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Revision as of 21:40, 27 April 2007

Template:Infobox Interstate Interstate 490 (abbreviated I-490) is an 37.40-mile interstate highway loop route that serves the City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York. The western terminus is located in the town of Le Roy, New York at Interstate 90, also known as the New York State Thruway. It intersects with Interstate 390 and New York State Route 390 on the western side of Rochester and Interstate 590 and New York State Route 590 on the east side of the city (the latter is a complex interchange nickanamed the Can of Worms by locals describing the interchange prior to its reconstruction from 1988 to 1991). I-490 terminates in Victor, New York where it meets back with the New York State Thruway.

Route description

Heading northeast from the Thruway, I-490 passes through rural western Monroe County, skirting the towns of Bergen and Churchville. Gradually, the expressway takes a more easterly alignment near exit 3 before returning to the northeast at exit 4. At exit 6, I-490 intersects the Airport Expressway (NY 204). Past this interchange, I-490 heads due north, interchanging with NY 33 and NY 531 before returning east. Prior to crossing the Erie Canal, I-490 interchanges with NY 390 and I-390 as I-490 enters the city of Rochester.

Between the Mount Read Blvd. interchange at exit 10 and the Genesee River, I-490 is referred to as the "Western Gateway". This section, which has seen major decorative as well as structural improvements in recent years[1], travels due east through heavily residential neighborhoods before turning to the southeast near Frontier Field and the junction with the Inner Loop at exit 13. I-490 now becomes part of the Inner Loop as it passes just south of the city center and heads toward the Genesee River. Currently, movement along I-490 between South Plymouth Avenue and North Clinton Avenue (NY 15) is restricted due to the replacement of the existing Troup-Howell Bridge over the Genesee with a new triple-arch bridge.[2] Past the construction zone, I-490 turns south into the former pathway of the Erie Canal and the Rochester Subway through the east side of the city.

I-490 continues to run in the former bed until exit 21, when I-490 continues east past NY 590 and I-590, the latter of which runs in the former Erie Canal route through the eastern suburbs. Between exits 21 and 24, I-490 parallels the CSX Rochester Subdivision rail line, intersecting NY 441, a limited-access highway in the process. South of exit 25, I-490 runs through the eastern suburbs of Rochester, passing close to East Rochester, Pittsford and Bushnell's Basin before intersecting NY 96 three times and passing Eastview Mall as it approaches its eastern terminus at the Thruway in Ontario County.

Legal Definition

The route of I-490 is defined as Interstate Route Connection 580 in New York Highway Code § 340-a.

Exit list

Exits are listed from west to east. Mileposts derived from [3] and through the usage of Rochester-area maps.

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Genesee Le Roy 0.00   File:NYS Thruway Sign.gif I-90/New York State Thruway - Albany, Buffalo Western terminus.
Exit 47 (I-90/Thruway).
0.19 1 NY 19 - Le Roy, Bergen, Brockport  
Genesee-Monroe County line 3.38 2 NY 33 via NY 33A - Bergen, Batavia  
Monroe Riga 6.35 3 NY 36 - Churchville  
Chili 10.78 4 NY 259 - North Chili, West Chili  
14.09 5 NY 386 - Chili Center  
Gates 15.78 6 NY 204 - Airport  
16.58 7A-B NY 33 - Gates Center Eastbound also contains shields for NY 531.
17.17 8 NY 531 - Spencerport, Brockport Westbound only.
19.02 9A-B NY 390/ I-390 - Greece, Airport Exits 20A-B (I-390/NY 390).
Rochester 20.17 10 Mount Read Blvd. Eastbound exit separated into A and B exits.
20.95 11 Ames Street (South), Child Street (North)  
21.85 12 Broad Street, Brown Street - Frontier Field Eastbound only.
22.25 13 Inner Loop - Amtrak Station Western terminus of duplex.
22.76 14 Broad Street, Plymouth Avenue - Frontier Field Westbound only.
22.94 15 Inner Loop/ NY 15 via South Avenue Eastbound only.
Eastern terminus of I-490/Inner Loop duplex.
23.42 16 Clinton Avenue - Downtown Rochester Westbound only.
23.92 17 Goodman Street Westbound: To Inner Loop.
24.37 18 NY 31 (Monroe Avenue)  
24.91 19 Culver Road  
25.91 20 Winton Road Westbound exit also lists University Avenue, the street the westbound exit uses to access Winton Road.
Brighton 26.44 21 NY 590/ I-590 Can of Worms.
Exit 5 (I-590/NY 590).
27.03 22 Penfield Road Former NY 441. Eastbound only.
27.82 23 NY 441 (Linden Avenue) - Penfield  
Pittsford 29.14 24 East Rochester Exit ramp becomes West Commercial Street in East Rochester. Eastbound only.
29.55 25 NY 31F - Fairport Westbound signs also list East Rochester.
32.13 26 NY 31 - Pittsford, Palmyra  
33.76 27 NY 96 - Bushnell's Basin  
35.05 28 NY 96 - Eastview Mall Eastbound only.
Ontario Victor 37.00 29 NY 96 - Victor, Eastview Mall Westbound only.
37.40   File:NYS Thruway Sign.gif I-90/New York State Thruway - Albany, Buffalo Eastern terminus.
Exit 45 (I-90/Thruway).

Notes

  • In November 2005, a significant portion of Interstate 490 was renamed the Erie Canal Expressway.
  • Interstate 490 comprises the southern half of the Rochester Inner Loop, a beltway around the interior of Rochester.
  • I-490 west of the Inner Loop in downtown Rochester is also known as the Dutchtown Expressway, a name given to the freeway by the locals to describe the area's original immigrant settlers.
  • I-490 east of the Inner Loop in downtown Rochester is also known as the Eastern Expressway, a name given to the freeway upon its construction in the former Rochester Subway bed in 1957.

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