Highway |
Location |
Length |
Description |
Date established |
78 I-78 |
Manhattan |
0.50 mi (0.80 km)[1] |
I-78 crosses the Hudson River from New Jersey via the Holland Tunnel and ends at the tunnel plaza in Lower Manhattan.[2] |
1961[3] |
81 I-81 |
Pennsylvania border near Binghamton–Canada border near Wellesley Island |
183.52 mi (295.35 km)[1] |
I-81 spans from the Pennsylvania state line to the south to the Canadian border in the north. The route enters New York near Kirkwood, southeast of Binghamton, and heads north through Binghamton, Syracuse, and Watertown before crossing into Canada in the Thousand Islands near Fishers Landing.[4] |
1957[5] |
84 I-84 |
Pennsylvania border–Connecticut border |
71.79 mi (115.53 km)[1] |
Interstate 84 crosses the New York–Pennsylvania state line near the point where New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey meet, lying a mere 30 feet (9.1 m) away from New Jersey upon crossing the Delaware and Neversink rivers. Passing through Orange, Dutchess and Putnam counties, it heads eastward, ending at the Connecticut border west of Danbury.[6] |
1957[5] |
86 I-86 |
Pennsylvania border near Eire–NY 14/NY 17 in Horseheads, NY |
191.6 mi (308.4 km)[1] |
I-86 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. It is an upgrade of the existing New York State Route 17. Known as the Southern Tier Expressway and Quickway (split by Interstate 81 at Binghamton, New York), the route will connect Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania, with Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) near Harriman, New York.[7] |
1999[8] |
87 I-87 |
New York City–Canada border |
333.49 mi (536.70 km)[1] |
I-87 is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of New York. Its southern end is at the The Bronx approach to the Triboro Bridge in New York City; its northern end is in Champlain, New York, at the Canadian border, where it connects with Autoroute 15. Along the way, it intersects I-95, I-287, the Garden State Parkway, I-84 and I-90.[9] |
ca. 1960s[8] |
88 I-88 |
Binghamton–Schenectady |
117.75 mi (189.50 km)[1] |
I-88 starts at Interstate 81 in Binghamton and ends is at Interstate 90 in Schenectady. It serves as an important connector route from Albany to Binghamton, Elmira (via NY 17/future I-86), and Scranton, Pennsylvania (via I-81). It runs near New York State Route 7 for its entire length.[10] |
1968 (completed 1989)[11] |
90 I-90 |
Pennsylvania border–Massachusetts border |
385.88 mi (621.01 km)[1] |
I-90 travels from the Pennsylvania border at Ripley to the Massachusetts border at Canaan. West of Albany, I-90 in New York is designated along the mainline of the New York State Thruway. For most of its length in New York, I-90 runs parallel to the former Erie Canal route, NY 5, US 20 and the CSX railroad mainline that traverses the state. |
1950s[12][13][14] [15] |
95 I-95 |
George Washington Bridge–Connecticut border |
23.50 mi (37.82 km)[1] |
begins at the George Washington Bridge, crossing the Hudson River from New Jersey into New York City. After running across upper Manhattan on the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, it continues east across the Harlem River on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and onto the Cross-Bronx Expressway. It then continues northeast on the New England Thruway out of New York City to the Connecticut state line.[16] |
1950s[17] |