Interstate 88 Westbound - Chenango & Broome Counties

Special thanks goes to Jack Thomas for help with photo captions.

Interstate 88 west
Past Exit 9, motorists are greeted with a westbound reassurance shield. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 8 provides access to Bainbridge via New York 206. Beyond Bainbridge, New York 206 runs westward to Whitney Point where it connects with Interstate 81. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 206 east to Delaware County 20 leads drivers south to Oquaga Creek State Park. The state route continues to Walotn and its end at Downsville (New York 30). Photo taken 06/28/05.
Heading down the hill towards the Exit 8 offramps gives motorists sweeping views of the surrounding landscape. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 41 meets Interstate 88 at Exit 7 to serve the small hamlet of Afton. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Route 41 connects with New York 7 to serve the neighboring hamlets of Nineveh and Middle Bridge. Nineveh is also served by Exit 6. Photo taken 06/28/05.
The last reaasurance shield with the state name inside heading in the westbound direction. Photo taken 06/28/05.

Rock cuts make special use of this stretch of Interstate 88. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 79 meets Interstate 88 at Exit 6, serving Nineveh and Harpersville. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 79 heads north and west to North Fenton and Whitney Point, before heading west to Ithaca. The highway traverses south to Windsor where it meets New York 17. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Coming up on Exit 5, motorists are provided a crawler lane for slower traffic. Photo taken 06/28/05.
The crawler lane comes to an end at the crest of the hill approaching Exit 5. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 5 serves the small hamlet of Belden. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Interstate 88 crosses over Chenango County Route 221 and a small creek as the highway continues westward. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 4 sees New York 7 east serve the small village of Sanataria Springs. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 7B is also utilized at this exit. It follows New York 7's old alignment west to Port Crane, closely paralleling Interstate 88 in the process. Photo taken 06/28/05.
New York 7 westbound joins Interstate 88 between Exits 4 and 1. Exit 3 connects with New York 369 south of Chenango Valley State Park. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 3 departs here for New York 369. Northbound, New York 369 connects to North Fenton ad meets with New York 79. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Closeup of Interstate 88 and New York 7 westbound reassurance shields. Photo taken 05/11/05.
New York 12A meets Interstate 88 at Exit 2 serving Chenango Bridge and providing a short connection to New York 12 and Interstate 81. From Exit 2 onwards, Interstate 88 utilizes a tight configuration featuring frontage roads on either side. Photo taken 05/11/05.
These two views show the parralleling Chenango River as we snake towards Interstate 88's western terminus. Photos taken 05/11/05.
Exit 2 departs Interstate 88 as motorists are alerted to the pending merge with Interstate 81. Photo taken 05/11/05.
Motorists see the last pair of Interstate 88 and New York 7 reassurance shields as the highway snakes through its tight configuration. Photo taken 05/11/05.
New York 7 departs at Exit 1 heading south to Interstate 81 and Downtown Binghamton on its own expressway alignment. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Before the Interstate 88 junction with Interstate 81 was completed, Interstate 88 was originally signed on the New York 7 expressway into Binghamton. Once the interchange and coexisting Chenango River crossing was completed, the route was reassigned to its current alignment. Photo taken 05/11/05.
Crossing the Chenango River, we come to the junction with Interstate 81. Interstate 81 north provides access to Cortland, Syracuse, Watertown, and Ontario, Canada via the Thousand Islands Bridge. Southbound Interstate 81 provides access to New York 17 and all Binghamton interests as well as access to Scranton and Harrisburg, PA, Hagerstown, MD, Martinsburg, WV, Winchester, Harrisonburg, and Roanoke, VA, and Bristol, TN before ending at Interstate 40 east of Knoxville, TN. The interchange provides high speed access to both freeways in all directions but one. Southbound Interstate 81 to Eastbound Interstate 88 traffic must utilize Exit 5 for North Front Street (U.S. 11) to access the highway. Photo taken 05/11/05.
Traversing the flyover ramp to Interstate 81 South, motorists are greeted with the westbound "end" shield for Interstate 88. Photo taken 05/11/05.

Interstate 88 Ends Interstate 88 Overview

Page Updated January 29, 2009.

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