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The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.
A toll superhighway connecting the major cities of the state of New York that would become part of a larger nationwide highway network was proposed as early as 1949. . Construction was initially administered by the state Department of Public Works, [1] however in the following year, the New York State Legislature passed the Thruway Authority Act creating the New York State Thruway Authority ...
The route of what became I-84 through New York state began in the late 1940s, when the then-New York State Department of Public Works (now NYSDOT) was planning Gov. Thomas Dewey's proposed Thruway system. The plan was for the Thruway's main line to cross the river between Newburgh and Beacon, an area then in the middle of a 30-mile (48 km) gap ...
Officially, I-190 from I-90 north to New York State Route 384 (NY 384) is named the Niagara Thruway and is part of the New York State Thruway system. The remainder, from NY 384 to Lewiston, is known as the Niagara Expressway and is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
Thruway may refer to: Amtrak Thruway, an inter-city busing service operated by Amtrak; Harbor Tunnel Thruway, a freeway in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland, United States; New York State Thruway, a toll highway in New York, United States; In its most generic sense, another term for controlled-access highway
New York State Thruway Authority; Niagara Thruway; P. Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:30 (UTC). Text ...
Interstate 890 (I-890) is a 9.35-mile-long (15.05 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in the vicinity of Schenectady, New York, in the United States.The highway runs southeast–northwest from an interchange with the New York State Thruway northwest of Schenectady to another junction with the thruway south of the city and passes through Downtown Schenectady along the way.
Interstate 690 (I-690) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that extends for 14.19 miles (22.84 km) through the vicinity of Syracuse, New York, in the United States.It is a spur of I-90 (here part of the New York State Thruway) that travels southeast from Thruway exit 39 in Van Buren to I-481 in DeWitt.