Interstate 890

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Interstate 890
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway^[1]

Length:

9.45 mi^[2] (15.21 km)

Formed:

1973^{[citation needed]}

West end:

I-90 / Thruway in Rotterdam

East end:

I-90 / Thruway in Guilderland

Numbered highways in New York
< NY 878		NY 890 >
Interstate - U.S. - N.Y. - Reference

Interstate 890 (abbreviated I-890) is a 9.45 mile (15.21 km) long interstate highway and spur route of Interstate 90 (I-90) in and near Schenectady, New York, USA originally built to accommodate traffic from General Electric and American Locomotive Company when both companies were pivotal to the local economy. Since their demise in the area I-890 has become a connection to the downtown Schenectady area. It runs southeast-northwest from an intersection with Interstate 90 (the New York State Thruway) just south of Schenectady in northern Albany County to another junction with Interstate 90, northwest of the city. As I-90 does not pass through the city of Schenectady, Interstate 890 serves as the most direct route between I-90 and Schenectady.

Interstate 890 is also one of two interstates in New York ^[3] to have the exits numbered by milepost instead of sequentially. While distance based exit numbering is common in the majority of the United States, New York favors sequentially numbered exits instead. The numbering on I-890 was an experiment from the early 1970s. Because of the spacing of the exits along I-890, the exit numbers are seemingly sequential. The only evidence of distance based numbering is the presence of "Exit 4C".

NY 7 has a wrong-way concurrency with I-890 between exits 7 and 9A.

The route is designated as the Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway.

[edit] Route description

The route of I-890 is defined as Interstate Route Connection 550 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile^[2]	#	Destinations	Notes
Schenectady	Rotterdam	0.00	1B	I-90 / Thruway – Albany, Buffalo	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		0.94		NY 890 west to NY 5 – Scotia
		2.94	2	NY 337 (Campbell Road) / Rice Road	Signed as exits 2A (NY 337) and 2B (Rice Road) westbound
			3	GE Truck Terminal	No westbound exit
		4.40	4B	Erie Boulevard – GE Plant	Signed as exits 4A (GE Plant) and 4B (Erie Boulevard) eastbound
	Schenectady	4.58	4C	To NY 5 – Scotia	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		5.50	5	Broadway
		6.07	6	Michigan Avenue
		7.39	7	NY 7 east – Troy	West end of NY 7 overlap
		8.04	8	High Bridge Road
Albany	Guilderland	8.96	9	NY 7 west (Curry Road) to NY 146	East end of NY 7 overlap; signed as exits 9A (NY 7) and 9B (to NY 146) eastbound
Albany	Guilderland	9.45		I-90 / Thruway – Albany, Buffalo	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

[edit] References

^ New York State Legislature. Highway Law, Article 12, Section 342-ZZ. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
^ ^a ^b NYSDOT Traffic Data Report - Routes 427 to 908F. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
^ Upstate New York Roads - Interstate 890 Interchange Guide

v • d • e 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