the west of the [Walden Galleria](/source/Walden_Galleria), a shopping mall situated at the nearby junction of Walden Avenue and [NY 277](/source/New_York_State_Route_277). Two exits later in southern [Cheektowaga](/source/Cheektowaga%2C_New_York), I-90 meets [I-190](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)), a spur route leading to downtown Buffalo and [Niagara Falls](/source/Niagara_Falls%2C_New_York), at exit 53.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} South of the city, the Thruway meets the [Aurora Expressway](/source/Aurora_Expressway) ([NY 400](/source/New_York_State_Route_400)) and the [Southern Expressway](/source/Southern_Expressway_(New_York)) ([US 219](/source/U.S._Route_219_in_New_York)) at exits 54 and 55, respectively, in [West Seneca](/source/West_Seneca%2C_New_York). Just southwest of exit 55, I-90 and the Thruway pass through the [Lackawanna](/source/Lackawanna%2C_New_York) toll gantry, which serves as the northeast end of the minor closed toll system. Once again a toll road, the Thruway heads southwestward, roughly paralleling the shoreline of [Lake Erie](/source/Lake_Erie) to [Blasdell](/source/Blasdell%2C_New_York), where it connects to [NY 179](/source/New_York_State_Route_179) (the Milestrip Expressway). Farther southwestward, the Thruway is joined by [US 20](/source/U.S._Route_20_in_New_York), which follows a parallel routing to that of the Thruway to the [Pennsylvania state line](/source/New_York%E2%80%93Pennsylvania_border).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} As the route passes from Erie County to [Chautauqua County](/source/Chautauqua_County%2C_New_York), the last on its routing, it cuts through the northwestern portion of the [Cattaraugus Indian Reservation](/source/Cattaraugus_Indian_Reservation), situated on [Cattaraugus Creek](/source/Cattaraugus_Creek). The Thruway continues alongside US 20 past [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk_(city)%2C_New_York) and [Westfield](/source/Westfield_(village)%2C_New_York) to the [Ripley](/source/Ripley%2C_New_York) toll gantry, the southwestern end of the minor closed toll system just northeast of exit 61 for Shortman Road. Travelers heading eastbound from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) 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](/source/Interstate_90_in_Pennsylvania) as a toll-free highway.{{citation needed|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](/source/Coeymans%2C_New_York) to the [Massachusetts Turnpike](/source/Massachusetts_Turnpike) at the [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) state line in [Canaan](/source/Canaan%2C_New_York). 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 the Thruway southwest of [Selkirk](/source/Selkirk%2C_New_York) in the town of Coeymans (south of [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York)) as '''NY 912M''', an unsigned [reference route](/source/reference_route_(New_York)).{{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 = [New York State Department of Transportation](/source/New_York_State_Department_of_Transportation) |publisher = New York State Department of Transportation |date = January 2012 |access-date = February 16, 2012 }} It proceeds eastward over the [Hudson River](/source/Hudson_River) and into [Rensselaer County](/source/Rensselaer_County%2C_New_York) by way of the [Castleton Bridge](/source/Castleton_Bridge). It navigates through the southern, rural portion of the county to exit B1 in [Schodack](/source/Schodack%2C_New_York), where the connector meets I-90. The [unsigned](/source/unsigned_highway) NY 912M designation terminates here while I-90 joins the Berkshire Connector and follows the spur east into [Columbia County](/source/Columbia_County%2C_New_York). 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](/source/East_Chatham%2C_New_York). The junction serves as the northern terminus of the [Taconic State Parkway](/source/Taconic_State_Parkway), which connects the spur to the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) area. About {{convert|2|mi|1}} to the southeast is the [Canaan](/source/Canaan%2C_New_York) toll gantry, which marks the end of the Thruway ticket system. The last exit on the Berkshire Connector is exit B3 for [NY 22](/source/New_York_State_Route_22) just west of the [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) state line in [Canaan](/source/Canaan%2C_New_York). The spur continues east to the state line, where it becomes the [Massachusetts Turnpike](/source/Massachusetts_Turnpike). ===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](/source/Ramapo%2C_New_York) with the [Garden State Parkway](/source/Garden_State_Parkway) at the [New Jersey](/source/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](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York)) and [I-287](/source/Interstate_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](/source/County_Route_41_(Rockland_County%2C_New_York)) or CR 41) at a partial [diamond interchange](/source/diamond_interchange). All southbound trucks are forced to exit here, as the Garden State Parkway prohibits trucks 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 trucks.{{cite web |author = New York State Thruway Authority |title = Commercial Services: TOPS: Invalid Routes |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |date = February 15, 2002 |url = http://www.nysthruway.gov/commercial/tops/invalid-routes.html |access-date = April 19, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100527102225/http://www.nysthruway.gov/commercial/tops/invalid-routes.html |archive-date = May 27, 2010 }} 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](/source/New_England_Thruway), the [Cross Westchester Expressway](/source/Cross_Westchester_Expressway), and the [Niagara Thruway](/source/Niagara_Thruway). The New England Thruway (NET) is a {{convert|15.01|mi|2|adj=on}} section of [Interstate 95](/source/Interstate_95_in_New_York) under the operation and maintenance of the New York State Thruway Authority. It begins at the [Pelham Parkway](/source/Pelham_Parkway) interchange (exit 8) in the [Co-op City](/source/Co-op_City%2C_Bronx) section of the [Bronx](/source/The_Bronx) and continues northeastward into [Westchester County](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) to the [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut) state line, where it connects to the [Connecticut Turnpike](/source/Connecticut_Turnpike). The Cross Westchester Expressway, part of I-287, begins at I-87 exit 8 in [Elmsford](/source/Elmsford%2C_New_York), where I-287 splits from the Thruway mainline, and travels east across [Westchester County](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) to I-95, with connections to both the New England Thruway and the Connecticut Turnpike at exit 12 in [Rye](/source/Rye%2C_New_York). The Niagara Thruway comprises the first {{convert|21.24|mi|2}} of [I-190](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)) from I-90 in [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) to [NY 384](/source/New_York_State_Route_384) in [Niagara Falls](/source/Niagara_Falls%2C_New_York). ==History== [[File:2024-07-08 14 57 37 View north along Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) from the overpass for Sheehan Lane in Ulster, Ulster County, New York.jpg|thumb|right|New York State Thruway (I-87) northbound in [Ulster](/source/Ulster%2C_New_York)]] A toll [superhighway](/source/Highway) connecting the major cities of the state of [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) that would become part of a larger nationwide highway network was proposed as early as 1949. The following year, the [New York State Legislature](/source/New_York_State_Legislature) passed the Thruway Authority Act creating the [New York State Thruway Authority](/source/New_York_State_Thruway_Authority) (NYSTA), an independent [public corporation](/source/Government-owned_corporation), which would build and manage the Thruway. The project was to be financed through [toll revenue bond](/source/toll_revenue_bond)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 Thruway, a 115-mile stretch from Lowell to [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York), opened on June 24, 1954.{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions - New York State Thruway |url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/faqs.html#:~:text=The%20first%20section%20of%20Thruway,opened%20on%20June%2024,%201954. |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=www.thruway.ny.gov}} Other sections of the {{convert|426|mi|0|adj=on}} mainline between [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) and [the Bronx](/source/the_Bronx) were completed and opened throughout 1954 and 1955. The last segment, from [Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) 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 [Lake Erie](/source/Lake_Erie) to the [Pennsylvania state line](/source/New_York%E2%80%93Pennsylvania_border). 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](/source/Massachusetts_Turnpike), the [New England Thruway](/source/New_England_Thruway) (October 31, 1958) and [Cross Westchester Expressway](/source/Interstate_287) (December 1, 1960), which both connect to the [Connecticut Turnpike](/source/Connecticut_Turnpike), and the [Niagara Thruway](/source/Niagara_Thruway) (July 30, 1959), which connects to Canada's [Queen Elizabeth Way](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Way) via a border crossing near [Niagara Falls](/source/Niagara_Falls%2C_New_York). The Thruway also directly connects to New Jersey's tolled [Garden State Parkway](/source/Garden_State_Parkway), which eventually connects to the [New Jersey Turnpike](/source/New_Jersey_Turnpike), which is part of a toll road system linking [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and [Chicago](/source/Chicago) that also uses tolled highways in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania_Turnpike), [Ohio](/source/Ohio_Turnpike), and [Indiana](/source/Indiana_Toll_Road). On August 14, 1957, the east-west segment of the mainline between the Pennsylvania border on Lake Erie and the [Adirondack Northway](/source/Adirondack_Northway) in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) became part of [I-90](/source/Interstate_90_in_New_York) while the north-south portions from the Northway south to [Newburgh](/source/Newburgh_(city)%2C_New_York) and from [Elmsford](/source/Elmsford%2C_New_York) south to the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) line were included in [I-87](/source/Interstate_87_(New_York)). 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](/source/U.S._Route_9_in_New_York) 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 [I-95](/source/Interstate_95_in_New_York) upon completion while the Niagara Thruway became [I-90N](/source/Interstate_90N) in 1957 when it was built through downtown Buffalo, and later [I-190](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York)) in 1959 upon completion.{{cite map |author = [American Association of State Highway Officials](/source/American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials) |url = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interstate_Highway_plan_August_14,_1957.jpg |title = Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |date = August 14, 1957 |scale = Scale not given |location = Washington, DC |publisher = American Association of State Highway Officials |via = [Wikimedia Commons](/source/Wikimedia_Commons) }}{{cite map |title = New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map |author1 = [Gulf Oil Company](/source/Gulf_Oil_Company) |author2 = [Rand McNally and Company](/source/Rand_McNally_and_Company) |year = 1960 |publisher = Gulf Oil Company }}{{full citation needed|date=October 2018}} The Elmsford–[Suffern](/source/Suffern%2C_New_York) section of the mainline was designated as part of [I-287](/source/Interstate_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](/source/Flag_of_New_York_(state)). Over time, these signs were replaced with [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) (FHWA)-approved green backgrounds. [[File:I90metric.gif|thumb|left|In the late 1970s, NYSTA experimented with all-metric signage in the [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) area, such as these signs at exit 35.]] On September 1,{{cite web |title=History of the NYS Thruway |url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/oursystem/toll-collector-history.html#1960 |website=Thruway Authority}} 1964, the New York State Legislature officially renamed the Thruway in honor of [Thomas E. Dewey](/source/Thomas_E._Dewey), the [Governor of New York](/source/Governor_of_New_York) at the time of the Thruway's opening. The official designation is, however, rarely used in reference to the road.{{cite news |title = Thruway Named for Gov. Dewey; Rockefeller Signs Bill—It Takes Effect in September |newspaper = The New York Times |date = February 18, 1964 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/18/archives/thruway-amed-for-gov-dewey-rockefeller-signs-billit-takes-effect-in.html |page = 1 |access-date = August 9, 2009 }} 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](/source/White_Plains%2C_New_York) and [Brewster](/source/Brewster%2C_New_York) became [I-684](/source/Interstate_684).{{cite book |url = http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title = Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date = January 1, 1970 |author = State of New York Department of Transportation |location = Albany |publisher = State of New York Department of Transportation |access-date = April 19, 2010 }} On February 28, 1974, exit 14B was opened.{{cite news |last1=Seltzer |first1=Bob |title=Airmont Interchange Opening This Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19557673/exit_14b_february_26_1974/ |access-date=September 21, 2019 |work=The Journal News |date=February 26, 2019 |location=White Plains, New York |page=17|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{open access}} 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](/source/Rockland_County%2C_New_York) to be free of tolls. The Suffern toll plaza was demolished soon after 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 }} In 1984, the New Rochelle toll barrier was widened by four booths. The [Schoharie Creek Bridge](/source/Schoharie_Creek_Bridge_collapse) was a Thruway bridge over the [Schoharie Creek](/source/Schoharie_Creek) near [Fort Hunter](/source/Fort_Hunter%2C_New_York) and the [Mohawk River](/source/Mohawk_River). On April 5, 1987, it [collapsed](/source/Structural_integrity_and_failure) due to [bridge scour](/source/bridge_scour) at the [foundations](/source/Foundation_(engineering)) 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.{{cite book |first1 = Jacob |last1 = Feld |first2 = Kenneth L. |last2 = Carper |year = 1997 |title = Construction Failure |publisher = John Wiley and Sons |isbn = 978-0-471-57477-4 }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hudsonies.com/schoharie-creek-bridge-collapse.html |title= Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse |publisher=Hudson International Group |access-date=July 30, 2010}} The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on May 21, 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2017/04/on_this_date_thruway_bridge_collapses_into_schoharie_creek_in_1987.html |title=On this date: Thruway bridge collapses into Schoharie Creek in 1987 |last=Croyle |first=Johnathan |date=January 4, 2019 |newspaper=Syracuse.com |access-date=April 9, 2020}} In 1994, exit 5 was rebuilt, replacing the original trumpet interchange with a more complex configuration. Part of the old interchange was not entirely demolished however.{{cite web | url=http://www.empirestateroads.com/week/week36h.html | title=Interchange of the Week-#36 }} The Spring Valley 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}}{{cite news |title = Tappan Zee Car Toll To Rise to $3 in July |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/28/nyregion/tappan-zee-car-toll-to-rise-to-3-in-july.html |newspaper = The New York Times |date = January 28, 1997 |access-date = April 13, 2010 }} In August 1993, NYSTA became the first agency to implement the [E-ZPass](/source/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.{{cite book |author = New York State Thruway Authority |title = Thruway Chronology |url = http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history6.shtml |access-date = November 18, 2010 |year = 2002 |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |chapter = The New York State Thruway: 1991–2000 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160815074637/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history6.shtml |archive-date = August 15, 2016 |url-status = dead }} E-ZPass was installed at all of the mainline exits by March 1998.{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/12/nyregion/installation-e-z-pass-system-turnpike-parkway-expected-take-2-years.html |title = Installation of E-Z Pass System on Turnpike and Parkway Is Expected to Take 2 Years |last = Preston |first = Jennifer |date = March 12, 1998 |newspaper = The New York Times |access-date = November 18, 2010 }} In 1999, NYSDOT, the [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) 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 [I-88](/source/Interstate_88_(New_York)). 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](/source/List_of_future_Interstate_Highways) connecting Albany and northern interior New England.{{cite web |page = 22 |title = Hudson River Crossing Study |date = February 13, 2008 |access-date = December 25, 2009 |publisher = Capital District Transportation Committee and New York State Department of Transportation |author = Bergman Associates |url = http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082831/http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |archive-date = July 19, 2011 }} When I-84 was built through the Newburgh area in the early 1960s,{{cite map |title = New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |author1 = [Esso](/source/Esso) |author2 = [General Drafting](/source/General_Drafting) |year = 1962 |edition = 1962 |publisher = Esso }}{{full citation needed|date=October 2018}}{{cite map |title = New York and Metropolitan New York |author = [Sinclair Oil](/source/Sinclair_Oil) |year = 1964 |author2 = Rand McNally and Company |publisher = Sinclair Oil }}{{full citation needed|date=October 2018}} no interchange was built between I-84 and the Thruway. Instead, the connection was made via a short segment of [NY 300](/source/New_York_State_Route_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.{{cite news |url = http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2003/08/27/jr8487.htm |title = Project to Unite I-84, Thruway Gets in Gear |last = Rife |first = Judy |date = August 27, 2003 |newspaper = Times Herald-Record |location = Middletown, Orange County, New York |access-date = April 22, 2010 }} The portion of the exit carrying traffic from I-84 to the Thruway was opened in July 2009, and 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. The ramps connecting the Thruway's interchange with NY 300 were demolished, and the ramp connecting the interchange with [NY 17K](/source/New_York_State_Route_17K) was converted into an E-ZPass-only exit for northbound Thruway traffic.{{cite news |url = http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/BIZ/909220307/-1/NEWS |title = I-84/87 Interchange 90% Done |last = Rife |first = Judy |date = September 22, 2009 |newspaper = Times Herald-Record |location = Middletown, Orange County, New York |access-date = April 22, 2010 }}{{cite news |url = http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/BIZ/804130321 |title = I-84, Thruway Soon to Meet |last = Rife |first = Judy |date = April 13, 2008 |newspaper = Times Herald-Record |location = Middletown, Orange County, New York |access-date = April 22, 2010 |archive-date = June 17, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617015408/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/BIZ/804130321 |url-status = dead }} On May 14, 2010, two E-ZPass express lanes in each direction were opened at the Woodbury toll plaza, with concrete barriers separating the faster traffic from the staffed toll lanes utilized by vehicles not equipped with E-ZPass.{{cite web |author = New York State Thruway Authority |url = http://www.nysthruway.gov/projectsandstudies/projects/woodbury/index.html |title = Woodbury Mobility Improvement Project |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = June 1, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109001931/http://www.nysthruway.gov/projectsandstudies/projects/woodbury/index.html |archive-date = January 9, 2010 }} [[File:Tappan Zee Bridge - Hudson River.JPG|thumb|[Original Tappan Zee Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(1955%E2%80%932017))]] The original [Tappan Zee Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(1955-2017)), carrying the concurrency of the New York State Thruway, I-87, and I-287, was a [cantilever bridge](/source/cantilever_bridge) built during 1952–55. The bridge was {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} long and spanned the Hudson at its second-widest point. Before its replacement in 2017, the deteriorating structure carried an average of 138,000 vehicles per day, substantially more traffic than its design capacity. During its first decade, the bridge carried fewer than 40,000 vehicles per day. Part of the justification for replacing the bridge stems from its construction immediately following the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) on a low budget of only $81 million. Unlike other major bridges in [metropolitan New York](/source/metropolitan_New_York), the Tappan Zee was designed only to last 50 years.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/nyregion/17tappan.html|title=A Bridge That Has Nowhere Left to Go|last=McGeehan|first=Patrick|date=January 17, 2006|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 27, 2010}} The [Federal Highway Administration](/source/Federal_Highway_Administration) issued a report in October 2011 designating the [Tappan Zee's replacement](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)) to be a dual-[span](/source/span_(engineering)) [twin bridge](/source/twin_bridges).{{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,{{Cite news|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-beginning-formal-construction-new-ny-bridge-replace-tappan-zee|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Beginning of Formal Construction of the New NY Bridge to Replace Tappan Zee|date=2014-09-28|access-date=2017-08-29|publisher=Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo|language=en|archive-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829082629/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-beginning-formal-construction-new-ny-bridge-replace-tappan-zee|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/36223197/opening-day-onnewtappan-zeebridgeshows-sleek-design-new-features|title=Opening day on new Tappan Zee Bridge shows sleek design, new features|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827075817/http://westchester.news12.com/story/36223197/opening-day-onnewtappan-zeebridgeshows-sleek-design-new-features|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/24/new-york-new-tappan-zee-bridge/597996001/|title=Watch drone video of New York's new Tappan Zee Bridge|work=USA TODAY|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en}} 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://abc7ny.com/traffic/rockland-bound-traffic-to-begin-traveling-on-new-tappan-zee-bridge/2342542/|title=Rockland-bound traffic to begin traveling on new Tappan Zee Bridge|date=August 25, 2017|work=ABC7 New York|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en-US}}{{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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/tappan-zee-bridge/2018/09/04/cuomo-bridge-announcement/1189180002/|title=Cuomo Bridge second span will open Saturday, enhanced bus service to start Oct. 29|date=September 4, 2018|website=lohud.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/heres-new-tappan-zee-bridge-traffic-shift-info-timing-for-second-span-opening/741626/|title=Here's New Tappan Zee Bridge Traffic Shift Info, Timing For Second Span Opening|date=January 27, 2018|website=Greenburgh Daily Voice|access-date=September 6, 2018}} Upon completion, the new Tappan Zee Bridge became one of the longest cable-stayed spans in the nation.{{cite web|url=http://www.lohud.com/article/20121223/NEWS03/312230027/New-Tappan-Zee-will-world-s-widest-bridge-learn-its-design-secrets|title=New Tappan Zee will be world's widest bridge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109012455/http://www.lohud.com/article/20121223/NEWS03/312230027/New-Tappan-Zee-will-world-s-widest-bridge-learn-its-design-secrets|archive-date=January 9, 2013|url-status=dead}} In late 2018, [ramp meter](/source/ramp_meter)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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit/2018/11/26/ramp-meter-traffic-signals-287/2069633002/|title='Ramp meter' traffic signals now on I-287 to help ease congestion|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2019}} 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}} On April 23, 2016, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-all-new-york-state-thruway-toll-barriers-lower-hudson-valley-will|title=Governor Cuomo Announces All New York State Thruway Toll Barriers in Lower Hudson Valley Will Convert to Open Road, Cashless Tolling By the End of 2018|date=2018-06-12|website=Governor Andrew M. Cuomo|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103015/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-all-new-york-state-thruway-toll-barriers-lower-hudson-valley-will|url-status=dead}} In October 2020, it was announced that the transition to [cashless tolls](/source/Open_road_tolling) 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 13, 2020, both of the ticket systems were converted to cashless tolling.{{cite web|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Cashless Tolling to Go Live Overnight on NYS Thruway's Ticketed System Beginning Friday, November 13, More Than a Month Ahead of Schedule|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-cashless-tolling-go-live-overnight-nys-thruways-ticketed-system|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=www.governor.ny.gov|location=Albany, NY|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113220039/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-cashless-tolling-go-live-overnight-nys-thruways-ticketed-system|url-status=dead}} 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== [[File:AMVETS memorial sign on Thruway.jpg|thumb|right|All of I-90 within New York is designated as the "AMVETS Memorial Highway", as indicated by this sign at the [Port Byron](/source/Port_Byron%2C_New_York) service area.]] There are 27 [service areas](/source/Rest_area) 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.{{Cite web |title=Service Areas - New York State Thruway |url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/travelplazas/index.cgi |access-date= 2022-10-25 |website=www.thruway.ny.gov}} Two plazas—the [New Baltimore](/source/New_Baltimore%2C_New_York) plaza at milepost 127 and the [Angola](/source/Angola%2C_New_York) 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.{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.nysthruway.gov/travelplazas/index.html |title = Traveler Information: Travel Plazas |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100305204509/http://www.nysthruway.gov/travelplazas/index.html |archive-date = March 5, 2010 }} Free [Wi-Fi](/source/Wi-Fi) service was added to all 27 service areas on March 1, 2007.{{cite press release |author = |url = http://www.nysthruway.gov/news/pressrel/2007/03/2007-03-01-wifi.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071010024515/http://www.nysthruway.gov/news/pressrel/2007/03/2007-03-01-wifi.html |title = Thruway Authority Announces Wi-Fi Availability at Travel Plazas |date = March 1, 2007 |archive-date = October 10, 2007 |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = }} NYSTA also operates the Thruway Authority [Highway Advisory Radio](/source/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](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York), [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_New_York), and [Newburgh](/source/Newburgh_(city)%2C_New_York) areas, 1620 AM in the [Finger Lakes](/source/Finger_Lakes) and [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) areas, 1630 AM near [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York), and 530 AM in the [New York City metropolitan area](/source/New_York_City_metropolitan_area). HAR is also used to broadcast [Amber](/source/Amber_alert)/[Silver Alert](/source/Silver_Alert)s if one is issued.{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/har/index.html |title = Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) Coverage |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122021940/http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/har/index.html |archive-date = November 22, 2020 }} 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 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.{{Cite press release |author = Office of Media Relations and Communications |date = July 7, 2021 |title = Thruway Authority Announces Construction to Begin July 29 on $450 Million Project to Modernize 27 Thruway Service Areas |url = https://www.thruway.ny.gov/news/pressrel/2021/07/2021-07-07-service-area-reconstruction.html |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date=2022-03-28 }} === Travel plazas === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Name{{Cite web |title=Service Area Redesign and Redevelopment Project |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/travelplazas/service-area-project/index.html |access-date=2023-11-07 }} ! scope="col" | Location ! scope="col" | Direction ! scope="col" | mi ! scope="col" | km ! scope="col" | Restaurants ! scope="col" | Services ! scope="col" | Fuel |- ! scope="row" |Ardsley |[Hastings-on-Hudson](/source/Hastings-on-Hudson%2C_New_York) |Northbound |{{convert|6.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Sloatsburg | rowspan="2"|[Sloatsburg](/source/Sloatsburg%2C_New_York) |Northbound |{{convert|33.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Dunkin' Donuts](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack), [Panda Express](/source/Panda_Express) |E-ZPass On-the-go |[Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Ramapo |Southbound |{{convert|33.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Panda Express](/source/Panda_Express), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go |[Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Plattekill | rowspan="2"|[Walkill](/source/Wallkill%2C_Orange_County%2C_New_York) |Northbound |{{convert|65.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread), [Auntie Anne's](/source/Auntie_Anne's) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Modena |Southbound |{{convert|66.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Closed for construction (Projected opening Q4 2025) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Ulster |[Ruby](/source/Ruby%2C_New_York) |Southbound |{{convert|96.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Panda Express](/source/Panda_Express) |E-ZPass On-the-Go, farm market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Malden |[Saugerties](/source/Saugerties%2C_New_York) |Northbound |{{convert|103.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |New Baltimore |[New Baltimore](/source/New_Baltimore%2C_New_York) |Both |{{convert|127.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack) |E-ZPass On-the-Go, farm market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Guilderland |[Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York)/[Schenectady](/source/Schenectady%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|153.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-Go, farm market (seasonal) |[Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Pattersonville | rowspan="2"|[Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam_(city)%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|168.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread) |E-ZPass On-the-Go, farm market (seasonal) |[Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Mohawk |Eastbound |{{convert|172.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King) | |[Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Iroquois | rowspan="2"|[Little Falls](/source/Little_Falls%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|210.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Indian Castle |Eastbound |{{convert|210.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |Outdoor Seating, Farm Market (seasonal), Food Truck Space (seasonal), dog walking space |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Schuyler |[Schuyler](/source/Schuyler%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|227.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Dunkin' (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts) |E-ZPass On-the-Go |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Oneida |[Westmoreland](/source/Westmoreland%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|244.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Chittenango |[Canastota](/source/Canastota%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|266.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |DeWitt |[Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|280.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go |[Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Warners |[Warners](/source/Warners%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|292.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Port Byron |[Port Byron](/source/Port_Byron%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|310.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |[Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Junius Ponds |[Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_(town)%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|324.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack), [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks), Taste NY Store |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal), pet relief area |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Clifton Springs |[Clifton Springs](/source/Clifton_Springs%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|337.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Auntie Anne's](/source/Auntie_Anne's), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack), [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks), Taste NY Store |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Seneca |[Victor](/source/Victor%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|350.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Dunkin' (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Scottsville |[Henrietta](/source/Henrietta%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|366.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |[Mobil](/source/Mobil) |- ! scope="row" |Ontario |[Le Roy](/source/Le_Roy%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|376.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Sbarro](/source/Sbarro) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Pembroke |[Pembroke](/source/Pembroke%2C_New_York) |Eastbound |{{convert|397.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts), [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Clarence |[Clarence](/source/Clarence%2C_New_York) |Westbound |{{convert|412.0|mi|km|disp=table}} |style="text-align:center;" | [Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Popeyes](/source/Popeyes), [Burger King](/source/Burger_King), [Dunkin' Donuts (drive-thru)](/source/Dunkin'_Donuts) |E-ZPass On-the-go, Farm Market (seasonal) |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |- ! scope="row" |Angola |[Evans](/source/Evans%2C_New_York) |Both |{{convert|447.0|mi|km|disp=table}} | style="text-align:center;" |[Applegreen C-Store](/source/Applegreen), [Chick-fil-A](/source/Chick-fil-A), [Starbucks (drive-thru)](/source/Starbucks), [Shake Shack](/source/Shake_Shack), [Panda Express](/source/Panda_Express), [Auntie Anne's](/source/Auntie_Anne's), [Cinnabon](/source/Cinnabon) |E-ZPass On-the-go |High-speed EV charging station, [Sunoco](/source/Sunoco) |} ==Tolls== thumb|right|Woodbury Toll Gantry along the mainline 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](/source/open_road_tolling) system since November 14, 2020, with tolls being collected by [E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Tolls by Mail](/source/Automatic_number_plate_recognition).{{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 ==== thumb|upright|A former New York State Thruway toll ticket obtained at exit 25A Prior to the implementation of electronic tolling, the longer of the two closed-toll systems began at exit 16 in [Woodbury](/source/Woodbury%2C_Orange_County%2C_New_York) and extended from NY 17 to just east of exit 50 in [Williamsville](/source/Williamsville%2C_New_York). 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](/source/Lackawanna%2C_New_York) 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](/source/Ripley%2C_New_York). 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 ==== thumb|right|Approaching the Williamsville toll barrier on I-90 / Thruway westbound. This toll plaza was demolished following the conversion of the Thruway to electronic tolling and was replaced with an overhead gantry. 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 [Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York), where there is a bi-directional gantry between exits 6A and 7. In [South Nyack](/source/South_Nyack%2C_New_York), there is a southbound-only toll gantry for the [Tappan Zee Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)). Lastly, there is a northbound, commercial traffic-only gantry between exits 14A and 14B near [Spring Valley](/source/Spring_Valley%2C_New_York).{{cite web|date=November 7, 2014|title=Gantry Locations|url=https://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/map/text/twytextgantry.cgi|access-date=August 2, 2021|website=|publisher=New York State Thruway Authority}} 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 future I-86, as well as traffic on the northbound Thruway exiting to future I-86. 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.{{cite web |url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/tolls/calc/trip.cgi?class=1&Entry=m15a&Exit=m19x&is_mc_mh=non_mh_mc |author = New York State Thruway Authority |title = Toll and Distance Calculator: From Exit 15A to Exit 19 |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = November 18, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721061220/http://www.thruway.ny.gov/tolls/calc/trip.cgi?class=1&Entry=m15a&Exit=m19x&is_mc_mh=non_mh_mc |archive-date = July 21, 2011 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.thruway.ny.gov/tolls/calc/trip.cgi?class=1&Entry=m16x&Exit=m19x&is_mc_mh=non_mh_mc |author = New York State Thruway Authority |title = Toll and Distance Calculator: From Exit 16 to Exit 19 |publisher = New York State Thruway Authority |access-date = November 18, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721061227/http://www.thruway.ny.gov/tolls/calc/trip.cgi?class=1&Entry=m16x&Exit=m19x&is_mc_mh=non_mh_mc |archive-date = July 21, 2011 }} 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 [New England Thruway](/source/New_England_Thruway) ([I-95](/source/Interstate_95_in_New_York)), there is a fixed-rate electronic toll gantry on I-95 northbound between exits 16 and 17 in [New Rochelle](/source/New_Rochelle%2C_New_York). Meanwhile, the only tolls along the [Niagara Thruway](/source/Niagara_Thruway) ([I-190](/source/Interstate_190_(New_York))) are those for the [North](/source/North_Grand_Island_Bridge) and [South Grand Island Bridge](/source/South_Grand_Island_Bridge)s. ===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](/source/Williamsville%2C_New_York), 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 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/20/archives/collecting-the-tolls-taking-in-70000-a-day-will-be-a-complex-job.html |title = Collecting The Tolls |date = June 20, 1954 |newspaper = The New York Times |page = XX10 |access-date = February 9, 2026}}{{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. As of January 2026, the trip from Buffalo to the New York City line for a two-axle passenger vehicle costs $46.89 with toll-by-plate or an out-of-state [E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass), and $26.79 with a New York-issued E-ZPass, calculated at 15 gantries and tolling sections.{{cite web|author=New York State Thruway Authority|title=Toll and Distance Calculator: From Exit 51 - (I-90 - NYS Thruway) - (51E & 51W in Both Directions) Buffalo - NY Route 33 - Airport to New York City Line - Major Deegan Expressway (I-87)|url=https://wwwapps.thruway.ny.gov/tollcalculator/index.aspx?Class=1&Entry=m51x&Exit=m00x|access-date=August 2, 2021|publisher=New York State Thruway Authority}} The return trip costs $34.20 with toll-by-plate or an out-of-state E-ZPass and $19.54 with a New York-issued E-ZPass across 14 gantries and tolling sections, as the Tappan Zee Bridge gantry only charges a southbound/eastbound toll.{{cite web|author=New York State Thruway Authority|title=Toll and Distance Calculator: From New York City Line - Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) to Exit 51 - (I-90 - NYS Thruway) - (51E & 51W in Both Directions) Buffalo - NY Route 33 - Airport|url=https://wwwapps.thruway.ny.gov/tollcalculator/index.aspx?Class=1&Entry=m00x&Exit=m51x|access-date=August 2, 2021|publisher=New York State Thruway Authority}} As of January 2026, the Berkshire Connector costs $1.45 ($0.83 with New York E-ZPass) to travel between the [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) state line and exit B1. Tolls west of exit B1 vary based on which direction a motorist travels on I-87.{{cite web|author=New York State Thruway Authority|title=Toll and Distance Calculator: From Massachusetts State Line to Exit B1|url=https://wwwapps.thruway.ny.gov/tollcalculator/index.aspx?Class=1&Entry=bxx&Exit=b1x|access-date=August 2, 2021|publisher=New York State Thruway Authority}} The toll on the minor closed ticket system from Pennsylvania to exit 55 south of Buffalo is $5.46 with toll-by-plate or an out-of-state E-ZPass and $3.12 with a New York-issued E-ZPass.{{cite web|author=New York State Thruway Authority|title=Toll and Distance Calculator: From Pennsylvania State Line to Exit 55|url=https://wwwapps.thruway.ny.gov/tollcalculator/index.aspx?Class=1&Entry=mpax&Exit=m55x|access-date=August 2, 2021|publisher=New York State Thruway Authority}} The Grand Island Bridges on I-190 cost $1.75 to cross ($1.00 with New York E-ZPass) while the New Rochelle toll gantry on I-95 costs $3.05 ($1.74 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](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) 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](/source/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](/source/Bond_(finance)) 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 [New York State Legislature](/source/New_York_State_Legislature) transferred ownership of the [New York State Canal System](/source/New_York_State_Canal_System) to NYSTA in 1992.{{cite news |url = https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/opinions/highway-robbery-thruway-article-1.738953 |title = Highway Robbery on the Thruway |date = August 20, 1996 |newspaper = [Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(New_York)) |location = New York City |access-date = October 15, 2020 }} ==Exit list== For exits on the [Cross Westchester Expressway](/source/Cross_Westchester_Expressway), the [New England Thruway](/source/New_England_Thruway), or the [Niagara Thruway](/source/Niagara_Thruway), see the articles on those highways. Unlike many interstate highways, exits are identified by a number in ascending sequence, rather than by their mileage (distance) markers, starting with exit 1 on the east, just outside New York City, and ending with exit 61 on the west, near the Pennsylvania state line. ===Mainline=== {{NYinttop|exit|length_ref={{cite web |author = [New York State Thruway Authority](/source/New_York_State_Thruway_Authority) |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 }} *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-WestchesterCounty-2014.zip Westchester County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-RocklandCounty-2014.zip Rockland County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-OrangeCounty-2014.zip Orange County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-UlsterCounty-2014.zip Ulster County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-GreeneCounty-2014.zip Greene County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-AlbanyCounty-2014.zip Albany County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-SchenectadyCounty-2014.zip Schenectady County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-MontgomeryCounty-2014.zip Montgomery County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-HerkimerCounty-2014.zip Herkimer County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-OneidaCounty-2014.zip Oneida County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-MadisonCounty-2014.zip Madison County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-OnondagaCounty-2014.zip Onondaga County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-CayugaCounty-2014.zip Cayuga County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-SenecaCounty-2014.zip Seneca County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-OntarioCounty-2014.zip Ontario County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-MonroeCounty-2014.zip Monroe County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-GeneseeCounty-2014.zip Genesee County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-ErieCounty-2014.zip Erie County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-ChautauquaCounty-2014.zip Chautauqua County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-RensselaerCounty-2014.zip Rensselaer County] *[https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-ColumbiaCounty-2014.zip Columbia County] |exit_ref=|dest_ref=}} {{NYint|exit |county1=Bronx |county2=Westchester |location_special=[Van Cortlandt Park](/source/Van_Cortlandt_Park)–[Yonkers](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York) line |mile=0.00 |type=concur |exit=– |road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|name1=[Major Deegan Expressway](/source/Major_Deegan_Expressway)|dir1=south|location1=[New York City](/source/New_York_City)}} |notes=Continuation south; southern end of I-87 concurrency }} {{NYint|exit |county=Westchester |cspan=14 |location=Yonkers |lspan=8 |mile=0.48 |exit=1 |type=incomplete |road=Hall Place / McLean Avenue |notes=No northbound access to McLean Avenue }} {{NYint|exit |mile=0.92 |exit=2 |type=incomplete |road=[Yonkers Avenue](/source/Yonkers_Avenue) – [Raceway](/source/Yonkers_Raceway) |notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=1.77 |exit=3 |type=incomplete |road=Mile Square Road |notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance }} {{NYint|exit |mile=2.18 |exit=4 |type=incomplete |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Cross County}} to Mile Square Road |notes=[Cloverleaf interchange](/source/Cloverleaf_interchange) with Central Park Avenue; no southbound entrance; no northbound access to Mile Square Road }} {{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={{jct|state=NY|road|Tuckahoe Road|city1=Bronxville|city2=Tuckahoe|areadab2=village|city3=Yonkers}} |notes=Signed as exits 6E (east) and 6W (west) southbound }} {{NYint|exit |mile=5.14 |exit=6A |road=Ridge Hill Boulevard / Stew Leonard Drive |notes=Last northbound exit before toll }} {{NYint|exit |mile=5.80 |type=etc |place=Yonkers Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Greenburgh |mile=6.10 |place=[Ardsley](/source/Ardsley%2C_New_York) 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=2 |mile=10.33 |type=incomplete |exit=7A |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Saw Mill|to2=to|Parkway|Taconic|dir2=north}} |notes=Same-directional access only; no southbound entrance; exit 20 on Saw Mill Parkway; last southbound exit before toll }} {{NYint|exit |mile=11.31 |mile2=11.80 |type=concur |exit=8 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|287|NY|119|Parkway|Saw Mill|dir3=north|dir1=east|city1=White Plains|city2=Rye}} |notes=Signed as exits 8A (NY 119/Saw Mill) and 8 (I-287) southbound; southern end of I-287 concurrency; exit 22 on Saw Mill Parkway }} {{NYint|exit |location=Tarrytown |lspan=2 |exit=9 |espan=2 |mile=12.65 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|9|to1=yes|city1=Tarrytown|city2=Sleepy Hollow}} |notes=Northbound exit and entrance; access via [NY 119](/source/New_York_State_Route_119) |type=incomplete }} {{NYint |mile=none |road={{jct|state=NY|US|9|NY|119|dir2=east|city1=Tarrytown|city2=Sleepy Hollow}} |notes=Southbound exit and entrance; NY 119 not signed |type=incomplete }} {{jctbridge|exit |mile=12.80 |mile2=14.50 |river=[Hudson River](/source/Hudson_River) |bridge=[Tappan Zee (Governor Mario M. Cuomo) Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present)) (southbound toll; [E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) |type=etc }} {{NYint|exit |county=Rockland |cspan=13 |location=South Nyack |mile=16.75 |type=incomplete |exit=10 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|9W|city1=Nyack|city2=South Nyack}} |notes=No southbound exit }} {{NYint|exit |location=Nyack |lspan=2 |exit=11 |espan=2 |mile=17.63 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|9W|NY|59|dir2=west|city1=Nyack}} |notes=Northbound exit and entrance; access via High Avenue; NY 59 not signed |type=incomplete }} {{NYint |mile=none |road={{jct|state=NY|US|9W|to1=yes|city1=Nyack|city2=South Nyack}} |notes=Southbound exit and entrance; access via [NY 59](/source/New_York_State_Route_59); last southbound exit before toll |type=incomplete }} {{NYint|exit |location=West Nyack |lspan=2 |mile=18.76 |exit=12 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|303|city1=West Nyack|road|Palisades Center Drive}} |notes=Palisades Center Drive not signed northbound }} {{NYint|exit |mile=20.94 |exit=13 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Palisades|city1=Bear Mountain|location2=[New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)}} |notes=Signed as exits 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|name1={{jct|state=NY|noshield=yes|CR|35A|county1=Rockland}}|city1=Spring Valley|city2=Nanuet}} }} {{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=NJ|GSP2||dir1=south|to1=yes|location1=[New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)}} |notes=Access via G.S. Parkway Connector }} {{NYint|exit |mile=24.30 |type=etc |place=[Spring Valley](/source/Spring_Valley%2C_New_York) Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate); northbound trucks) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Montebello |mile=27.62 |exit=14B |road={{jctname|state=NY|CR|89|county1=Rockland|noshield=yes|name1=Airmont Road|city1=Airmont|city2=Montebello}} |notes=Access to [Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center](/source/Good_Samaritan_Regional_Medical_Center_(Suffern)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Suffern |mile=30.17 |type=concur |exit=15 |road={{jct|state=NJ|I|287|dir1=south|NJ|17|dir2=south|location1=[New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)}}
{{jct|state=NY|NY|17|dir1=begins}} |notes=Northern end of I-287 concurrency; southern terminus of NY 17; northern terminus of Route 17 }} {{NYint|exit |location=Hillburn |mile=31.35 |exit=15A |type=concur |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|17|dir1=north|NY|59|dir2=east|city1=Sloatsburg|city2=Suffern}} |notes=Northern end of NY 17 concurrency; western terminus of NY 59; last northbound exit before toll }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Sloatsburg |mile=33.20 |place=Sloatsburg-[Ramapo](/source/Ramapo%2C_New_York) Service Area }} {{NYint|exit |county=Orange |cspan=4 |location=Woodbury |lspan=2 |mile=45.20 |mspan=2 |type=etc |exit=16 |road={{jct|state=NY|I-Future|86|US|6|NY|17|dir1=west|to2=yes|city1=Harriman}} |notes=[Harriman](/source/Harriman%2C_New_York) Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) |ctdab=Orange }} {{NYint|exit |mile=none |type=etc |place=Woodbury Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Newburgh |area=town |lspan=2 |mile=60.10 |type=etc |exit=17 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|84|NY|300|to3=yes|NY|17K|location1=[Scranton](/source/Scranton%2C_Pennsylvania)|city2=Newburgh}} |notes=Exit 36A on I-84 }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=64.8 |mile2=65.9 |place=[Plattekill](/source/Plattekill%2C_New_York)-[Modena](/source/Modena%2C_New_York) 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](/source/Mid-Hudson_Bridge)|city2=New Paltz|areadab2=village|city3=Poughkeepsie}} }} {{NYint|exit |location=Ulster |lspan=2 |mile=91.37 |type=etc |exit=19 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|28|name1=[I-587](/source/Interstate_587_(New_York)) east|city1=Kingston|location2=[Rhinecliff Bridge](/source/Rhinecliff_Bridge)}} }} {{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|noshield2=yes}} |notes=Woodstock not signed northbound; NY 212 not signed }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=103.20 |place=[Malden](/source/Malden%2C_New_York) 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|to1=yes|city2=Cairo|areadab2=CDP|city1=Catskill|areadab1=village}} |notes=Access via [CR 23B](/source/County_Route_23B_(Greene_County%2C_New_York)) }} {{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}} }} {{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|MATP||dir2=east|location1=[Boston](/source/Boston)}} |notes=Access via [Berkshire Connector](/source/Berkshire_Connector) }} {{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](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Albany |mile=141.92 |exit=23 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|787|dir1=north|US|9W|city1=Albany|city2=Troy}} |notes=Southern terminus of I-787; access to [MVP Arena](/source/MVP_Arena) and [Albany–Rensselaer station](/source/Albany%E2%80%93Rensselaer_station) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Bethlehem |mile=145.60 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location1=Albany |location2=Guilderland |lspan=2 |mile=148.15 |type=concur |exit=24 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|dir1=north|I|90|dir2=east|city1=Albany|location2=[Montreal](/source/Montreal)}} |notes=Northern end of I-87 concurrency; eastern end of I-90 concurrency }} {{NYint|exit |mile=149.60 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Guilderland |lspan=2 |mile=152.80 |place=Guilderland Service Area (eastbound) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=153.83 |exit=25 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|890|dir1=west|NY|7|to3=yes|NY|146|city1=Schenectady}} |notes=Eastern terminus of I-890 }} {{NYint|exit |county=Schenectady |cspan=4 |location=Rotterdam |lspan=4 |mile=157.80 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=158.82 |exit=25A |road={{jct|state=NY|I|88|dir1=west|to2=yes|NY|7|city1=Schenectady|city2=Binghamton}} |notes=Eastern terminus of I-88 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=161.00 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=162.22 |type=etc |exit=26 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|890|dir1=east|NY|5S|NY|5|to3=yes|dir2=west|city1=Schenectady|city2=Scotia}} |notes=Western terminus and exit 1B on I-890; access to NY 5 via [NY 890](/source/New_York_State_Route_890) }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |county=Montgomery |cspan=6 |location=Florida |ctdab=Montgomery |lspan=2 |mile=168.20 |place=[Pattersonville](/source/Pattersonville%2C_New_York) Service Area (westbound) }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=171.80 |place=[Mohawk](/source/Mohawk_Valley_region) Service Area (eastbound) }} {{NYint|exit |location1=Florida |ctdab1=Montgomery |location2=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=Access to [Fulton County Airport](/source/Fulton_County_Airport_(New_York)) }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Root |mile=186.90 |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|to1=yes|city1=Canajoharie|areadab1=village|city2=Sharon Springs}} |notes=Access via [NY 5S](/source/New_York_State_Route_5S) }} {{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|to1=yes|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|dir1=west|NY|8|NY|12|city1=Utica|city2=Rome}} |notes=Rome not signed eastbound; eastern terminus of I-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=Access via Cider Street; Rome not signed eastbound }} {{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=Signed for Oneida westbound, Rome eastbound }} {{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=Signed for Chittenango westbound, Oneida eastbound }} {{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](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=DeWitt |lspan=4 |mile=276.58 |exit=34A |road={{jct|state=NY|I|481|I|690|to2=yes|city1=Syracuse|city2=Oswego|city3=Chittenango}} |notes=Exit 91 on I-481; signed for Oswego westbound, Chittenango eastbound; future realignment of I-81 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=277.50 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{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](/source/DeWitt%2C_New_York) Service Area (eastbound) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Salina |lspan=5 |mile=281.30 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=282.93 |exit=36 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|81|extra=airport|city1=Watertown|city2=Binghamton|location3=[Syracuse Airport](/source/Syracuse_Hancock_International_Airport)}} |notes=Exit 7 on I-81; future business loop of I-81 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=283.40 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=283.79 |type=etc |exit=37 |road=Electronics Parkway – [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool%2C_New_York), [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) |notes=Signed for Liverpool westbound, Syracuse eastbound }} {{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](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=289.53 |exit=39 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|690|NY|690|dir1=east|dir2=north|city1=Syracuse|city2=Fulton|countydab2=Oswego}} |notes=Western terminus and exit 1A on I-690; southern terminus of NY 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](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{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}} }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Mentz |mile=308.30 |place=[Erie Canal](/source/Erie_Canal) Heritage Park (eastbound) }} {{Jctplace|exit |state=NY |location=Montezuma |mile=310.10 |place=[Port Byron](/source/Port_Byron%2C_New_York) 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}} }} {{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](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Farmington |mile=347.13 |exit=44 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|332|dir1=south|city1=Canandaigua|areadab1=city|city2=Victor|areadab2=village}} |notes=Victor not signed eastbound; northern terminus of NY 332 }} {{NYint|exit |location=Victor |area=town |lspan=3 |mile=348.00 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=349.20 |place=Seneca Service Area (westbound) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=350.99 |exit=45 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|490|dir1=west|city1=Rochester|city2=Victor|areadab2=village}} |notes=Victor not signed westbound; eastern terminus of I-490 }} {{NYint|exit |county=Monroe |cspan=4 |location=Pittsford |mile=358.10 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Henrietta |lspan=2 |mile=362.44 |exit=46 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|390|city1=Rochester|city2=Corning|areadab2=city}} |notes=Exit 12B on I-390 }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=365.30 |place=[Scottsville](/source/Scottsville%2C_New_York) Service Area (eastbound) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Chili |mile=368.80 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{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|dir1=east|city1=Le Roy|areadab1=village|city2=Rochester}} |notes=Western terminus of I-490 }} {{NYint|exit |mile=379.10 |type=etc |place=Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{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=17 |location=Lancaster |area=town |mile=411.60 |place=[Clarence](/source/Clarence%2C_New_York) 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](/source/Buffalo_Niagara_International_Airport)}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=418.15 |type=etc |place=[Williamsville](/source/Williamsville%2C_New_York) Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=420.34 |exit=50 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|290|dir1=west|city1=Niagara Falls}} |notes=Eastern terminus of I-290; interchange formerly served NY 5; last eastbound exit before toll }} {{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](/source/Buffalo_Niagara_International_Airport)}} |notes=Signed as exits 51W (west) and 51E (east); 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 exits 52W (west) and 52E (east) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=424.92 |exit=52A |road=William Street }} {{NYint|exit |mile=426.17 |exit=53 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|190|dir1=north|location1=[Downtown Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York)|location2=[Canada](/source/Canada)|city3=Niagara Falls}} |notes=Southern terminus of I-190 }} {{NYint|exit |location=West Seneca |lspan=3 |mile=427.94 |exit=54 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|400|dir1=south|to2=yes|NY|16|city1=West Seneca|city2=East Aurora}} |notes=Northern terminus of NY 400 }} {{NYint|exit |type=incomplete |exit=55 |espan=2 |mile=429.47 |road={{jct|state=NY|US|219|dir1=south|city1=Orchard Park|city2=Springville}} |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; northern terminus of US 219; last westbound exit before toll }} {{NYint |type=incomplete |road={{jct|state=NY|road|Ridge Road|city1=Lackawanna|city2=West Seneca}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access via [US 219](/source/U.S._Route_219_in_New_York) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Lackawanna |mile=431.15 |type=etc |place=Lackawanna Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Hamburg |lspan=2 |area=town |mile=432.45 |type=etc |exit=56 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|179|name1=Milestrip Road|to2=yes|US|62|city1=Blasdell|city2=Orchard Park}} |notes=Orchard Park not signed westbound }} {{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](/source/Eden_(CDP)%2C_New_York), [Angola](/source/Angola%2C_New_York) |notes= }} {{Jctplace|exit |mile=446.60 |place=[Angola](/source/Angola%2C_New_York) Service Area }} {{NYint|exit |county=Chautauqua |cspan=6 |location=Hanover |mile=455.54 |type=etc |exit=58 |road={{jct|state=NY|to1=yes|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](/source/Ripley%2C_New_York) Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |location=Ripley |lspan=2 |mile=494.92 |exit=61 |road={{jctname|state=NY|NY|950D|US|20|NY|5|NY|76|to2=yes|noshield1=no|name1=Shortman Road|city1=Ripley|areadab1=CDP}} |notes=Last eastbound exit before toll }} {{NYint|exit |mile=496.00 |exit=– |type=concur |road={{jct|state=PA|I|90|dir1=west|city1=Erie}} |notes=Continuation into [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania); western end of I-90 concurrency }} {{jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete,concur,etc,trans}} ===Berkshire Connector=== The Berkshire Connector is a closed toll system that extends east from the Thruway mainline to the Canaan Toll Barrier, connecting the mainline Thruway to the [Mass Pike](/source/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|name1=New York Thruway|to2=yes|I|90|location1=[New York City](/source/New_York_City)|city2=Buffalo}} |notes=Western terminus; exit 21A on I-87 / Thruway; former routing of I-90}} {{jctbridge|exit |river=[Hudson River](/source/Hudson_River) |mile=0.95 |mile_ref= |bridge=[Castleton Bridge](/source/Castleton_Bridge) }} {{NYint|exit |county=Rensselaer |location=Schodack |mile=6.58 |type=etc |exit=B1 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|90|US|9|to2=yes|dir1=west|city1=Albany|city2=Hudson}} |notes=Western end of I-90 concurrency }} {{NYint|exit |county=Columbia |cspan=4 |location=Chatham |area=town |mile=15.09 |type=etc |exit=B2 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Taconic|dir1=south|NY|295|to2=yes|city1=Chatham|areadab1=village|city2=East Chatham|city3=Canaan}} |notes=Accees to NY 295 via Upper Cady Road; northern terminus of Taconic State Parkway }} {{NYint|exit |location=Canaan |lspan=3 |mile=18.1 |type=etc |place=Canaan Toll Gantry ([E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) or [Toll by Mail](/source/toll-by-plate)) }} {{NYint|exit |mile=23.27 |exit=B3 |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|22|city1=Austerlitz|city2=New Lebanon|location3=[West Stockbridge](/source/West_Stockbridge%2C_Massachusetts)|location4=[Stockbridge](/source/Stockbridge%2C_Massachusetts)}} }} {{NYint|exit |mile=24.28 |type=etc |exit=– |road={{jct|state=MA|I-Toll|90|dir1=east|MATP|dir2=east|location1=[Boston](/source/Boston)|city2=Springfield}} |notes=Continuation into [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts); eastern end of I-90 concurrency }} {{jctbtm|exit|keys=etc}} ===Garden State Parkway Connector=== {{NYinttop|length_ref=|location=Chestnut Ridge|county=Rockland|location_ref=|exit_ref=|unnum=yes|dest_ref=}} {{NYint |mile=2.40 |type=toll |road={{jct|state=NJ|GSP2||dir1=south|location1=[New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)}} |notes=Continuation into [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) }} {{NYint |mile=2.09 |type=incomplete |road={{jctname|state=NY|noshield1=yes|CR|41|county1=Rockland|name1=Red Schoolhouse Road|city1=Chestnut Ridge}} |notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as School House Road; last southbound exit before toll; all trucks must exit }} {{NYint |type=incomplete |road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|I|287|dir1=north|dir2=west|name2=New York Thruway|city1=Albany}} |notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 14A on I-87 / I-287 / Thruway }} {{NYint |type=incomplete |road=[Nanuet](/source/Nanuet%2C_New_York) |notes=Northbound exit only; access via [CR 35](/source/County_Route_35_(Rockland_County%2C_New_York)) }} {{NYint |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=NY|I|87|I|287|dir1=south|dir2=east|name2=New York Thruway|location1=[Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge](/source/Tappan_Zee_Bridge_(2017%E2%80%93present))|location2=[New York City](/source/New_York_City)}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,toll}} ==See also== *[New York State Department of Transportation](/source/New_York_State_Department_of_Transportation) *{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}} *{{Portal-inline|New York (state)}} * [Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse](/source/Schoharie_Creek_Bridge_collapse) – bridge collapse along the Thruway in 1987 {{Clear}} ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category|New York State Thruway}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [http://www.thruway.ny.gov/index.shtml New York State Thruway Authority] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101029162804/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/thruway-history1.shtml Thruway Chronology 1942–2000] * [https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A296192 The Thruway's entry in BBC h2g2] * [https://www.eastcoastroads.com/states/ny/inter/i87 New York Thruway (I-87) (East Coast Roads)] {{New York State Thruway Authority}}{{Authority control}} Category:1954 establishments in New York (state) Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1954 Category:Freeways in the United States Category:Interstate 87 (New York) Category:Interstate 90 Thruway Category:New York State Thruway Authority Category:Toll roads in New York (state) Category:Tolled sections of Interstate Highways Category:Transportation in Albany County, New York Category:Transportation in Cayuga County, New York Category:Transportation in Chautauqua County, New York Category:Transportation in Erie County, New York Category:Transportation in Genesee County, New York Category:Transportation in Greene County, New York Category:Transportation in Herkimer County, New York Category:Transportation in Madison County, New York Category:Transportation in Monroe County, New York Category:Transportation in Montgomery County, New York Category:Transportation in Oneida County, New York Category:Transportation in Onondaga County, New York Category:Transportation in Ontario County, New York Category:Transportation in Orange County, New York Category:Transportation in Rockland County, New York Category:Transportation in Schenectady County, New York Category:Transportation in Seneca County, New York Category:Transportation in Ulster County, New York Category:Transportation in Westchester County, New York Category:U.S. Route 20 Category:Thomas E. Dewey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [New York State Thruway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.