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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).
The vast majority of I-90 in New York is part of the New York State Thruway system; the only segment that is not part of the system is a 20-mile (32 km) portion in the city of Albany and its eastern suburbs. Aside from Albany, I-90 also serves Buffalo, Rochester (via I-490), Syracuse, and Utica. [6] I-90N: 27.75: 44.66 I-90/New York State ...
Interstate 90 (I-90) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts.In the US state of New York, I-90 extends 385.48 miles (620.37 km) from the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley to the Massachusetts state line at Canaan, and is the second-longest highway in the state after New York State Route 17 (NY 17).
Pennsylvania state line at Lindley NY 3 in Rochester 1924 1927 NY 5A (1924-mid-1920s) NY 5 in Buffalo NY 5 in Albany 1924 mid-1920s NY 5A (1933-1937) US 20 / NY 5 in Aurelius NY 5 in Sennett ca. 1933 ca. 1937 NY 6 (1924-1927) New York City line Canadian border at Rouses Point 1924 1927 NY 6A: US 9 in Yonkers US 9 in Tarrytown mid-1920s 1930 NY 6B
By 1950, the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) assumed control of the construction and made the New England Thruway a part of the thruway toll system. [17] Construction lasted until 1961. I-95 was assigned on August 14, 1957, as part of the establishment of the Interstate Highway System [2] and