Interstate 490 (New York)

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Interstate 490
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

37.40 mi^[1] (60.19 km)

Formed:

1974 (completion date)^[1]

West end:

I-90/Thruway in Bergen, NY

Major
junctions:

I-390 in Rochester, NY

I-590 in Rochester, NY

East end:

I-90/Thruway in Victor, NY

NY 488

I-495

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.

1 Route description
2 Exit list
3 Notes
4 References

[edit] 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^[2], 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.^[3] 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 canal bed 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.

[edit] Exit list

Exits are listed from west to east. Mileposts derived from ^[4] and through the usage of Rochester-area maps.

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Genesee	Le Roy	0.00		I-90/New York State Thruway - Albany, Buffalo	Western terminus. Exit 47 (I-90/Thruway).
Genesee	Le Roy	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
	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.
Ontario	Victor	37.40		I-90/New York State Thruway - Albany, Buffalo	Eastern terminus. Exit 45 (I-90/Thruway).

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

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