Interstate 81 in New York
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Interstate 81 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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Maintained by NYSDOT | |||||||||||||
Length: | 183.52 mi[1] (295.35 km) | ||||||||||||
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Formed: | 1957[2] | ||||||||||||
South end: | I-81 near Binghamton | ||||||||||||
Major junctions: |
NY 17 in Binghamton I-88 near Binghamton US 20 in La Fayette I-481 in Syracuse I-690 in Syracuse I-90/Thruway near Syracuse I-481/NY 481 in North Syracuse |
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North end: | Highway 137 at Wellesley Island | ||||||||||||
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Within the U.S. state of New York, Interstate 81 spans 183.52 miles (295.35 km) from the Pennsylvania state line to the south to the Canadian border in the north. The route enters New York near Kirkwood, southeast of Binghamton, and heads north through Binghamton, Syracuse, and Watertown before crossing into Canada in the Thousand Islands near Fishers Landing. Within the Thousand Islands, I-81 crosses two bridges, both part of the series of bridges known as the Thousand Islands Bridge.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Pennsylvania to Syracuse
Interstate 81 enters New York at the Pennsylvania state line about 11 miles south east of Binghamton. I-81 merges with NY 17 for 5 miles. The current segment of NY 17 is set to become I-86. About 1 mile north of Binghamton at exit 5, I-81 meets the western terminus of I-88. US 11 has been paralleling I-81 from Virginia and US 11 will parallel I-81 in most of New York. At mile marker 73 and exit 15, I-81 meets with the longest road in the United States: US 20 in La Fayette. At the southern tip of Syracuse, at mile marker 81, and exit 16A, I-81 meets with one of its spurs: I-481. In downtown Syracuse, I-81 meets I-690 at an incomplete interchange.
[edit] Syracuse to Canada
Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs |
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Just north of Syracuse, I-81 meets the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) at exit 25A. In North Syracuse at mile marker 93, I-81 meets with I-481 and NY 481 at exit 29. From exit 36 to exit 48, I-81 begins to parallel Lake Ontario. I-81 ends at Thousand Islands Bridge (toll northbound only) at the U.S./ Canadian border 6 miles north of Fishers Landing.
Around I-81's northern terminus at the Canadian border, two toll bridge spans over the St. Lawrence River connect it to Highway 401 (via Highway 137) in Ontario. The main bridge span on the United States side is one of the few remaining 2-lane Interstate stretches left on the system. The border itself is marked by a 90-foot bridge across the International Rift between Wellesley Island, New York and Hill Island, Ontario.
[edit] History
The entirety of I-81 within New York was designated along with the remainder of modern I-81 in the 1957 plan for the Interstate Highway System.[2] By 1967, all of I-81 within the state was open to traffic except for the portion of modern I-81 between NY 221 in Marathon and NY 26 in Whitney Point.[3] The Marathon-Whitney Point segment was completed in 1969.[4]
[edit] Exit list
County | Location | Mile[1] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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New York-Pennsylvania border; I-81 continues into Pennsylvania | |||||
Broome | Kirkwood | 3.97 | 1 | US 11 / NY 7 – Conklin, Kirkwood | |
Binghamton | 8.65 | 2 | I-86 east / NY 17 east / US 11 – New York, Industrial Park | NY 17 joins northbound and leaves southbound | |
8.90 | 3 | Industrial Park (Colesville Road) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
12.19 | 3 | Broad Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
12.58 | 4 | NY 7 – Downtown Binghamton, Hillcrest | |||
13.06 | NY 17 west – Owego, Elmira | NY 17 leaves northbound and joins southbound | |||
13.54 | 5 | US 11 (Front Street) – Broome Community College | To I-88 east (southbound) | ||
14.77 | I-88 east – Albany | No southbound exit | |||
15.66 | 6 | US 11 / NY 12 – Chenango Bridge | To I-88 east (southbound) | ||
Chenango Forks | 21.62 | 7 | US 11 – Castle Creek | ||
Whitney Point | 28.99 | 8 | NY 26 to US 11 to NY 79 to NY 206 – Whitney Point |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
30.33 | NY 79 to US 11 to NY 26 to NY 206 – Whitney Point |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Cortland | Marathon | 38.26 | 9 | NY 221 – Marathon | |
McGraw | 50.01 | 10 | NY 41 – Cortland, McGraw | ||
Cortland | 52.34 | 11 | NY 13 – Cortland, Ithaca | Access to SUNY Cortland | |
Homer | 54.07 | 12 | US 11 / NY 41 / NY 281 – Cortland, Homer | ||
Preble | 62.86 | 13 | NY 281 – Preble | ||
Onondaga | Tully | 66.58 | 14 | NY 80 – Tully | |
LaFayette | 73.19 | 15 | US 11 / US 20 – LaFayette | ||
Nedrow | 78.10 | 16 | US 11 – Onondaga Nation Territory | ||
Syracuse | 81.46 | 16A | I-481 north – DeWitt | ||
82.20 | 17 | South Salina Street / South State Street / Brighton Avenue | Access to Carrier Dome | ||
83.77 | 18 | Adams Street / Harrison Street | Access to Syracuse University | ||
84.78 | I-690 – East Syracuse, Baldwinsville, Fairgrounds | No access to I-690 west from I-81 south | |||
19 | Clinton Street / Salina Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
20 | Franklin Street / West Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
21 | Catawba Street / Spencer Street | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
86.23 | 22 | NY 298 (Court Street) | Northbound exit and entrance; access to Rosamond Gifford Zoo | ||
86.68 | 23-24 | NY 370 (Park Street) – Liverpool | Northbound exit only; access to Carousel Center and Alliance Bank Stadium | ||
22-23 | NY 298 (Bear Street) to I-690 west / Hiawatha Boulevard / Carousel Center Drive | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
Mattydale | 25 | 7th North Street – Liverpool | |||
88.66 | 25A | I-90 / Thruway – Albany, Buffalo | |||
89.87 | 26 | US 11 – Mattydale | Combined with exit 27 southbound | ||
90.67 | 27 | Syracuse Airport | Combined with exit 28 northbound and exit 26 southbound | ||
North Syracuse | 91.51 | 28 | Taft Road – North Syracuse | Combined with exit 27 northbound | |
92.63 | 29S-N | I-481 / NY 481 – Oswego, North Syracuse, DeWitt | |||
Cicero | 95.07 | 30 | NY 31 – Cicero, Bridgeport | ||
Brewerton | 99.03 | 31 | To US 11 (Bartel Road) – Brewerton |
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Oswego | Central Square | 102.83 | 32 | NY 49 – Central Square | |
Parish | 111.11 | 33 | NY 69 – Parish | ||
Maple View | 114.87 | 34 | NY 104 – Mexico | ||
118.25 | 35 | To US 11 (Tinker Tavern Road) |
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Pulaski | 121.65 | 36 | NY 13 – Pulaski | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
122.44 | Pulaski (CR 2) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Lacona | 128.07 | 37 | Sandy Creek, Lacona (CR 15) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
128.25 | Sandy Creek, Lacona (CR 22A) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Jefferson | Mannsville | 130.82 | 38 | US 11 | |
132.83 | 39 | Mannsville (CR 94) | |||
Ellisburg | 134.68 | 40 | NY 193 – Pierrepont Manor, Ellisburg | ||
Adams | 140.25 | 41 | NY 178 – Adams, Henderson | ||
Adams Center | 144.36 | 42 | NY 177 – Smithville, Adams Center | ||
145.91 | 43 | To US 11 – Kellogg Hill |
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Watertown | 148.29 | 44 | NY 232 – Watertown Center | ||
152.60 | 45 | NY 3 (Arsenal Street) – Sackets Harbor | |||
153.55 | 46 | NY 12F (Coffeen Street) – Airport | Access to Jefferson Community College | ||
155.05 | 47 | NY 12 (Bradley Street) – Clayton | |||
157.67 | 48 | NY 342 to US 11 to NY 37 – Fort Drum, Black River |
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La Fargeville | 169.20 | 49 | NY 411 – Theresa, La Fargeville | ||
Fishers Landing | 178.14 | 50 | NY 12 – Alexandria Bay, Clayton | ||
Thousand Islands Bridge over the St. Lawrence River ($2.50 toll northbound)[5] | |||||
Thousand Islands | |||||
179.80 | 51 | Island Road – Island State Parks | |||
183.03 | 52 | Island Road – De Wolf Point | |||
United States-Canada border; I-81 becomes Highway 137 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Traffic Data Report - NY 55 to I-87 (PDF). NYSDOT (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
- ^ a b American Association of State Highway Officials. Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways [map]. (1957-08-14)
- ^ Gousha. Gousha Road Atlas [map]. (1967) Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
- ^ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed 2007-11-10.
- ^ Thousand Islands Bridge (PDF). TIBA. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
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