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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.
At the New York City–Yonkers border, I-87's mainline continues onto the New York State Thruway and northward through Yonkers and southern Westchester County. The first few exits serve various local streets, with exit 1 serving Hall Place, exit 2 providing access to Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino and exit 3 serving the Cross County ...
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 ...
The New York State Thruway portion of I-287 was planned around 1950 as part of a tolled limited-access highway that was to connect the major cities of New York. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] A bridge across the Hudson River was planned between Nyack and Tarrytown at a site that was close enough to New York City but far enough from the Port Authority of New ...
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 ...
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 has always run along its current path in ...
At 397 miles (639 km), NY 17 is the longest state route in New York, and is the second-longest highway of any kind in the state, behind only the New York State Thruway. It serves 11 counties, passes through the cities of Salamanca , Olean , Corning , Elmira , and Binghamton, and enters the vicinity of several others, including Jamestown and ...
Interstate 88 (I-88) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of New York.Nominally signed as an east–west road as it has an even number, it extends for 117.75 miles (189.50 km) in a northeast–southwest direction from an interchange with I-81 north of the city of Binghamton to an interchange with the New York State Thruway west of Schenectady.