Interstate 90 West - Albany

Interstate 90 crosses into New York from the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 0.75 miles ahead of Exit B3 for NY 22.

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The Berkshire Connector extends 24.3 miles west from the Mass Pike to Interstate 87 in the Hudson Valley Region. Exits from the Berkshire Connector section of the New York Thruway have a B suffix.

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NY 22 runs alongside I-90 north from Austerlitz and Harvey Mountain State Forest to the parclo interchange at Exit B3. North from the Thruway, NY 22 continues to the town of New Lebanon.

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A New York welcome sign stands within the exchange joining Interstate 90 with NY 22 in the town of Canaan.

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Interstate 90 curves northwest from NY 22 and Edwards Park by Mercer Mountain.

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Albany lies 30 miles to the north along the continuation of I-90 from Exit B1, New York City is 156 miles to the south and Buffalo 312 miles to the west from the Berkshire Connector to the New York Thruway mainline.

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Roadways for Interstate 90 diverge alongside Frisbee Creek along the S-curve north of Mercer Mountain.

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Sayre Hill Road crosses over I-90 one half mile ahead of the Canaan Toll Plaza.

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Retired due to the switch to all electronic tolling (AET), the ticketed system of the New York Thruway previously commenced along the Berkshire Connector westbound at the Canaan Toll Plaza.

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The Canaan Toll Plaza was demolished in 2020 and replaced with the Cannan Toll Gantry located just west of the Sayre Hill Road overpass.

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Exit B2 joins Interstate 90 (Berkshire Connector) with the north end of Taconic State Parkway. A limited access route, the parkway runs south to Bronx River Parkway at White Plains.

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Entering the trumpet interchange (Exit B2) with Taconic State Parkway south to NY 295 in Chatham and Dutchess County. NY 295 arcs east into Canaan and south to NY 66 in the village of Chatham.

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The roadways of I-90 separate again between Taconic State Parkway and Old Chatham.

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Interstate 90 branches northward from the Berkshire Connector at the ensuing interchange for Rensselaer and NY 32 north to Troy.

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Continuing west from I-90 in Rensselaer County to Interstate 87, the Berkshire Connector is inventoried as Route 912M.

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The Berkshire Connector ties into the New York Thruway (I-87) mainline at Exit 21A. Interstate 90 returns to the Thruway system at Exit 24 near Colonie, the same point where I-87 leaves the toll road.

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Interstate 90 makes a TOTSO (turn off to stay on) movement from the Berkshire Connector at Exit B1.

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The Berkshire Connector extends 6.6 miles west to Interstate 87 from the trumpet interchange (Exit B1) with I-90 north to Albany.

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The Schodack Toll Plaza lines Interstate 90 just north of the Berkshire Connector.

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A welcome sign for the Capital Region (Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Saratoga Springs) precedes the parclo interchange (Exit 12) with U.S. 9.

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U.S. 9 travels 20 miles south to Hudson and 4.25 miles north to an overlap with U.S. 20 in the town of Schodack.

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A parking area and truck inspection station lines the east side of Interstate 90 beyond Barne Road.

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Interstate 90 parallels U.S. 9 east of South Schodack.

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The city of Albany lies 12 miles to the northwest via I-90 and I-787.

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U.S. 9/20 overlap eight miles from Schodack Center, just east of I-90, to Downtown Albany and the Circle Stack Interchange with Interstate 787.

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NY 150 (Schodack Valley Road) crosses paths with U.S. 9/20 just south of Exit 11 and five miles east from Castleton-On-Hudson.

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North from the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 11) with Interstate 90, U.S. 9/20 reach East Greenbush in two miles. The village of Nassau lies 4.5 miles to the southeast along U.S. 20.

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Interstate 90 continues one mile northward to a diamond interchange (Exit 10) with Miller Road.

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Miller Road (CR 54) runs 3.1 miles east from U.S. 9/20 to NY 151 (Luther Road) in East Greenbush.

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U.S. 4 originates in East Greenbush, two miles south of I-90 at U.S. 9/20. The US highway converges with I-90 at a parclo A2 interchange (Exit 9) east of Rensselaer.

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U.S. 4 travels north from Interstate 90 to the city of Troy, northern areas of the Capital District (Waterford, Mechanicville, Stillwater), Glens Falls, and Rutland, Vermont.

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Forming a multi state route east to Wiliamstown, Massachusetts, NY 43 begins at upcoming Exit 8 and heads east to Defreetsville, West Sand Lake, Sand Lake, Stephentown Center.

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The trumpet interchange at Exit 8 was completed in 1996. Prior to that time, Exit 8 was reserved for the unconstructed South Mall Expressway that would have linked I-90 directly with Downtown Albany. NY 43 previously extended west from U.S. 4 along 3rd Avenue Extension and NY 151 into Rensselaer.

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A half diamond interchange joins Washington Avenue west Interstate 90 west beyond this confirming marker.

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Empire State Plaza, the New York State Capitol, lies just west of Interstate 787 in Downtown Albany.

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Interstate 90 progresses a half mile west from Washington Avenue to Exit 6A for I-787.

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Opened to traffic by 1968,¹, the Patroon Island Bridge takes Interstate 90 across the Hudson River onto Lower Patroon Island.

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I-787 straddles the west side of the Hudson River throughout the city of Albany. Heading north, the freeway leads to Menands, Watervliet and Green Island.

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Exit 6A lowers from the Patroon Island Bridge to I-787 south to Downtown Albany and north to the Collar City Bridge (NY 7) east to Troy.

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Interstate 787 heads south two miles to the South Mall Expressway and north 5.5 miles to the NY 787 freeway spur to Cohoes.

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The Albany County line follows the Hudson River.

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A four level interchange joins I-90/787.

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I-90 proceeds west across Broadway and NY 32 to U.S. 9 at Exit 6.

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U.S. 9 leads south from I-90 onto Henry Johnson Boulevard through the Arbor Hill neighborhood in Albany. U.S. 9 turns east from Henry Johnson Boulevard along Clinton Avenue to meet the north end of U.S. 9W.

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U.S. 9 north follows a short freeway to NY 377 (Northern Boulevard) and Loudon Road.

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Exit 6 splits with a flyover joining U.S. 9 south into Arbor Hill and a grade level ramp north toward Loudonville.

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The four level interchange with U.S. 9 was designed for the Mid-Crosstown Arterial. The cancelled freeway would have linked I-90 and I-87 and provided connection to Downtown and the South Mall Expressway.

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Reassurance marker posted west of the exchange with U.S. 9.

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The ensuing exit is for Corporate Woods Boulevard and the Corporate Woods office park.

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The trumpet interchange (Exit 5) with Corporate Woods Boulevard was constructed originally for Interstate 687. I-687 was a planned freeway leading northwest to I-87, Albany International Airport (ALB) and the cancelled extension of I-88.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 5) lies just west of Corporate Woods Boulevard with Everett Road.

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Interstate 90 runs along the back side of a retail corridor lining NY 5 (Central Avenue) by this confirming marker.

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NY 85 stems south from a trumpet interchange (Exit 4) with I-90 to west Albany, Slingerlands and New Scotland. NY 85A loops north from the state route to Voorheesville.

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New York Route 85 constitutes a freeway between Interstate 90 and Krumkill Road, just north of the New York Thruway.

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A trumpet interchange (Exit 3) links Interstate 90 with the state offices campus south of Washington Avenue and west of NY 85.

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Proceeding west from Exit 3, I-90 passes just north of SUNY Albany.

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Fuller Road runs south from I-90 at Exit 2 between SUNY Polytechnic Institute and SUNY Albany to U.S. 20 (Western Avenue) at McKownville.

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Two lanes separate from I-90 west at the parclo interchange (Exit 2) with Fuller Road and adjacent Washington Avenue.

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Interstate 90 converges with I-87 and the Adriondack Northway to the immediate west of Fuller Road by Rensselaer Lake.

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Interstate 87 follows the Adirondack Northway to Glen Falls, Lake George, Plattsburgh and Quebec Autoroute 15 north to Montreal.

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Albany International Airport (ALB) lies just west of I-87 via Exit 3 in the town of Colonie.

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Two lanes partition from I-90 west at Exit 1N for I-87 north to Latham and Saratoga Springs. Construction in the late 1980s replaced two of the loop ramps at the cloverleaf interchange joining I-87/90 with directional ramps.

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The Adriondack Northway spurs 1.18 miles south from Interstate 87 to U.S. 20 (Western Avenue). NYSDOT inventories the extension as Route 910F.

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Exit 1S loops onto the Adirondack Northway south to Crossgates Mall and U.S. 20 (Western Avenue) at McKownville. Cancelled plans outlined a southward extension of the Northway to I-787.

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I-87 south combines with I-90 west into the Albany Toll Plaza for the New York Thruway. The 13 lane plaza is considered to be the busiest of the entire Thruway system.

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Traffic splits for the New York Thruway at a two-wye interchange. Interstate 90 shifts onto the Thruway westbound to Schenectady, Utica and Syracuse. I-87 joins the toll road south to Kingston and New York City.

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