Interstate 87 North - Albany to Saratoga Springs - AARoads

North

I-87/I-90 overlap 0.25 miles east from the New York State Thruway to a directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 1) with the Adirondack Northway (NY 910F). The former Thruway toll plaza was located on this stretch.
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The Adirondack Northway spurs 1.17 miles south from I-87 to Crossgates Mall and U.S. 20 (Western Avenue). Cancelled plans outlined extending the Northward south parallel to the NYS Thruway to I-787 at Exit 23.
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Interstate 87 turns north along a two lane exit ramp from I-90 east onto the Adirondack Northway by Six Mile Waterworks Park. I-90 runs east across the capital city to Rensselaer.
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Interstate 87 (Adirondack Thruway) proceeds north from Albany into the town of Colonie ahead of a cloverleaf interchange (Exit 2) with NY 5 (Central Avenue).
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Interstate 87 north from Albany is also the Adirondack Veterans Memorial Highway.
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Exit 2 E connects with both NY 5 (Central Avenue) east to Roessleville and parallel Wolf Road (NY 910B) north 1.92 miles to CR 155 (Albany Shaker Road).
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NY 5 travels west from Albany across Upstate New York to Buffalo and southwest to Erie, Pennsylvania as PA 5.
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NY 5 (Central Avenue) continues northwest from Colonie to the town of Niskayuna and the city of Schenectady.
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South of Albany International Airport (ALB), Exit 4 follows onto Wolf Road (NY 910B) adjacent to Albany Shaker Road (CR 155).
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Exit 3 was originally reserved for an exchange with Interstate 687, an unbuilt route between I-90 at Exit 5 A and the cancelled I-88 extension. Albany Shake Road north to ALB Airport is part of NY 155.
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Wolf Road continues northeast of Albany Shaker Road as part of NY 155 to a roundabout with Watervilet Shaker Road and Old Niskayuna Road (CR 160). NY 155 turns east along Watervilet Shake Road to the parclo interchange at Exit 5.
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NY 155 extends 4.30 miles east from Exit 5 to NY 32 (2nd Avenue) in the city of Watervliet.
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An auxiliary lane opens north from NY 155 to Exit 6 for NY 2/7 (Troy-Schenectady Road).
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NY 2 commences east from the SPUI (Exit 6) with I-87/NY 7 at Latham. Forming a multi state highway with Massachusetts Route 2 to Boston, NY 2 travels 30.81 miles east to Troy, Grafton and Petersburgh.
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NY 7 (Troy-Schenectady Road) branches west from I-87 to Niskayuna and I-890 in Schenectady. NY 7 is a lengthy highway, accompanying the I-88 corridor southwest to Binghamton.
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East

NY 7 east combines with I-87 north for 0.27 miles to the trumpet interchange at Exit 7. NY 7 constitutes a freeway 4.06 miles east to Interstate 787 at Green Island.
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The freeway along NY 7 east ties directly into the bridge taking I-787 across the Collar City Bridge into Troy. NY 7 east to Green Island was to be part of the unconstructed Interstate 88 extension.
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Interstate 87 lowers through an S-curve to cross the Mohawk River / Erie Canal.
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The crossing taking I-87 over the Mohawk River is formally the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge and locally referred to as the "Twin Bridges".
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Built in 1959, the steel through arch bridges on Interstate 87 are 773 feet long and 23 feet above the Mohawk River.¹
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Interstate 87 enters the town of Halfmoon and Saratoga County midway across the Mohawk River.
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Crescent Road (CR 92) meets I-87 at a diamond interchange (Exit 8) west of Crescent in Halfmoon and northeast of Vischer Ferry in the town of Clifton Park.
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