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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 ...
The New York State Thruway project will continue in 2024, with plans to wrap up in 2025. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The final design for the bridge was approved in January 1952 by the New York State Department of Transportation (previously the New York State Department of Public Works). The design described a 540-foot (160 m) crossing consisting of five simply supported spans with nominal lengths of 100 feet (30.5 m), 110 feet (33.5 m), 120 feet (36.6 m ...
The $44.6 million project on one of the NYS Thruway's most heavily traveled stretches of roadway began in the fall of 2022. What to know about completed road repairs on I-87 in Rockland, Orange ...
Approximately 80 percent of the Thruway’s concrete subbase is from the 1950s and original to the Thruway system, and the repairs will improve the existing roadway’s structural integrity, state ...
Each bridge carries one direction of Interstate 190 (I-190) and New York State Route 324 (NY 324). Both crossings are operated by the New York State Thruway Authority as part of the Niagara Thruway. The southbound span was opened in 1935 and acquired by the State of New York in 1950. The northbound span was finished in 1962.