Interstate 890

Interstate 890

Map of New York with I-890 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length: 9.45 mi[3] (15.21 km)
Existed: ca. 1962[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-90 / Thruway in Rotterdam
East end: I-90 / Thruway in Guilderland
Highway system

Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
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Interstate 890 (I-890) is a 9.45-mile (15.21 km) long auxiliary Interstate Highway in the vicinity of Schenectady, New York, United States. The highway runs southeast–northwest from an interchange with the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) northwest of Schenectady to another junction with the Thruway south of the city and passes through Downtown Schenectady along the way. The portion of I-890 within Schenectady County is designated as the Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway.[4]

I-890 is one of two Interstate Highways in New York that utilizes milepost-based exit numbering in contrast to the sequential exit numbering used elsewhere in New York. The numbering on I-890 is a holdover from an experiment during the early 1970s. However, because of how the exits are spaced along I-890, the exit numbers end up being mostly sequential anyway, with the only evidence of distance based numbering being the existence of exit 4C.[5]

Contents

Route description

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

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

Most of I-890 is in Schenectady County, with the exception of the final two exits (exits 8 and 9), and the eastern terminus, which is actually in Albany County.

History

The original riverside roadway along the southern bank of the Mohawk River in western Schenectady was designated as part of NY 5S in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. NY 5S entered the Schenectady area on River Road and followed River and Rice Roads and Erie Boulevard into downtown Schenectady, where it ended at NY 5.[6] In the initial plans for the Interstate Highway System, outlined by the Bureau of Public Roads in the 1955 Yellow Book, the city of Schenectady would be served by two highways: one bypassing the city to the southwest (the New York State Thruway) and another that would loop north of the bypass route to serve downtown Schenectady. The western portion of the loop route would run through the NY 5S corridor.[7]

The first section of I-890 to be completed was the portion from New York State Thruway exit 25 southeast of Schenectady to Altamont Avenue (NY 146), which opened to traffic as I-890 ca. 1962.[1][2] A short extension to Brandywine Avenue was completed by 1964.[8] By 1968, all of I-890 west to modern exit 3 was complete and open to traffic. As planned, I-890 replaced NY 5S from downtown Schenectady to exit 3, where NY 5S now terminated.[9] The remainder of the expressway was built ca. 1974.[10][11] NY 5S was cut back to I-890 exit 2 in the mid-1970s,[11][12] then to its modern eastern terminus in the late 1980s following a reconfiguration of the interchange linking I-890 to New York State Thruway exit 26.[13][14]

Exit list

County Location Mile[3] Exit Destinations Notes
Schenectady Rotterdam 0.00 1B I-90 / Thruway – Albany, Buffalo Westbound exit and eastbound entrance (New York State Thruway Exit 26)
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
9.45 I-90 / Thruway – Albany, Buffalo Eastbound exit and westbound entrance (New York State Thruway Exit 25)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Sunoco (1961). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1961–62 ed.). 
  2. ^ a b Esso (1962). New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  3. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 246. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/NYSDOT%20TVR%202008%20by%20Route.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010. 
  4. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2009) (PDF). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2009%20tour-bk.pdf. Retrieved July 20, 2010. 
  5. ^ Wing, J.P. (September 8, 2009). "Interstate 890 Interchange Guide". Upstate New York Roads. http://www.upstatenyroads.com/i890.shtml. Retrieved July 20, 2010. 
  6. ^ Standard Oil Company of New York (1930). Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
  7. ^ Bureau of Public Roads (1955). Yellow Book map of Schenectady, New York (Map). 
  8. ^ Sinclair (1964). New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  9. ^ Esso (1968). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1969–70 ed.). 
  10. ^ Shell Oil Company (1973). New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company (1973 ed.). 
  11. ^ a b Gulf (1974). New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. 
  12. ^ Exxon (1977). New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1977–78 ed.). 
  13. ^ Rand McNally and Company (1985). New York (Map). ISBN 0-528-91040-X. 
  14. ^ DeLorme Mapping (1990). Upstate New York City Street Maps (Map). 1" = 1/2 mile. Cartography by DeLorme Mapping (1st ed.). p. 34, section C1. ISBN 0-89933-300-1. 

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See also
South Dakota: 190 — Illinois: 190 • 290 — Ohio: 290 (former) • 490 — New York: 190 • 290 • 390 • 490 • 590 • 690 • 790 • 890 • 990 — Massachusetts: 190 • 290