Interstate 490 (New York)

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Interstate 490 (abbreviated I-490) is an 37.40-mile interstate highway spur 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 Highway 390 on the western side of Rochester and Interstate 590 and New York State Highway 590 on the east side of the city (the latter is a complex interchange nickanamed the Can of Worms by locals). I-490 terminates in Victor, New York where it meets back with the New York State Thruway.

In November 2005, a significant portion of Interstate 490 was renamed the Erie Canal Expressway.

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.