Interstate 587

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Interstate 587 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	1.21 mi[1] (1.95 km)
Formed:	1960[2]
West end:	I-87 via Thruway interchange 19's roundabout
East end:	Kingston
Numbered highways in New York < NY 531 I-590 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

Interstate 587 (abbreviated I-587) is a short Interstate spur route servicing the small city of Kingston, New York. It connects I-87 and the New York State Thruway west of the city with the downtown area.

At 1.2 miles, I-587 is one of the shortest Interstate highways, and it is also known as one of the most peculiar and obscure. Although the length of the highway is built to Interstate specifications, it has no interchanges. It begins at a traffic circle (more properly, a roundabout) near a junction with I-87, and ends at a stop light near downtown Kingston. Also notably, there is no signage for I-587 at its exit from I-87 (where is signed as NY 28). Also, I-587 does not actually connect with I-87, as the aforementioned traffic circle is the end of the highway, and the road north of it is NY 28, as mentioned before, and has a business on it.

The entire length is cosigned with NY 28, and it is commonly called the "Colonel Chandler Drive". Just to the west of I-87 and the traffic circle at the end of I-587, NY 28 has a full cloverleaf interchange with US 209.

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Legal definition

The route of I-587 is defined as Interstate Route Connector 530 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.

[edit] References

1. ^ Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
2. ^ New York Routes - Interstate 587. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.

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