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==History==
==History==
The portion of I-490 from exit 15 southeast to the [[Can of Worms (interchange)|Can of Worms]] follows the original path of the [[Erie Canal]] through the city of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]].{{fact}} After the canal was rerouted to bypass Rochester in 1908, the former canal bed was purchased by the city and converted into the [[Rochester Subway]], which operated from 1927 to 1956.{{fact}} Following the subway's demise, the portion of the right-of-way east of South Avenue was sold to the state of [[New York]] for the planned Eastern Expressway, a [[limited-access highway]] connecting downtown Rochester to the recently-completed [[New York State Thruway]] in [[Victor (town), New York|Victor]].{{fact}}
The portion of I-490 from exit 15 southeast to the [[Can of Worms (interchange)|Can of Worms]] follows the original path of the [[Erie Canal]] through the city of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} After the canal was rerouted to bypass Rochester in 1908, the former canal bed was purchased by the city and converted into the [[Rochester Subway]], which operated from 1927 to 1956.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Following the subway's demise, the portion of the right-of-way east of South Avenue was sold to the state of [[New York]] for the planned Eastern Expressway, a [[limited-access highway]] connecting downtown Rochester to the recently-completed [[New York State Thruway]] in [[Victor (town), New York|Victor]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}


Construction of the Eastern Expressway began in the early 1950s with the first section extending from [[New York State Route 96|NY&nbsp;96]] in [[Bushnell's Basin, New York|Bushnell's Basin]] to [[New York State Route 31F|NY&nbsp;31F]] near [[East Rochester, New York|East Rochester]].<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1952}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1955–56 |year=1954}}</ref> It was completed by 1956 and originally designated as part of NY&nbsp;96.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1957 |year=1956}}</ref> An extension northwest to the present site of the Can of Worms was opened to traffic by the following year.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Including Long Island |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1957}}</ref> The expressway remained part of NY&nbsp;96 until ca. 1961 when it was designated as part of I-490, a proposed route extending westward through downtown Rochester and southwestward through the western suburbs to Thruway exit&nbsp;47 in [[Le Roy (town), New York|Le Roy]]. The portion of the highway between the [[Inner Loop (Rochester)|Inner Loop]] and Winton Road was completed in the old subway cut by this time,<ref name="1960map">{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1960}}</ref><ref name="1961map">{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}}</ref> while the segment between Winton Road and the Can of Worms was opened ca. 1963.<ref name="1962map">{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref><ref name="1963map">{{cite map |title=New York Happy Motoring Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1963 |edition=1963}}</ref>
Construction of the Eastern Expressway began in the early 1950s with the first section extending from [[New York State Route 96|NY&nbsp;96]] in [[Bushnell's Basin, New York|Bushnell's Basin]] to [[New York State Route 31F|NY&nbsp;31F]] near [[East Rochester, New York|East Rochester]].<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1952}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1955–56 |year=1954}}</ref> It was completed by 1956 and originally designated as part of NY&nbsp;96.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |edition=1957 |year=1956}}</ref> An extension northwest to the present site of the Can of Worms was opened to traffic by the following year.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York Including Long Island |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1957}}</ref> The expressway remained part of NY&nbsp;96 until ca. 1961 when it was designated as part of I-490, a proposed route extending westward through downtown Rochester and southwestward through the western suburbs to Thruway exit&nbsp;47 in [[Le Roy (town), New York|Le Roy]]. The portion of the highway between the [[Inner Loop (Rochester)|Inner Loop]] and Winton Road was completed in the old subway cut by this time,<ref name="1960map">{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1960}}</ref><ref name="1961map">{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sunoco]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1961 |edition=1961–62}}</ref> while the segment between Winton Road and the Can of Worms was opened ca. 1963.<ref name="1962map">{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref><ref name="1963map">{{cite map |title=New York Happy Motoring Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1963 |edition=1963}}</ref>


West of the Inner Loop, I-490 was known as the Dutchtown Expressway, a name given to the freeway by the locals to describe the area's original immigrant settlers.{{fact}} Work on this portion of the highway began ca. 1962 and initially extended from [[New York State Route 259|NY&nbsp;259]] in [[Chili, New York|Chili]] to Mount Read Boulevard.<ref name="1961map" /><ref name="1962map" /> This section was completed by the following year.<ref name="1963map" /> The remainder of the freeway west of Rochester was opened to traffic as far west as [[New York State Route 36|NY&nbsp;36]] near [[Churchville, New York|Churchville]] ca. 1965<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1964 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1965}}</ref> and finished by 1968.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1968 |edition=1969–70 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref> The last two gaps in the freeway—from Mount Read Boulevard east to the Inner Loop in Rochester and from Bushnell's Basin southeast to the Thruway in [[Pittsford (town), New York|Pittsford]] and Victor—were filled in the early 1970s.<ref name="1969map">{{cite map |title=New York State Highways |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Commerce]] |year=1969 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref><ref name="1971map">{{cite map |title=New York Thruway |publisher=[[New York State Thruway Authority]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1971}}</ref>
West of the Inner Loop, I-490 was known as the Dutchtown Expressway, a name given to the freeway by the locals to describe the area's original immigrant settlers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Work on this portion of the highway began ca. 1962 and initially extended from [[New York State Route 259|NY&nbsp;259]] in [[Chili, New York|Chili]] to Mount Read Boulevard.<ref name="1961map" /><ref name="1962map" /> This section was completed by the following year.<ref name="1963map" /> The remainder of the freeway west of Rochester was opened to traffic as far west as [[New York State Route 36|NY&nbsp;36]] near [[Churchville, New York|Churchville]] ca. 1965<ref>{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |year=1964 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1965}}</ref> and finished by 1968.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1968 |edition=1969–70 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref> The last two gaps in the freeway—from Mount Read Boulevard east to the Inner Loop in Rochester and from Bushnell's Basin southeast to the Thruway in [[Pittsford (town), New York|Pittsford]] and Victor—were filled in the early 1970s.<ref name="1969map">{{cite map |title=New York State Highways |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Commerce]] |year=1969 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref><ref name="1971map">{{cite map |title=New York Thruway |publisher=[[New York State Thruway Authority]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1971}}</ref>


The planned construction of I-490 through the Corn Hill district of downtown Rochester just west of the [[Genesee River]] was the driving factor that led the [[Rochester Institute of Technology]] (RIT) to relocate to its present location in [[Henrietta, New York|Henrietta]] in the mid-to-late 1960s.{{fact}} The plan called for the demolition of a number of RIT buildings, and would have resulted in splitting the campus into two halves separated by I-490.{{fact}} The portion of I-490 from exit&nbsp;9 (I-390 and NY&nbsp;390) in Gates to exit&nbsp;27 (NY&nbsp;96) in Perinton was ceremoniously designated as the "Erie Canal Expressway" by the [[New York State Legislature]] on August&nbsp;16, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi |title=Bill Status Search by Bill Number (A2582, 2005) |publisher=[[New York State Legislature]] |accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>
The planned construction of I-490 through the Corn Hill district of downtown Rochester just west of the [[Genesee River]] was the driving factor that led the [[Rochester Institute of Technology]] (RIT) to relocate to its present location in [[Henrietta, New York|Henrietta]] in the mid-to-late 1960s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The plan called for the demolition of a number of RIT buildings, and would have resulted in splitting the campus into two halves separated by I-490.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The portion of I-490 from exit&nbsp;9 (I-390 and NY&nbsp;390) in Gates to exit&nbsp;27 (NY&nbsp;96) in Perinton was ceremoniously designated as the "Erie Canal Expressway" by the [[New York State Legislature]] on August&nbsp;16, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi |title=Bill Status Search by Bill Number (A2582, 2005) |publisher=[[New York State Legislature]] |accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>


==Exit list==
==Exit list==

Revision as of 05:37, 17 July 2010

Interstate 490 marker

Interstate 490

Map of New York with I-490 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length37.40 mi[1] (60.19 km)
Existedca. 1961[2][3]–present
HistoryCompleted early 1970s[4][5]
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-90 / New York Thruway in Le Roy
Major intersections I-390 / NY 390 in Gates
I-590 / NY 590 in Rochester
East end I-90 / New York Thruway in Victor
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Highway system
← NY 488→ I-495

Interstate 490 (I-490) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves the city of Rochester, New York, in the United States. It extends for 37.40 miles (60.19 km) from its western terminus at exit 47 of the New York State Thruway (I-90) in the town of Le Roy to its eastern terminus at exit 45 of the Thruway in the town of Victor. I-490 interchanges with I-390 and NY 390 on the western side of Rochester and I-590 and NY 590 on the east side of the city. The highway comprises the southernmost portion of the Inner Loop, a beltway around the interior of Rochester.

Route description

I-490 eastbound west of Downtown Rochester in the final stages of the Western Gateway project

Heading northeast from exit 47 of the New York State Thruway (I-90), I-490 passes through rural portions of eastern Genesee County and western Monroe County, skirting the villages 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, connecting to NY 33 and NY 531 before returning east. Prior to crossing the Erie Canal, I-490 meets NY 390 and I-390. Beyond the junction lies the canal and the city of Rochester.

Between the Mount Read Boulevard 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,[6] 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. Just west of this point, I-490 passes over what had been the south end of Oak Street and close to the former terminal of the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway, now Nick Tahou Hots.

I-490 now becomes part of the Inner Loop as it passes just south of the city center and heads toward the Genesee River. I-490 crosses both the river and NY 383 by way of the Frederick Douglass – Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge before turning southeast into the former pathway of the Erie Canal and the Rochester Subway through the east side of the city.

I-490 westbound at the Can of Worms

I-490 continues to run in the former bed until exit 21, where I-490 connects to NY 590 and I-590 at an interchange known locally as the Can of Worms. At this point, the former Erie Canal route (now part of I-590) curves southward while I-490 continues eastward into the eastern suburbs of Rochester. Between exits 21 and 24, I-490 parallels the CSX Transportation-owned Rochester Subdivision rail line, intersecting NY 441, a limited-access highway in the process. South of exit 25, I-490 runs through the southeastern 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 Thruway exit 47 in the Ontario County town of Victor.

History

The portion of I-490 from exit 15 southeast to the Can of Worms follows the original path of the Erie Canal through the city of Rochester.[citation needed] After the canal was rerouted to bypass Rochester in 1908, the former canal bed was purchased by the city and converted into the Rochester Subway, which operated from 1927 to 1956.[citation needed] Following the subway's demise, the portion of the right-of-way east of South Avenue was sold to the state of New York for the planned Eastern Expressway, a limited-access highway connecting downtown Rochester to the recently-completed New York State Thruway in Victor.[citation needed]

Construction of the Eastern Expressway began in the early 1950s with the first section extending from NY 96 in Bushnell's Basin to NY 31F near East Rochester.[7][8] It was completed by 1956 and originally designated as part of NY 96.[9] An extension northwest to the present site of the Can of Worms was opened to traffic by the following year.[10] The expressway remained part of NY 96 until ca. 1961 when it was designated as part of I-490, a proposed route extending westward through downtown Rochester and southwestward through the western suburbs to Thruway exit 47 in Le Roy. The portion of the highway between the Inner Loop and Winton Road was completed in the old subway cut by this time,[2][3] while the segment between Winton Road and the Can of Worms was opened ca. 1963.[11][12]

West of the Inner Loop, I-490 was known as the Dutchtown Expressway, a name given to the freeway by the locals to describe the area's original immigrant settlers.[citation needed] Work on this portion of the highway began ca. 1962 and initially extended from NY 259 in Chili to Mount Read Boulevard.[3][11] This section was completed by the following year.[12] The remainder of the freeway west of Rochester was opened to traffic as far west as NY 36 near Churchville ca. 1965[13][14] and finished by 1968.[15] The last two gaps in the freeway—from Mount Read Boulevard east to the Inner Loop in Rochester and from Bushnell's Basin southeast to the Thruway in Pittsford and Victor—were filled in the early 1970s.[4][5]

The planned construction of I-490 through the Corn Hill district of downtown Rochester just west of the Genesee River was the driving factor that led the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to relocate to its present location in Henrietta in the mid-to-late 1960s.[citation needed] The plan called for the demolition of a number of RIT buildings, and would have resulted in splitting the campus into two halves separated by I-490.[citation needed] The portion of I-490 from exit 9 (I-390 and NY 390) in Gates to exit 27 (NY 96) in Perinton was ceremoniously designated as the "Erie Canal Expressway" by the New York State Legislature on August 16, 2005.[16]

Exit list

County Location Mile[1] Exit Destinations Notes
Genesee Le Roy 0.00 I-90 / New York Thruway – Albany, Buffalo
0.19 1 NY 19 – Le Roy, Bergen
3.38 2 NY 33 / 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 east – Airport
16.58 7A-B NY 33 – Gates Center To NY 531 (eastbound)
17.17 8
NY 531 west – Spencerport, Brockport 		Westbound exit only
19.02 9A-B I-390 / NY 390 – Greece, Airport
Rochester 20.17 10A-B Mount Read Boulevard Single exit 10 westbound
20.95 11 Ames Street / Child Street
21.85 12 Broad Street / Brown Street – Frontier Field Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
22.25 13 Inner Loop clockwise – Amtrak Station Inner Loop joins eastbound and leaves westbound
22.76 14 Broad Street / Plymouth Avenue – Frontier Field Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
22.94 15 Inner Loop counterclockwise / NY 15Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated No access to Inner Loop counterclockwise from I-490 west; Inner Loop leaves eastbound and joins westbound
23.42 16 Clinton Avenue – Downtown Rochester Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
23.92 17 Goodman Street To Inner Loop CCW (westbound)
24.37 18 NY 31 (Monroe Avenue)
24.91 19 Culver Road
25.91 20 Winton Road Westbound connection made via University Avenue
Brighton 26.44 21 I-590 / NY 590 Can of Worms
27.03 22 Penfield Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former routing of NY 441
27.82 23 NY 441 (Linden Avenue) – Penfield
Pittsford 29.14 24 East Rochester (NY 940U) No westbound exit
29.55 25 NY 31F – Fairport To East Rochester (westbound)
32.13 26 NY 31 – Pittsford, Palmyra
33.76 27 NY 96 – Bushnell's Basin
35.05 28 NY 96 To Eastview Mall; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Ontario Victor 37.00 29 NY 96 – Victor To Eastview Mall
37.40 I-90 / New York Thruway – Albany, Buffalo

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 238–239. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^ a b New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Gulf Oil Company. 1960.
  3. ^ a b c New York and Metropolitan New York (Map) (1961–62 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1961.
  4. ^ a b New York State Highways (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Commerce. 1969.
  5. ^ a b New York Thruway (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. New York State Thruway Authority. 1971.
  6. ^ "490 Gateway Project". New York State Department of Transportation. April 6, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  7. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  8. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  9. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
  10. ^ New York Including Long Island (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Company. Sunoco. 1957.
  11. ^ a b New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map) (1962 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
  12. ^ a b New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
  13. ^ New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1964.
  14. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Mobil. 1965.
  15. ^ New York (Map) (1969–70 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1968.
  16. ^ "Bill Status Search by Bill Number (A2582, 2005)". New York State Legislature. Retrieved July 16, 2010.

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