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vdeane:
I'm not sure what the actual possibility of new interchanges being built is in the foreseeable future. I know some people around Buffalo were calling for something at Youngs Road (no potential to duplicate) a while back, but I'm not sure the Thruway is actually interested.
Again, I definitely don't see the need for signage to have prefixes/suffixes with this. There is NO continuous ticket system down the mainline and Berkshire Spur the way there used to be. There are no less than six: NYC-Albany/MA, Albany-Syracuse, West Syracuse, Syracuse-Rochester, Rochester-Buffalo, and Buffalo-PA. MassDOT may aggregate toll gantries into a single charge, but NYSTA does not. In any case, I could see using suffixes like E or N to differentiate on bills to make them more clear, but I don't see why that would need to extend to signage.
kirbykart:
--- Quote from: vdeane on January 28, 2023, 04:46:59 PM ---I'm not sure what the actual possibility of new interchanges being built is in the foreseeable future. I know some people around Buffalo were calling for something at Youngs Road (no potential to duplicate) a while back, but I'm not sure the Thruway is actually interested.
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Just looked at the area on Google Maps. That'd be pretty tight to fit a new interchange in. Also, what would the utility of this be? Do the NY 78 exit going WB and NY 33 exit going EB not serve the airport well enough? Really any benefit of this is already covered by NY 78, which is very close to where this would be.
MASTERNC:
--- Quote from: kirbykart on January 30, 2023, 06:34:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: vdeane on January 28, 2023, 04:46:59 PM ---I'm not sure what the actual possibility of new interchanges being built is in the foreseeable future. I know some people around Buffalo were calling for something at Youngs Road (no potential to duplicate) a while back, but I'm not sure the Thruway is actually interested.
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Just looked at the area on Google Maps. That'd be pretty tight to fit a new interchange in. Also, what would the utility of this be? Do the NY 78 exit going WB and NY 33 exit going EB not serve the airport well enough? Really any benefit of this is already covered by NY 78, which is very close to where this would be.
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Having family in that area, Youngs Rd also isn’t well equipped for the traffic that would result from having an interchange. It is only a two lane road except around select intersections
webny99:
--- Quote from: MASTERNC on January 30, 2023, 09:40:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: kirbykart on January 30, 2023, 06:34:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: vdeane on January 28, 2023, 04:46:59 PM ---I'm not sure what the actual possibility of new interchanges being built is in the foreseeable future. I know some people around Buffalo were calling for something at Youngs Road (no potential to duplicate) a while back, but I'm not sure the Thruway is actually interested.
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Just looked at the area on Google Maps. That'd be pretty tight to fit a new interchange in. Also, what would the utility of this be? Do the NY 78 exit going WB and NY 33 exit going EB not serve the airport well enough? Really any benefit of this is already covered by NY 78, which is very close to where this would be.
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Having family in that area, Youngs Rd also isn’t well equipped for the traffic that would result from having an interchange. It is only a two lane road except around select intersections
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Until I looked it up just now, I was thinking Youngs Rd was between NY 78 and Pembroke. I could see another interchange further east to serve Clarence/Akron and Alden, but I can't see why another interchange would be needed between NY 78 and I-290, which are already among the most closely-spaced exits on the tolled portion of I-90.
Roadgeek Adam:
Driving on Youngs Road almost every day on my way home, there's more than enough room if you're willing to relocate the toll booth east of a proposed 49A. I also know it would get used for airport traffic and I certainly would use it rather than drive to exit 49 or have to get off at 51 to take 33 to Aero Drive to Youngs Road (which is mostly what I do).
Youngs Road to Aero Drive has the economy lot to the airport and it would get used for that purpose. There's also a bunch of business parks right at Youngs Road.
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