I-90 West - Albany - New York - 4K Highway Drive
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2023
- Interstate 90 westbound through the Albany, NY Area. Includes Schenectady, NY.
Filmed: December 2022
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From Wikipedia:
Interstate 90 (I-90) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts. In the US state of New York, I-90 extends 385.48 miles (620.37 km) from the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley to the Massachusetts state line at Canaan, and is the second-longest highway in the state after New York State Route 17 (NY 17). Although most of the route is part of the tolled New York State Thruway, two non-tolled sections exist along I-90 (the first, situated outside of Buffalo, is included in the Thruway system; the second, situated in the Capital District, is not part of the Thruway system and links Albany and its eastern suburbs). Within New York, I-90 has a complete set of auxiliary Interstates, which means that there are Interstates numbered I-190 through I-990 in the state, with no gaps in between. For most of its length in New York, I-90 runs parallel to the former Erie Canal route, NY 5, US Route 20 (US 20) and the CSX Transportation railroad mainline that traverses the state.
I-90 was assigned in 1957 as part of the establishment of the Interstate Highway System. In New York, it was overlaid on the preexisting New York State Thruway from Pennsylvania to Albany, from where it would have continued to Massachusetts on a new freeway that bypassed the Berkshire Connector to the north. Ultimately, the freeway was built from the Thruway mainline in Albany to the Berkshire Connector in Schodack, and I-90 was assigned to the segment of the connector east of the proposed freeway. The Albany-Schodack freeway was completed in stages during the 1960s and 1970s and fully open by 1977.
In New York State, they made beginnings with renumbering interchanges by mileage-distance. For Interstate 90, MILE 0 needs to be at the PA line and go eastward to the MA line with MM 380 or so. Interstate 87 needs to revamp the mileposts along the Northway and have MM148 or a little higher begin where Interstate 90 meets north of Crossgate's Mall and end at Autoroute 15 with MM320 or so. The duplication of exit numbering and mile marking by sections of Interstate 87 is long overdue for a revamping. Maine did this with Interstate 95 about 20 years ago. Maine's "Clear Up the Confusion" projects worked greatly. New York needs to do the same.
Nice ride in Albany NY along interstate 90 west
It was fun checking out Maine
Is downtown Albany coming up?
I see the toll booths at I 90 and I 87 were removed. Looks like NY went all electronic tolling.
How do you know you’re in the Capital district? First tolls in hours 😂
great video should do schenectady ny next
Coming soon!
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Why are the speed limits so low 55 and 65 for a controlled access highway in relatively flat terrain and in a relatively rural/suburban setting? Comparable highway stretches in similar states have 75/80mph in country areas and 65/70 in suburban/urban centres.
NEW YORK is about money its easier to give you a ticket at 55 mph or 65 mph I drove up to Albany its takes me a hour and with in that hour in broad day light I seen 4 troopers pulled over civilians vehicles. in my county that wouldn't have happen driving on 87 north. 😂🤣😂