Interstate 87

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Interstate 87 (abbreviated I-87) is a 346 mile (558 km) intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York. Its southern end is at an intersection with Interstate 278 in New York City's The Bronx; its northern end is in Champlain, New York at the Canadian border, where it connects with Quebec Autoroute 15.

Contents

1 Components

1.1 Major Deegan Expressway
1.2 New York State Thruway
1.3 Adirondack Northway

2 Major cities
3 Interchanges from South to North

3.1 Major Deegan
3.2 Thruway
3.3
3.4 Northway

4 Intersections with other interstates
5 Spur Routes
6 Notes
7 External links

Components

Major Deegan Expressway

In New York City I-87 is known as the Major Deegan Expressway (NYSDOT #871; 8.5 miles long), which was opened in 1956 before the Interstate highway system was created. The expressway was named for William Francis Deegan, a major in the Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for the construction of many of the army bases in and around New York during World War I.

It is the primary access route to Yankee Stadium because subway and Metro North access is limited. In 1999, Governor George Pataki unsuccessfully proposed renaming the Expressway to honor Yankee great Joe DiMaggio. At the urging of Rudolph Giuliani the West Side Highway instead was renamed for DiMaggio.

New York State Thruway

The section of highway between the New York City line and the junction with Interstate 90 at Albany is part of the New York State Thruway, for which it was originally constructed in the middle 1950s. The section received its designation as Interstate 87 in 1958.

The Tappan Zee Bridge was created as an extension of the original Thruway route to Suffern, New York. It crosses the Hudson River enabling the route to New York City.

Adirondack Northway

North of Albany, Interstate 87 is known as the Adirondack Northway or simply the Northway and continues all the way to the United States/Canada border. This controversial segment was built in 1967 to provide a direct route between New York City and Montreal for Expo 67. The same year, Parade Magazine designated the Northway as America's Most Scenic Highway.

The Northway technically terminates at U.S. Route 20 in Guilderland, and the small section of the Northway that is not signed as Interstate 87 is unsigned New York State Reference Route 910F.

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

Interchanges from South to North

Major Deegan

County	Municipality	Exit / Milepost
Bronx	New York	0*	0	Bruckner Expressway ( I-278)
Bronx	New York	1	1A	Brook Avenue (southbound only)
Bronx	New York	2	1B	Willis Avenue
Bronx	New York	3	1C	Grand Concourse / East 138th Street
Bronx	New York	4	2A	East 149th Street (northbound only)
Bronx	New York	5	2B	West 155th Street / East 153rd Street
Bronx	New York	6	3	East 161st Street (southbound only)
Bronx	New York	7	4	Cross-Bronx Expressway ( I-95)
Bronx	New York	8	5A	West 179th Street (northbound only)
Bronx	New York	9	5B	Fordham Road
Bronx	New York	10	6	West 230th Street
Bronx	New York	11	7	Van Cortlandt Park
Bronx	New York	12	8A	Mosholu Parkway (northbound only)
Bronx	New York	13	8B	West 233rd Street
Bronx - Westchester Boundary	New York - Yonkers Boundary	14	9	McLean Avenue (northbound only)

*Exit number not signed, based on milepost or reserved number

Thruway

See the Thruway exit list, for the first 148.15 miles of mainline.

There is a very short section (less than a mile) of concurrency with "Free" I-90, between the Thruway and Northway.

Northway

County	Municipality	Exit / Milepost
Albany	Albany	1	0	New York State Thruway ( I-90)
	Colonie (village)	2	1	Central Avenue ( NY 5)
	Colonie (town)	4	3	Albany-Shaker Road ( NY 155 West)
		5	4	Watervliet-Shaker Road ( NY 155 East)
		6	6A	Troy-Schenectady Road ( NY 7 West / NY 2)
		7	6B	NY 7 East
Mohawk River
Saratoga	Halfmoon - Clifton Park Boundary	8	10	Crescent Road / Vischers Ferry Road
	Halfmoon - Clifton Park Boundary	8A	12	Grooms Road
	Clifton Park	9	13	NY 146, US 9
	Clifton Park, Halfmoon	10	16	Ushers Road, Jonesville, Ballston Lake
	Malta - Round Lake Boundary	11	19	Curry Avenue / Round Lake Road
	Malta	12	21	Dunning Street ( NY 67)
	Malta	13	25	US 9
	Saratoga Springs	14	29	Union Avenue ( NY 9P)
	Saratoga Springs - Wilton Boundary	15	31	NY 50
	Wilton	16	35	Ballard Road
	Moreau	17	41	US 9
Hudson River
Warren	Queensbury	18	45	Corinth Road
		19	47	Aviation Road ( NY 254)
		20	49	NY 149
	Lake George (town)	21	52	NY 9N
		22	55	NY 9N to US 9
		23	59	Diamond Point Road
	Warrensburg (town)	24	67	Bolton Landing-Riverbank Road
	Chester	25	73	NY 8
	Chester	26	78	US 9 / Natural Stone Bridge Road
Essex	Schroon	27	82	US 9 / Schroon Lake Road (northbound only)
	Schroon	28	88	NY 74 / Woodbury Road
	North Hudson	29	94	Boreas Road / Blue Ridge Road
	North Hudson	30	104	US 9 / NY 73
	Westport	31	117	NY 9N
	Lewis	32	123	Stowersville Road
	Chesterfield	33	134	US 9 / NY 22
Clinton	Au Sable	34	138	NY 9N
	Peru	35	144	Bear Swamp Road ( NY 442)
	Plattsburgh (town)	36	150	NY 22
		37	152	Cornelia Street ( NY 3)
		38	154	NY 22 / NY 374
		39	156	Moffitt Road ( NY 314)
	Beekmantown	40	160	NY 456
	Chazy	41	167	NY 191
	Champlain (town)	42	173	US 11
	Champlain - Champlain (town) Boundary	43	175	US 9

*Exit number not signed, based on milepost or reserved number

For a northern continuation, see the Autoroute 15 list.

Intersections with other interstates

Interstate 95 in New York City, New York ([Map])

Future Interstate 86 in Harriman, New York

Interstate 84 in Newburgh, New York (not yet direct [link])

Interstate 90 in Albany, New York

Autoroute 15 in the province of Quebec

Spur Routes

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 87

Notes

I-287 connects with its parent in a 19-mile (31 km) long multiplex near the southern end of the highway. It is a partial beltway around New York City. West of the multiplex, it loops around New York to meet the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County, New Jersey; the northern sections of this part near the New York state line have nice mountain scenery. East of the multiplex, I-287 continues as the Cross Westchester Expressway to end at I-95 (the New England Thruway) in Rye, New York, near the Connecticut border. Note that I-287 leaves New York state, while its parent does not.

I-487 (AKA: Hudson River Expressway) was planned to be the I-87 of the east-side of the Hudson. It was planned to run from where I-87 crosses the Hudson at the Tappen Zee Bridge to I-84 in the City of Beacon, NY. It was on the books as a project from the 1930s until the later 1970s. US 9 now functions as a part of an unbuilt I-487 at the Croton Expressway in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

I-587 is less than 2 miles (3.2 km) long. It is unusual in that it has no interchanges along its length: its eastern terminus is at a signalized intersection, while its western terminus is at a roundabout (where it connects to Interstate 87).

I-687 was planned as a bypass around Albany, New York, but it was never built. The interchange that connects Corporate Woods Boulevard to I-90 was intended originally for I-687.

I-87 and its Autoroute 15 successor provide a very popular New York-to-Montréal route because of the breathtaking scenery.

Not counting the Canadian border crossing, I-87 is longest Interstate Highway that does not cross any state lines.

Interstate 87 is one of two highways that touch both New York City and the Canadian border in New York (the other is New York State Highway 22). US 9 used to, but when I-87 was built to the border, the crossing was rerouted onto it, and US 9 now ends at a cul-de-sac just shy of the border. I-95 and US 1 run from New York City to the border in Maine.

Interstate 87 is multiplexed with Interstate 90 for 0.4 miles. The exit list in this article does not include this small section of Free 90 between the Thruway and the Northway: *[Maps and aerial photos] Coordinates: [42.698759° -73.843553°]

* Street map from [Google Maps] or [Yahoo! Maps]
* Topographic map from [TopoZone]
* Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
* Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]

External links

[The Major Deegan at NYC Roads]
[Straight Dope on Major Deegan]
[Aerial photos of both ends of Interstate 87]
[Interstate 87] at Exitlists.com

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