
Routed wholly within the Empire State, Interstate 87 follows a combination of three separate roadways. Northward from I-278 (Bruckner Expressway) and the Robert F. Kennedy (Triboro) Bridge in the Bronx, New York, I-87 is the Major Deegan Expressway. The urban freeway parallels the Harlem River north to Kingsbridge in the Bronx. Crossing into West Chester County from Van Cortlandt Park, I-87 transitions onto the New York Thruway system mainline.
I-87 extends northward along the New York Thruway to Elmsford, where it combines with Interstate 287 at the Cross-West Chester Expressway. I-87/287 overlap west across the Hudson River on the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. The two part ways at Suffern, 14 miles west from the cable-stayed bridge at South Nyack. I-287 turns southwest toward Mahwah and Morristown, New Jersey as Interstate 87 leaves the metropolitan area for Poughkeepskee, Kingston, and the Capital District.
Through the Capital District, Interstate 87 bypasses Albany to the west along the New York Thruway system to Mckownville. There I-90 overtakes the Thruway west toward Schenectady while I-87 shifts onto the Adirondack Northway. The Northway is a freeway linking Albany with Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls, Plattsburgh and the Canadian border north of Champlain. I-87 links direction with Quebec Autoroute 15 north to Montreal.
Interstate 87 New York Guides
North
- New York City
- Yonkers to Elmsford
- I-87/287 - Tarrytown to Suffern
- Hillburn to Kingston
- Saugerties to Albany
- Albany to Saratoga Springs
- Glens Falls to Lake George
- Schroon Lake to Elizabethtown
- Keeseville to Champlain
South
Interstate 87 was previously routed east from the New York Thruway at Elmsford along the Cross Westchester Expressway east to White Plains, and north along I-684 to I-84 at Brewster. I-87 then overlapped with I-84 west back to the Thruway at Newburgh. This changed with the 1968 Highway Act, that added the New York Thruway between Elmsford, Suffern and Newburgh to the Interstate System. The FHWA approved the relocation of I-87 on September 11, 1969. Approval by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), which also redesignated old I-87 as Interstate 684, followed on October 26, 1969.
Connect with:
Interstate 84
Interstate 90 / New York Thruway
Interstate 95
Interstate 278
Interstate 287
Interstate 587 / Route 28
Interstate 787
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Page Updated 03-09-2024.