Interstate 81 in New York
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North end | Highway 137 at the Canadian border in Wellesley Island | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Broome, Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 81 (I-81) is a part of the
South of Watertown, I-81 closely parallels US Route 11 (US 11), the main north–south highway in Central New York prior to the construction of I-81. At Watertown, US 11 turns northeastward to head across New York's North Country region while I-81 continues on a generally northward track to the Canadian border. From there, the road continues into the province of Ontario as Highway 137, a short route leading north to the nearby Highway 401.
The portion of I-81 in New York was originally developed as the Penn-Can Highway, one of four expressways proposed by the state in 1953. It was added to the Interstate Highway System and designated I-81 in 1957 and constructed in sections over the course of the next decade. The first segment was completed in the mid-1950s, running from Tully to the southern edge of Syracuse. The last piece opened in the late 1960s, linking Marathon to Whitney Point.
Route description
Southern Tier
I-81 crosses the New York–Pennsylvania border about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of the city of Binghamton. The freeway heads northwest from the state line, running through a valley surrounding the Susquehanna River in the town of Kirkwood. This stretch of I-81 closely parallels US 11, continuing a trend that originally began at I-81's southern terminus in eastern Tennessee. Both roads head across relatively undeveloped areas along the eastern riverbank to the outskirts of Binghamton, where I-81 merges with New York State Route 17 (NY 17; Future I-86) in an industrial area east of the city. I-81 and NY 17 overlap for five miles (8.0 km), running along the northern edge of the Binghamton suburbs before entering the city itself. About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of downtown, the freeway connects to Brandywine Highway, a limited-access road carrying NY 7 through mostly residential areas on the north side of the city.[3]
Just west of the Brandywine Highway junction, I-81 and NY 17 cross the Chenango River as they split at a
Continuing on, I-81 begins to follow the Tioughnioga River, a tributary of the Susquehanna, as it bypasses the nearby village of Lisle to the east. While US 11 runs across the base of a valley flanking the river, the freeway proceeds along the valley's eastern edge, overlooking the valley road on its way to the Broome–Cortland county line. Both routes cross the border at points just yards apart, beginning their transition from the Southern Tier region to Central New York. About two miles (3.2 km) from the county line, I-81 encounters the village of Marathon, situated inside the river valley at the junction of US 11 and NY 221. The freeway connects to the latter at an interchange just east of the village center before heading northwestward for 11 miles (18 km) across a series of moraines in another prolonged rural stretch. Along the way, I-81 passes between the Tuller Hill and Hoxie Gorge state forests, located near Messengerville on the western and eastern sides of the highway, respectively.[3]
Cortland to Syracuse
The rural, northwestward trend ends west of the village of McGraw at a junction with NY 41, the primary east–west (signed north–south) road through the community. NY 41 continues west from the exit for a short distance to meet US 11, and the two routes become concurrent for the next five miles (8.0 km). I-81, US 11, and NY 41 all head westward from this point, passing a handful of scattered businesses to reach the eastern edge of the nearby city of Cortland. While US 11 and NY 41 continue directly into the city, I-81 bypasses it to the northeast. As such, it crosses only moderately developed areas on the periphery of Cortland. The road connects to downtown Cortland by way of an exit with NY 13, a north–south route serving most of Central New York. Near the exit, the Tioughnioga River splits into two branches, with NY 13 following the east branch to the northeast and I-81 proceeding westward along the west branch.[3]
North of downtown Cortland, I-81 makes a 90-degree turn to the north, matching a similar curve in the course of the nearby river. This track brings the freeway to the suburban village of
The amount of development along the freeway slowly increases as it heads north through the county. In LaFayette, I-81 meets with US 20, one of a handful of east–west roads spanning the width of the state. Continuing on, I-81 and US 11 pass east of Onondaga Reservation, connecting once again at exit 16 before entering the city of Syracuse. At this point, the forests that had lined both roads give way to the dense residential neighborhoods that comprise the city's southern half. Roughly three miles (4.8 km) south of Downtown Syracuse, I-81 meets with I-481, an alternate route of I-81 bypassing the city to the east. I-81 itself proceeds due north toward downtown on an embankment, running alongside the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) and passing adjacent to Oakwood Cemetery. The surrounding area transitions from mostly residential to mostly commercial at the north edge of the cemetery, where I-81 passes west of the campuses of Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.[3]
Syracuse and Oswego County
West of Syracuse University, the NYSW turns west to pass under I-81. At this point, the embankment gives way to an elevated highway carrying I-81 through downtown right next to the State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY Upstate).[3] The road separates the 15th Ward on its west side from Syracuse University and the area's hospitals on its east side; it also visually hangs over the predominantly residential 15th Ward.[6] Farther north, the density of the commercial districts adjacent to the highway continue to increase as the road enters Downtown Syracuse. For roughly a half-mile (0.80 km), I-81 heads east–west, running alongside I-690 and connecting to the highway by way of a series of closely spaced ramps. Like I-81, the incomplete interchange is entirely elevated, passing over parts of several downtown blocks. Past I-690, I-81 transitions from an elevated road to a subsurface highway as it cuts across the north half of downtown and proceeds northwest past an old industrial area that was once Syracuse's Inner Harbor.[3] The elevated portion in Syracuse was expected to reach the end of its useful life in 2017 but remains in service.[7]
The cut eventually brings the freeway to the southeastern tip of Onondaga Lake, where I-81 ascends in elevation once again at a network of interchanges with NY 370 and a handful of nearby streets. The series of junctions serve Destiny USA, the area's largest mall; NBT Bank Stadium, the home of the Syracuse Mets; and the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center (RTC), Syracuse's bus and train station. I-81 subsequently passes over CSX Transportation's Mohawk Subdivision rail line, which serves the RTC. North of the rail overpass, the road finally returns to ground level as it heads northeastward through Syracuse's residential northern suburbs. In Salina, I-81 meets the New York State Thruway (I-90) at exit 25A and connects to Syracuse Hancock International Airport at exit 27. About six miles (9.7 km) north of downtown, the highway enters the village of North Syracuse, where I-481 rejoins I-81 at exit 29.[3]
While I-481 continues northwest from North Syracuse as
On the opposite riverbank, I-81 initially runs past a line of lakefront houses and cottages; however, it soon enters a large marshy area named Big Bay Swamp. The wetlands reach as far north as
North Country
Past Sandy Creek, I-81 proceeds into
The rural surroundings finally end, albeit briefly, in the vicinity of Watertown, where I-81 intersects NY 3 in a commercialized area west of downtown Watertown. All four corners of the junction contain at least one shopping plaza, and the northwestern corner features the sprawling Salmon Run Mall. The commercial development follows I-81 north to its next exit, a diamond interchange with NY 12F near Jefferson Community College. At this point, I-81 turns northeastward, running south of an industrial park and north of the college before crossing the Black River to meet NY 12 in a less developed but still commercialized area north of the city. US 11 and I-81 finally part ways at this point, with I-81 continuing north toward Canada and US 11 heading northeast to serve some of the North Country's northernmost communities.[3]
As the highway leaves the Watertown area, it passes into another area of rolling, open terrain with only pockets of development in the immediate vicinity of the road's interchanges. NY 37 largely replaces US 11 as the paralleling surface route, and the state route follows I-81 for 13 miles (21 km) to the vicinity of Theresa. West of the village, I-81 intersects NY 411, a connector between La Fargeville and NY 37. While NY 37 continues north from Theresa, I-81 turns to the northwest, crossing increasingly isolated areas of the state to reach NY 12 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River midway between Clayton and Alexandria Bay. From here, the freeway becomes a two-lane undivided road, and heads into the Thousand Islands on the first of several bridges over the St. Lawrence known collectively as the Thousand Islands Bridge.[3] The long, continuous bridge span between the U.S. mainland and Wellesley Island (one of the archipelago's largest) is one of the few remaining two-lane stretches left on the Interstate Highway System.[3]
In the Thousand Islands, I-81 becomes a four-lane freeway again and runs across the sparsely-developed Wellesley Island, initially heading northwest and connecting to a pair of county-maintained roads before turning northeast at the eastern edge of Wellesley Island State Park. The freeway turns one final time near the northern edge of the island, curving back to the northwest at exit 52, the last exit along I-81. For most of its run on Wellesley Island, I-81 runs along or close to the island's edge, permitting views of the St. Lawrence River and some of the area's other islands. Not far from exit 52, an interchange linking the freeway to a paralleling local road, I-81 crosses the International Rift on a 90-foot (27 m) bridge connecting Wellesley Island to Hill Island in Ontario, Canada, terminating at the Canadian border at the bridge's midpoint. From here, the physical road continues north as Highway 137 onto Hill Island, Constance Island, Georgina Island, and the Canadian mainland via the Canadian spans of the Thousand Islands Bridge before finally ending at a trumpet interchange with Highway 401.
History
The
In the mid-1950s, the first section of the highway was completed, connecting
I-81 was opened to traffic from the Pennsylvania state line north to NY 17 in Kirkwood in mid-1961,[18][19] and the piece linking Pamelia to the Canadian border was completed on September 29, 1965.[17] Three more sections of I-81 were finished to traffic in the mid-1960s, completing all of I-81 within the state except for the portion between NY 221 in Marathon and NY 26 in Whitney Point.[20][21] The Marathon–Whitney Point segment was completed c. 1968.[21][22] In Syracuse, part of I-81 was built on an elevated highway, intended to make travel from Downtown Syracuse to Syracuse University faster.[23]
The construction of the I-81 came with much controversy. After the freeway was completed, many neighborhoods were disrupted by the presence of the freeway. One neighborhood in particular, the 15th Ward in Syracuse, was largely replaced by the freeway. This decimated a close-knit
Future
The section of I-81 that runs through Syracuse is slowly deteriorating and is due to be reconstructed.
In early May 2011, the official process in deciding the future of I-81 was started by two entities: NYSDOT and the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC), the region's metropolitan planning organization. NYSDOT is responsible for overseeing the process and, eventually, its construction. SMTC consists of member agencies that have a stake in transportation decisions in Central New York.[28] Both parties have yet to reach a decision, but they hope to eventually reach one that is in the best interest for everyone in the greater Syracuse area. In late March 2011, SMTC and NYSDOT announced the formation of the I-81 Community Liaison Committee (CLC). The CLC is made up of representatives from 37 organizations and will give ideas and point out concerns about the future of I-81 in Syracuse.[29]
On April 22, 2019, NYSDOT selected the "community grid" alternative for reconstructing I-81 through Syracuse. Under this plan,
Although the process to remove I-81 in Syracuse has begun,[36] there has been severe backlash from both community and suburban leaders that use the viaduct.[37] The project has been halted multiple times by state judges as well.[38][39]
Exit list
All exits in New York formerly used sequential numbering. They have begun replacing the numbers with mile numbering.
County | Location[40] | mi[40][41] | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
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I-81 south – Scranton | Continuation into Pennsylvania | ||||||
3.98 | 6.41 | 1 | US 11 / NY 7 – Kirkwood, Conklin | ||||
8.08– 8.66 | 13.00– 13.94 | 2E | New York City | Southern end of Future I-86/NY 17 concurrency; temporary western terminus of I-86; exit 75 on I-86/NY 17; exit number not signed southbound | |||
2W | NY 990G | ||||||
8.90 | 14.32 | 3 | To US 11 – Industrial Park | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Binghamton | 12.17 | 19.59 | Broad Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
12.55 | 20.20 | 4A | NY 363 and Downtown Binghamton | ||||
13.05 | 21.00 | 4B | Southern Tier Expressway – Corning | Northern end of Future I-86/NY 17 concurrency; exit number not signed | |||
Dickinson | 13.72 | 22.08 | 5 | US 11 (Front Street) to I-88 east (NY 7 east) – Broome Community College | I-88 only appears on southbound signage | ||
Chenango | 14.78 | 23.79 | — | — | I-88 east (NY 7 east) – Albany | No southbound exit | |
15.83– 16.62 | 25.48– 26.75 | 6 | Nimmonsburg, Chenango Bridge | I-88 only appears on southbound signage | |||
21.62 | 34.79 | 7 | US 11 – Castle Creek | ||||
Barker | 28.99 | 46.65 | 8 | NY 26 to US 11 / NY 79 / NY 206 – Whitney Point, Lisle | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
Triangle | 30.38 | 48.89 | NY 79 to US 11 / NY 26 / NY 206 – Whitney Point, Lisle | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Cortland | Village of Marathon | 38.27 | 61.59 | 9 | 38 | US 11 / NY 221 – Marathon | |
Cortlandville | 50.02 | 80.50 | 10 | 50 | US 11 / NY 41 – Cortland, McGraw | ||
Cortland | 52.36 | 84.27 | 11 | 52 | NY 13 (Clinton Avenue) – Cortland, Ithaca | Ithaca only appears on southbound signage; access to SUNY Cortland | |
Cortlandville | 54.09 | 87.05 | 12 | 54 | US 11 / NY 281 / NY 41 – Homer, Cortland, Ithaca | NY 41, Cortland and Ithaca only appears on southbound signage | |
Preble | 62.89 | 101.21 | 13 | 63 | NY 281 – Preble | ||
Onondaga | Tully | 66.62 | 107.21 | 14 | 67 | NY 80 – Tully | |
LaFayette | 73.22 | 117.84 | 15 | 73 | US 11 / US 20 – LaFayette | US 11 only appears on northbound signage | |
Onondaga Nation Territory | |||||||
I-481 north – DeWitt | Left exit southbound | ||||||
82.48 | 132.74 | 17 | South State Street / South Salina Street / Brighton Avenue | South State Street not signed northbound; access to Carrier Dome | |||
84.07 | 135.30 | 18 | Adams Street / Harrison Street | Access to Oncenter and Syracuse University | |||
84.71 | 136.33 | — | — | Fairgrounds, Baldwinsville | No southbound access to I-690 west | ||
85.25 | 137.20 | 19 | Clinton Street / Salina Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
85.37 | 137.39 | 20 | Franklin Street / West Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
85.81 | 138.10 | 21 | Spencer Street / Catawba Street | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
86.23– 87.45 | 138.77– 140.74 | 22 | I-690 west | I-690 not signed northbound | |||
23 | Hiawatha Boulevard / Destiny USA Drive | Southbound exit only; signed as exits 23A (Hiawatha) and 23B (Destiny) | |||||
86.90 | 139.85 | 23–24 | NY 370 (Park Street / Onondoga Lake Parkway) / Hiawatha Boulevard / Old Liverpool Road – Liverpool | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 23 (NY 370 east), 24A (Old Liverpool) and 24B (NY 370 west; closed indefinitely due to truck safety issues at the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge) | |||
Salina | 88.02 | 141.65 | 25 | 7th North Street – Liverpool | |||
88.30 | 142.11 | 25A | Exit 36 on I-90 / Thruway | ||||
89.85 | 144.60 | 26 | US 11 – Mattydale | ||||
90.46 | 145.58 | 27 | Syracuse Airport | Combined with exit 28 northbound and exit 26 southbound | |||
Cicero | 91.28 | 146.90 | 28 | Taft Road – North Syracuse | |||
92.69 | 149.17 | 29 | 98 | Signed as exits 29S (south) and 29N (north); exits 9N-S on I-481/NY 481 | |||
95.11 | 153.06 | 30 | 100 | NY 31 – Cicero, Bridgeport | |||
99.08 | 159.45 | 31 | 104 | Bartel Road to US 11 – Brewerton | |||
Oneida River | 99.30 | 159.81 | Onondaga–Oswego county line | ||||
Oswego | Hastings | 102.93 | 165.65 | 32 | 108 | NY 49 – Central Square | |
Parish | 111.19 | 178.94 | 33 | 116 | NY 69 – Parish | ||
114.92 | 184.95 | 34 | 120 | NY 104 – Mexico | |||
Richland | 118.35 | 190.47 | 35 | 123 | Tinker Tavern Road to US 11 | ||
Pulaski | 121.73 | 195.91 | 36 | 127 | NY 13 – Pulaski | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
122.54 | 197.21 | Richland Road ( CR 2) – Pulaski | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
CR 15) – Sandy Creek, Lacona | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||||
128.31 | 206.49 | Salisbury Road ( CR 22A) – Sandy Creek, Lacona | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
Jefferson | Ellisburg | 130.85 | 210.58 | 38 | US 11 | ||
132.89 | 213.87 | 39 | CR 90 – Mannsville | ||||
133.65 | 215.09 | Parking area | |||||
134.74 | 216.84 | 40 | NY 193 – Ellisburg, Pierrepont Manor | ||||
Village of Adams | 140.29 | 225.77 | 41 | NY 178 – Adams, Henderson | |||
Adams | 144.41 | 232.41 | 42 | NY 177 – Smithville, Adams Center | |||
145.96 | 234.90 | 43 | US 11 – Kellogg Hill | ||||
Watertown Center | |||||||
152.67 | 245.70 | 45 | NY 3 (Arsenal Street) – Sackets Harbor | ||||
153.61 | 247.21 | 46 | NY 12F (Coffeen Street) – Airport | Access to Dexter and Cape Vincent | |||
Pamelia | 155.12 | 249.64 | 47 | NY 12 (Bradley Street) – Clayton | |||
156.23 | 251.43 | Parking area | |||||
157.72 | 253.83 | 48 | NY 342 to NY 37 / NY 3 – Black River, Carthage | ||||
158.41 | 254.94 | 48A | Exit 1 on I-781 | ||||
LaFargeville | |||||||
Alexandria | 178.14 | 286.69 | 50 | NY 12 – Alexandria Bay, Clayton | Signed as exits 50N (north) and 50S (south) | ||
St. Lawrence River (toll) | |||||||
179.74 | 289.26 | 51 | Island Road – Island State Parks | ||||
183.12 | 294.70 | 52 | Island Road – De Wolf Point | ||||
183.62 | 295.51 | Highway 137 north to Highway 401 – Kingston, Ottawa | Continuation into Ontario at the Canadian border | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
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External links
- Interstate 81 at Alps' Roads • New York Routes • Upstate New York Roads
- The I-81 Challenge website