Site Navigation Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont     New York Miscellaneous Statewide Photos Interstates Interstate 88 Interstate 88 New York Shield located between Exit 7 and 8. There were about a half dozen or so Interstate 88 shields with the state name along eastbound. The first was located just east of the New York 79 interchange at Exit 6. Photo taken 07/21/00. Interstate 684 Interstate 684/New York 120 shield assembly on north New York 120 at the short access road to the Interstate. Photo taken 03/15/00. Interstate 990 North Interstate 990 New York shield between Exits 2 and 3. Another shield with New York, although badly faded, was located on southbound around the same location. Photo taken 05/27/00. U.S. Highways U.S. 2 End West U.S. 2 at Junction U.S. 11. The signs here indicate connections to two other nearby routes, New York Route 9B and New York Route 276. Notice the empty bracket for U.S. 11 north. It appears that NYSDOT has truncated U.S. 11 a slight distance from the Canadian border (about 1/2 mile to the north) to this intersection. New York Route 9B does not start here, even though the signage may lead one to assume this. Instead, the Route 9B marker should have a "TO" banner above it. Photo taken 07/22/00. End U.S. 2 shield assembly approaching junction U.S. 11. U.S. 2 has just under a mile of pavement within New York State (0.89 mile to be precise, according to Nathan Perry). Photo taken 07/22/00. U.S. 2 Lake Champlain bridge from Rouses Point to near Alburg, Vermont, facing east from New York. An older alignment of U.S. 2 is located just to the south. Photo taken 07/22/00. U.S. 9 Southbound U.S. 9 shield at signed end of U.S. 9. However, from this location northward, U.S. 9 shields continue northward to a cul-de-sac just southeast of the Interstate 87 customs facility and Canadian International Border. Photo taken 07/22/00. End North U.S. 9 shield, a half-mile south of cul-de-sac. U.S. 9 ends at Interstate 87 (which junction is in the middle ground of this photo). According to Nathan Perry, the cul-de-sac, as well as another on the west side of Interstate 87, is a secret state route. This occurs even through reference markers probably still display "9". Photo taken 07/22/00. U.S. 11 Northbound U.S. 11 at Junction U.S. 9 near Rouses Point. U.S. 11 is heading due east at this point through to a junction with New York Route 9B (depicted below). Photo taken 07/22/00. Northbound New York Route 9B ends at Junction U.S. 11 in Rouses Point. Only a mile or so north of here, U.S. 11 crosses the Canadian International Border, just beyond the western terminus of the eastern U.S. 2. Photo taken 07/22/00. Northbound U.S. 11 at Junction East U.S. 2. This intersection marks the western terminus of the eastern incarnation of U.S. 2. U.S. 2 crosses over the Rouses Point Bridge to reach the islands in the middle of Lake Champlain, and the bridge is referenced on the green shield as "VT Bridge." U.S. 11 proceeds slightly to the north towards the International border where it terminates. Photo taken 07/22/00. U.S. 20 U.S. 62/to Interstate 90 shield assembly at the junction of U.S. 20/62 via U.S. 20 westbound. This is located south of Lackawanna and Buffalo. Photo taken 05/27/00. U.S. 62 U.S. 62 and a remaining U.S. 104 shield on 2nd Avenue at U.S. 62 southbound in Niagara Falls. U.S. 104 was downgraded to New York 104 by 1972. Photo taken 05/27/00. This intersection marks the beginning of U.S. 62 along New York 104 eastbound. Photo taken 05/27/00. One block to the east of the above photo is the northern terminus. Also notice that a new U.S. 62A shield is in place at this intersection. Alternate New York 62 (62A) parallels U.S. 62 from its inception at New York 104 east for close to three miles. It was U.S. 62A at one point, but since has been downgraded. However, most shields still indicate it is U.S. 62A. Photo taken 05/27/00. U.S. 219 South end of the U.S. 219 freeway in New York. This view looks north from a park and ride located on the eastbound side of New York 39. The two hills represent the end of the roadway from where the highway would have continued south. Jersey barriers are located on southbound that shunt traffic into one lane before exiting at New York 39. The freeway plans ultimately take it to Interstate 86/New York 17 near Salamanca. However, plans for this project are far from coming to fruition. Photo taken 05/27/00. End U.S. 219 shield located at the merge of U.S. 219 north with Interstate 90. Traffic merges onto c/d lanes through the Ridge Road interchange before merging in with mainline Interstate 90/New York Thruway. Photo taken 05/27/00. Closer perspective of the end sign, taken during the afternoon of May 27, 2000. Buffalo New York 198 follows the Scajaquada Expressway north of downtown Buffalo. Overall the freeway is substandard, with no shoulders and a few at grade intersections near New York 5. The highway also cuts through a local cemetary. This signage shows button copy text for the junction with New York 384/Delaware Avenue. Photo taken 5/27/00. Ridge Road is a four-lane artery linking New York 5 and the skyway with Interstate 90 in Lackawanna (a southern suburb of Buffalo). This photo shows a four-way one-piece traffic signal assembly along westbound at Rosary Avenue. Photo taken 5/27/00. Red painted railroad truss bridge over a railroad yard as seen from westbound Ridge Road in Lackawanna. Photos taken 5/27/00. New York City Rodney Street parallels the eastbound direction of Interstate 278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) between Rev. Dr. Gardiner C. Taylor Boulevard northward to Metropolitan Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The northbound frontage street carries BQE traffic from Exit 32 northward to Metropolitan Avenue for access to the Williamsburg Bridge to the west. Depicted here are Interstate 278 trailblazers posted on Rodney Street northbound at Metropolitan Avenue for return access to the BQE. Photos taken 10/13/04. Humbolt Street northbound splits with McGuinness Boulevard at Meeker Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. McGuinness Boulevard stems northward from Interstate 278 (BQE) to the Pulaski Bridge and Long Island City in Queens as a four to six lane surface arterial. Photo taken 10/13/04. McGuinness Boulevard northbound at Freeman Street in Greenpoint. The four-lane boulevard splits into a one-way couplet below the Pulaski Bridge ahead. The Pulaski Bridge ascends to cross the Newtown Creek into Queens. McGuinness Boulevard otherwise continues five blocks to Ash Street underneath the span. Photo taken 10/13/04. Traveling northbound along the Pulaski Bridge. The span constitutes a double leaf bascule bridge that carries six lanes and pedestrian walkways. The span opened to traffic on September 10, 1954 and was reconstructed in 1994. The $40 million project entailed new approaches, superstructure, and a replacement of the electrical and mechanical systems associated with the lifting mechanisms.1 Photos taken 10/13/04. The Pulaski Bridge descends into Long Island City, Brooklyn as 11th Street. Interstate 495 emerges from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel below from Mid-Manhattan to the west. Interstate 495 trailblazers positioned at midspan advise motorists of the connections to the Long Island Expressway via New York 25A (21st Street) and New York 25 (Queens Boulevard). Visible to the northwest is the New York 25 Queensboro Bridge over the East River. Photo taken 10/13/04. Access to Interstate 495 westbound for Manhattan and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel is provided via New York 25A (21st Street) westbound via Hunters Point Avenue east from 11th Street north. 11th Street intersects Jackson Avenue ahead. Jackson Avenue becomes New York 25A en route to New York 25 (Queens Boulevard) and Long Island City. Use New York 25A east to New York 25 for the BQE (Interstate 278) and Interstate 495 east. Photo taken 10/13/04. Canal Street eastbound at West Broadway near the Soho district of Lower Manhattan. Canal Street is a busy surface route between West Street (New York 9A) and the Manhattan Bridge. The boulevard bisects the Little Italy and Chinatown communities near the Manhattan Bridge approach. Photo taken 08/09/04. The corner of Canal and Centre Streets between Little Italy and Chinatown. A small guide directs motorists bound for the Manhattan Bridge to continue southeast along Canal Street. Manhattan Bridge was once touted as Interstate 478 for its connection between the BQE (Interstate 278) and the planned Lower Manhattan Expressway (Interstate 78). Photo taken 08/09/04. Rochester Inner Loop trailblazer located on East Main Street at University Avenue approaching downtown on westbound. This section of the loop is actually not part of Interstate 490. Photo taken 5/28/00. Lake Ontario State Parkway shields on the parkway eastbound approaching New York 390. The parkway has u-turn ramps located periodically in the median, and these signs point towards one of them. Photo taken 5/28/00. During the mid 1970s U.S. 15 was truncated from the northern terminus at New York 31 in downtown Rochester to the interchange with New York 17 (now Interstate 86) near Painted Post. Old U.S. 15 was renumbered New York 15 with the segment paralleling Interstate 390 and New York 17 renumbered to New York 415. A few vestiges of U.S. 15 can still be found at the New York 415 interchange near Avoca along Interstate 390 in the form of remaining U.S. 15 shields. This photo shows the historic northern terminus of U.S. 15 and the associated end New York 15 shield. This is just to the north of Interstate 490 and the Inner Loop. Photo taken 5/28/00. To U.S. 15 shield still remaining at the junction of New York 31 and the beginning of New York 15 southbound. The to designation is a bit premature, as the actual beginning of U.S. 15 is located 75 miles to the south. Another U.S. 15 trailblazer remains one block to the north. Photo taken 5/28/00. A closer vantage point of the U.S. 15 shield in downtown Rochester. From here south New York 15 takes South Ave to Mt. Hope Avenue and a exit south of the city at Interstate 390. Photo taken 5/28/00. Livingston County/Dansville New York 36 and 63 multiplex at this intersection and continue north along Main Street. New York 36 south turns left at this intersection and heads southwest to Interstate 390. Photo taken 5/28/00. From Conesus Lake, New York 256 descends into Dansville. In the town of 5000, the route proceeds a short distance to the southern terminus at New York 63. Photo taken 5/28/00. New York 436 shield in North Dansville. New York 436 begins at New York 36 in Dansville proper. From North Dansville, New York 436 ascends and heads west to Nunda and its termination at New York 70. Photo taken 5/28/00. Beginning of County 9 from the junction with New York 436 in North Dansville. Livingston County 9 ascends for away's before reaching the community of Ossian and County 49. Photo taken 5/28/00. North end of Livingston County 49 at County 9 in Ossian. Photo taken 5/28/00. State Highways New York 5 Northbound on the skyway approaching Interstate 190 (the northern terminus of the viaduct). Photo taken 05/27/00. New York 5 Skyway as seen looking south from downtown. Weather Advisory signs are located at the ends of the bridge which close the roadway. Photo taken 05/27/00. New York 5 southbound in downtown Buffalo south of the western terminus of New York 33. Interstate 190 is located to the west and south of here. Also of interest is the one piece four-way traffic light at Washington Street. These old styles of traffic lights are still prevalent throughout Buffalo and Lackawanna. Photo taken 05/27/00. New York 33 End New York 33 shield at New York 5 in downtown Buffalo. Photo taken 05/27/00. The end of the Kensington Expressway has a unusually wide median that contains a gravel parking lot. This extra wide median is a vestige left over from when New York 33 was to be extended all the way south to Interstate 190. Thus would have given the city of Buffalo a complete Inner Loop. From this location New York 33 heads a short distance before terminating at New York 5 in the above photograph. Photo taken 05/27/00. New York 31 at eastern terminus of New York 33 west of downtown Rochester. Photo taken 05/27/00. New York 104 Old cracked U.S. 62A shield located on New York 104 west one block from the junction with the western terminus of New York 62A. The northern terminus for U.S. 62 is located just to the south of here. Photo taken 05/27/00. Western terminus of New York 104 at New York 384 and the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls. Straight ahead in this photo are the falls themselves and the Rainbow bridge. The bridge leads into Canada and carries a toll. Photo taken 5/27/00. New York 426 South New York 426 at New York 430 and Chautauqua County 1. New York 426 and 430 share a short duplex between this intersection and Findley Lake. Photo taken 10/01. East New York 430, just past the Pennsylvania state line at New York 426 near Findley Lake. New York 430 becomes Pennsylvania 430 to the west. Photo taken 10/00. Sources: 1 - Pulaski Bridge Over Newtown Creek, NYC.gov Page Updated January 26, 2005.