Interstate 590

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Interstate 590
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 5.07 mi[1] (8.16 km)
Formed: March 18, 1980[2]
South end: I-390 in Brighton
North end: I-490 / NY 590 in Rochester
Numbered highways in New York
< I-587 NY 590 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

Interstate 590 (abbreviated I-590) is a 5.07-mile (8.16 km) long north-south auxiliary Interstate Highway that skirts the southeast border of the City of Rochester, New York. The northern terminus of I-590 is at Interstate 490 (the Eastern Expressway), just inside the Rochester city line, while the southern terminus is at the junction with Interstate 390 in Brighton. Interstate 590 makes up the southeast quadrant of the Rochester Outer Loop, a series of expressways that encircle the city of Rochester. I-590 is a spur of Interstate 90; the connection between the two is made via I-390.

The expressway continues north of I-490 as New York State Route 590.

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[edit] Route description

Beginning at I-390, I-590 travels east through open fields to its first interchange at South Winton Road. Here, the surroundings rapidly change from fields to dense suburbs as it runs through Brighton. As it approaches NY 31 (Monroe Avenue) at exit 2, I-590 turns a full 90 degrees to the north. After crossing NY 31, I-590 enters the former Erie Canal and Rochester Subway bed. Surrounded on both sides by residential neighborhoods that are separated from I-590 only by sound barriers, I-590 travels due north until exit 5, where I-590 interchanges with I-490 and becomes NY 590 at the former Can of Worms.

[edit] History

Interstate 590 appeared on maps of the Rochester area as early as 1977 as a designation for the portion of the Rochester Outer Loop south of Interstate 490. At the time, only two portions of the loop—from I-490 southeast to NY 383 in Chili and from Winton Road in Brighton to I-490 in Rochester—were complete and open to traffic.[3] The western portion, constructed by 1965,[4] was designated as part of NY 47.[3] The eastern section, in place by 1971,[5] was part of NY 47 between Elmwood Avenue and I-490.[3] South of Elmwood, the expressway had no signed number as the Federal Highway Administration had yet to assign the I-590 designation.[6]

On March 18, 1980, NY 47 was removed from the state highway system[2] and replaced with I-590 from Winton Road to the Can of Worms (the eastern interchange between I-490 and then-NY 47) in Rochester. The section from Winton Road to Interstate 390, as well as the interchange connecting the two, was completed in 1981.[7]

[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile[1] # Destinations Notes
Monroe Brighton 0.00 I-390 – Corning, Airport Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.41 1 Winton Road
3.04 2 NY 31 (Monroe Avenue) – Pittsford No access from eastbound NY 31 to I-590 north
3.75 3 Elmwood Avenue Southbound exit and northbound entrance
4.46 4 Highland Avenue Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Rochester 5.07 5 I-490 – Rochester, Victor Can of Worms
NY 590 Continuation beyond I-490

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2006 Traffic Data Report for New York State (PDF) pp. 309–310. New York State Department of Transportation (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ a b Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Bicycle Routes in New York State. NYSDOT. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
  3. ^ a b c Exxon. New York [map], 1977-78 edition. Cartography by General Drafting. (1977)
  4. ^ Rand McNally. New York [map]. Cartography by Rand McNally. (1965)
  5. ^ Humble Oil & Refining Company. New York [map]. Cartography by General Drafting. (1971)
  6. ^ Interstate System Route Log and Finder List, FHWA, March 1978.
  7. ^ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed 2007-08-13.

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 90
South Dakota: 190 — Illinois: 190 • 290 — Ohio: 290 (former) • 490 — New York: 190 • 290 • 390 • 490 • 590 • 690 • 790 • 890 • 990 — Massachusetts: 190 • 290