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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.
The New York State Thruway Authority converted the Harriman Toll Barrier at the interchange of NY 17 and I-87 (exit 16 on I-87) to cashless tolling. This included the creation of a solar photovoltaic energy generating facility (solar park) to help power the toll and maintenance facilities in Harriman, Woodbury, Spring Valley, and Nyack.
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 ...
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 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 ...
Farther west, I-190 meets NY 354 (exit 2), NY 16 (exit 3), and several local streets before entering downtown Buffalo. Within the downtown area, I-190 passes between KeyBank Center and Sahlen Field near an interchange with NY 5 (exit 7) on the shores of Lake Erie. At NY 5, I-190 turns northward to follow the path of the Niagara River.
The New York State Thruway Authority announced Wednesday that the southbound lanes of the interstate highway between exit 18 in New Paltz and exit 17 in Newburgh will close beginning at 8 p.m ...
Interstate 787 (I-787) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of New York.I-787 is the main highway for those traveling into and out of downtown Albany.The southern terminus is, per New York traffic data, at New York State Thruway exit 23 southwest of downtown Albany.