Interstate 90 - New York
 


I-90 Shield

 

Western Entrance:  Pennsylvania State Line between Erie and Ripley

Eastern Entrance:  The Berkshire Connector becomes the Massachusetts Turnpike southeast of Albany.

Length:  385.9miles

Counties: Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Otsego, Montgomery, Albany, Columbia

Routing: I-90 begins its trek through the northern portion of New York State at the Pennsylvania State Line east of Erie.  The freeway heads northwest to Buffalo, where it then turns east and runs almost due east-west through the flatlands between Buffalo and Albany.  In Albany, the I-90 runs concurrent with I-87 before continuing its trek east as the Berkshire extension of the New York Thruway and Massachusetts.  With the exception of roughly 10miles near Buffalo, all of I-90 is part of the New York Thruway Toll Facility.

Links:

  -  I-90 Exit List at Upstate New York Roads

  -  I-90 at New York Routes

  -  I-90 at Interstate Guide



Photos:

Photos shown in this table are arranged from West to East:

County Name Photo Description Photo

Pictures taken from driver's perspective appear offset from centre-line pictures:        

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Chautauqua County View looking easterly along a very rural stretch of I-90 from the Forsyth Road overpass that is located between Ripley and Westfield.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 55kb.  High-res: 210kb.

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Erie County View looking west from the US-62 overpass along I-90 just west of Buffalo.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 75kb.  High-res: 275kb.

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Erie County View looking east, once again from the US-62 overpass.  Notice the rock outcropping in the median.  Limestone outcrops are fairly common in the median.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 80kb.

Erie County Looking west from the Route 179 overpass along I-90 in Suburban Buffalo.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 55kb.  High-res: 190kb.

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Erie County Looking easterly towards the trumpet interchange between I-90 and Route 179 from the Route 179 overpass.  During the Summer of 2007, the trumpet interchange between Route 179 and I-90 was reconstructed.
Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 55kb.  High-res: 195kb.

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US-219 heads South from I-90 heading through New York, Pennsylvania before ending at Rich Creek, West Virginia.  Click here for US-219 images.
Erie County View looking westerly along I-90 from the Ridge Road overpass just southwest of Buffalo.  There is about 1mile of local lanes along I-90 in the vicinity of the Ride Road intersection to minimize weaving between the closely spaced Ridge Road and US-219 interchanges.
Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 50kb.  High-res: 190kb.

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Erie County Two views of a very photogenic S-curve along I-90 from the Ridge Road overpass.  Interestingly, judging from the signage at Ridge Road, it would appear that US-219 runs concurrent with I-90 between the mainline US-219 interchange and the collapse of the C-D system just beyond the pictured S-curve.

Upper photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 170kb.

Lower photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 160kb.

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Erie County Overhead signage in advance of the US-219 interchange.  Note that this sign oddly does not include any reference to the Ridge Road interchange which is accessible from this ramp as well.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 50kb.  High-res: 170kb.

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Route 400 is a short freeway spur by-passing Route 16 through West Seneca and East Aurora.  Click here for Route 400 images.
Erie County Overhead signage for the ramp from I-90 West to Route 400-south.  This 2-lane ramp departs quite sharply from the right side of I-90.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 35kb.  High-res: 130kb.

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Erie County Overhead advanced signage for the Route 400 interchange.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 50kb.  High-res: 155kb.

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I-190 is a spur route that proceeds north from I-90 through Downtown Buffalo to the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge north of Niagara Falls.  Click here for I-190 images.
Monroe County 1 mile advanced signage for the ramp to Route 98.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 65kb.

Monroe County Route 98 is the main artery from the throughway to Batavia.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 65kb.

Monroe County View looking west from Route 98 in Batavia.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 65kb.  High-res: 225kb.

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Monroe County Easterly view of I-90 from the Route 98 overpass.  Like most thruway interchanges, Route 98 is accessible via a toll-booth controlled trumpet interchange.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 75kb.  High-res: 215kb.

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Monroe County View looking westerly along I-90 from the Route 19 overpass.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 75kb.  High-res: 215kb.

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Monroe County Easterly view from Route 19.  Route 19 is found just west of the western I-590 interchange.

Photographed taken on March 29, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 75kb.  High-res: 210kb.

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Monroe County South of Rochester I-90 meets I-390 at a large double trumpet interchange.  I-390 is a long spur route that leads from the west suburbs of Rochester south to I-86 northwest of Corning.

Photograph taken on July 17, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 55kb.

I-390 leads north-south between I-490 in Rochester and I-86 northwest of Corning.  Click here for I-390 images.
Cayuga County 1 mile advanced exit sign for Route 332.  I-90 has a six lane cross-section between the eastern I-490 and Route 332 interchanges.

Photograph taken on August 4, 2007 - © Dan Garnell.  Low-res: 45kb.

Ontario County Looking west from the County Road 25 overpass.  County Road 25 is located in the vicinity of Clifton Springs.

Photograph taken on August 4, 2007 - © Dan Garnell.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 180kb.

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Ontario County Easterly view from County Road 25

Photograph taken on August 4, 2007 - © Dan Garnell.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 210kb.

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Cayuga County Road side signage for the Route 34 interchange.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 45kb.  High-res: 150kb.

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Onondaga County 1mile advanced sign for the I-690/Route 690 interchange.  Route 690 proceeds northerly into Suburban Syracuse from I-90 while I-690 leads south towards Downtown.

Photograph taken on July 9, 2007 - © Scott Steeves.  Low-res: 40kb.  High-res: 145kb.

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