Interstate 87
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| Interstate 87 | |||||||||||||
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| Length: | 333.49 mi (536.7 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1958 | ||||||||||||
| South end: | Image:I-278.svg I-278 in Bronx, NY | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: | Image:I-95.svg I-95 in Bronx, NY Image:I-287.svg I-287 in Elmsford/Hillburn, NY Image:Garden State Parkway shield.png GSP Ext. in Chestnut Ridge, NY Image:I-84.svg I-84 in Newburgh, NY Image:I-90.svg  I-90 in Albany, NY
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| North end: | Image:A-15-new.png A-15 at the Canadian border at Champlain, NY | ||||||||||||
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Interstate 87 (abbreviated I-87) is a 346 mile (558 km) intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York. Its southern end is at an intersection with Interstate 278 in New York City's The Bronx; its northern end is in Champlain, New York at the Canadian border, where it connects with Quebec Autoroute 15.
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[edit] Components
[edit] Major Deegan Expressway
In New York City I-87 is known as the Major Deegan Expressway (8.5 miles long), which was opened in 1956 before the Interstate highway system was created. It was originally designated New York State Route 1B. The expressway was named for Major William Francis Deegan, a major in the Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for the construction of many of the army bases in and around New York during World War I.
It is the primary access route to Yankee Stadium because subway and Metro North access is limited. In 1999, Governor George Pataki unsuccessfully proposed renaming the Expressway to honor Yankee great Joe DiMaggio. At the urging of Rudolph Giuliani the West Side Highway instead was renamed for DiMaggio.
[edit] New York State Thruway
The section of highway between the New York City line and the junction with Interstate 90 at Albany is part of the New York State Thruway, for which it was originally constructed in the middle 1950s. The section received its designation as Interstate 87 in 1958.
The Tappan Zee Bridge was created as an extension of the original Thruway route to Suffern, New York. It crosses the Hudson River enabling the route to New York City.
[edit] Adirondack Northway
North of Albany, Interstate 87 is known as the Adirondack Northway or simply the Northway and continues all the way to the United States/Canada border. This controversial segment was built in 1967 to provide a direct route between New York City and Montreal for Expo 67. The same year, Parade Magazine designated the Northway as America's Most Scenic Highway. Many people from downstate NY mistakenly think that I-87 is the Thruway all the way and sometimes end up in Plattsburgh when they wanted to get to Syracuse.
The Northway technically terminates at U.S. Route 20 in Guilderland, and the small section of the Northway that is not signed as Interstate 87 is unsigned New York State Reference Route 910F.
[edit] Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
- New York City, New York
- Newburgh, New York
- Kingston, New York
- Albany, New York
- Glens Falls, New York
- Plattsburgh, New York
- Montreal, Quebec (via Quebec Autoroute 15)
[edit] Interchanges from South to North
[edit] Major Deegan
| Borough | Mile | # | Exit Road | Destinations | Notes |
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| NORTH Image:I-87.svg Bronx County. Southbound I-87 traffic defaults onto I-278 EAST. | |||||
| Bronx | 0 | (0) | (Image:I-278.svg WEST I-278)Bruckner Expressway | Triboro Bridge Queens | |
| 1 | 1 | E. 134 Street | Southbound exit. | ||
| 2 | E. 135 Street | Northbound exit. | |||
| 3 | Grand Concourse / East 138th Street | Northbound exit. | |||
| 3 | Exterior St | TO E. 138 St TO Grand Concourse | Southbound exit. | ||
| 2 | 4 | Exterior St East 149th Street | Northbound exit. | ||
| 5 | West 157th Street East 153rd Street | TO Macombs Dam Bridge, Yankee Stadium | Northbound exit. | ||
| 5 | Macombs Dam Bridge approach East 163 St | Yankee Stadium | Southbound exit. | ||
| 3 | 6 | E. 153rd Street | Yankee Stadium | Southbound exit. | |
| 4 | 7 N-S | Image:I-95.svg I-95/US 1 Cross-Bronx Expressway | George Washington Bridge Manhattan via EXIT 7S | ||
| 5 | 8 | West 179th St. | Northbound exit. | ||
| 9 | W. Fordham Road | ||||
| 6 | 10 | West 230th Street | |||
| 7 | 11 | Sedgwick Avenue | Van Cortlandt Park TO US-9 | ||
| 8 | 12 | Image:Mosholu Pkwy Shield.svg NORTH Mosholu Parkway | Northbound exit. | ||
| 13 | East 233rd Street Jerome Avenue | Northbound exit. | |||
| 13 | Major Deegan Expressway service road SOUTH | Southbound exit. | |||
| 9 | 14 | Major Deegan Expressway service road NORTH | Northbound exit. | ||
[edit] Thruway
See the Thruway exit list, for the first 148.15 miles of mainline.
[edit] I-90 concurrency
There is a very short section (less than a mile) of concurrency with "Free" I-90, between the Thruway and Northway.
[edit] Northway
- *Exit number not signed, based on milepost or reserved number
[edit] Intersections with other interstates
- Image:I-95.svg Interstate 95 in New York City, New York (Map)
- Future Image:I-86.svg Interstate 86 in Harriman, New York
- Image:I-84.svg Interstate 84 in Newburgh, New York (not yet direct [1])
- Image:I-90.svg Interstate 90 in Albany, New York
Autoroute 15 in the province of Quebec
[edit] Spur Routes
| Auxiliary routes of Interstate 87 | |
| I-287 | New Jersey/New York |
| I-587 | New York |
| I-787 | New York |
| past/ future | I-487: New York - I-687: New York |
[edit] Notes
I-287 connects with its parent in a 19-mile (31 km) long multiplex near the southern end of the highway. It is a partial beltway around New York City. West of the multiplex, it loops around New York to meet the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County, New Jersey; the northern sections of this part near the New York state line have nice mountain scenery. East of the multiplex, I-287 continues as the Cross Westchester Expressway to end at I-95 (the New England Thruway) in Rye, New York, near the Connecticut border. Note that I-287 leaves New York state, while its parent does not.
I-487 (AKA: Hudson River Expressway) was planned to be the I-87 of the east-side of the Hudson. It was planned to run from where I-87 crosses the Hudson at the Tappen Zee Bridge to I-84 in the City of Beacon, NY. It was on the books as a project from the 1930s until the later 1970s. US 9 now functions as a part of an unbuilt I-487 at the Croton Expressway in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
I-587 is less than 2 miles (3.2 km) long. It is unusual in that it has no interchanges along its length: its eastern terminus is at a signalized intersection, while its western terminus is at a roundabout (where it connects to Interstate 87).
I-687 was planned as a bypass around Albany, New York, but it was never built. The interchange that connects Corporate Woods Boulevard to I-90 was intended originally for I-687.
I-87 and its Autoroute 15 successor provide a very popular New York-to-Montréal route because of the breathtaking scenery.
Not counting the Canadian border crossing, I-87 is longest Interstate Highway that does not cross any state lines.
Interstate 87 is one of two highways that touch both New York City and the Canadian border in New York, the other being New York State Route 22. US 9 used to, but when I-87 was built to the border, the crossing was rerouted onto it, and US 9 now ends at a cul-de-sac just shy of the border. I-95 and US 1 run from New York City to the border in Maine.
Interstate 87 is multiplexed with Interstate 90 for 0.4 miles. The exit list in this article does not include this small section of Free 90 between the Thruway and the Northway:
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
[edit] External links
- The Major Deegan at NYC Roads
- I-87: The Adirondack Northway
- Straight Dope on Major Deegan
- Aerial photos of both ends of Interstate 87
- Interstate 87 at Exitlists.com
| Main Interstate Highways (major in pink) | Image:I-blank.svg | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
| 30 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 66 | |
| 66 (W) | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 (W) | 76 (E) | 77 | 78 | |||
| 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 (W) | 84 (E) | 85 | 86 (W) | 86 (E) | 87 | |||||
| 88 (W) | 88 (E) | 89 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 99 | (238) | ||||
| H-1 | H-2 | H-3 | |||||||||||||
| Unsigned | A-1 | A-2 | A-3 | A-4 | PRI-1 | PRI-2 | PRI-3 | ||||||||
| Lists | Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced | ||||||||||||||
