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49-591: Interstate 490 ( I-490 ) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves the city of Rochester, New York , in the United States. It acts as a northerly alternate route to the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ), leaving it at exit 47 in the town of Le Roy and rejoining the highway at exit 45 in the town of Victor 37.4 miles (60.2 km) to the east. I-490 connects with I-390 and New York State Route 390 (NY 390) on

98-589: A four-lane divided highway in the process. South of exit 25, I-490 traverses the southeastern suburbs of Rochester, passing close to East Rochester , Pittsford , and Bushnell's Basin and closely paralleling NY 96 on its way toward the Ontario County line. The freeway meets NY 96 twice in Perinton and a third time in the Ontario County town of Victor , where I-490 passes along

147-549: A major commercial district surrounding The Marketplace Mall and Jefferson Road ( NY 252 ). Within the district, NY 15 crosses a spur of the LAL and intersects NY 252 at a grade-separated interchange just south of the Henrietta– Brighton town line. The route exits Henrietta for Brighton, but the commercial surroundings remain until Crittenden Road, a local east–west arterial linking NY 15 to both NY 15A and

196-594: A northwesterly alignment, paralleling Conesus Creek and to a lesser extent the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL) to a junction with NY 256 on the Livonia– Geneseo town line. NY 256 merges into NY 15 here, and NY 15 takes on its linear north-northeasterly routing as it heads into the adjacent town of Avon . Just north of the town line, NY 15 passes under the LAL and comes into contact with I-390 once again, this time at exit 9. Past

245-474: A place where the highway mileage resets to zero. Beltways are also preceded by an even number in the first digit. Some examples of beltways include: New York State Route 15 From Lakeville north to the Rochester city limits, NY 15 is little more than an alternate route to I-390, which closely follows the route through northern Livingston County and southern Monroe County. South of Lakeville,

294-458: A state. There are three states that have no auxiliary Interstate Highways: Alaska, Arizona, and New Mexico. North Dakota has an auxiliary route, but it is unsigned , and Wyoming's does not meet Interstate Highway standards. Auxiliary Interstates are divided into three types: spur , loop , and bypass routes. The first digit of the three digits usually signifies whether a route is a bypass, spur, or beltway. The last two digits are derived from

343-450: Is maintained by NYSDOT; however, the section of the route that lies within the city of Rochester is locally maintained. NY 15 begins at I-390 exit 3 in the town of Wayland in northwestern Steuben County . It heads north along an overlap with NY 21 , connecting to NY 415 and passing the northwest end of the B&;H Rail Corporation 's main line on its way into

392-612: 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 saw major decorative and structural improvements in the late 2000s, travels due east through heavily residential neighborhoods before turning to

441-611: The Genesee River was the driving factor that led the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to relocate to its present location in Henrietta in 1968. 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 the new freeway. The portion of I-490 from exit 9 ( I-390 and NY 390 ) in Gates to exit 27 (NY 96) in Perinton

490-741: The Inner Loop to the recently completed New York State Thruway south of Rochester. Construction of the Eastern Expressway, a limited-access highway connecting the Inner Loop to the thruway in Victor , began in the early 1950s with the first section extending from NY 96 in Bushnell's Basin to NY 31F near East Rochester . It was completed by 1956 and originally designated as part of NY 96. An extension northwest to

539-522: The Monroe Community College campus on the latter route. North of Crittenden Road, NY 15 passes through a pocket of residential development that borders I-390 and the adjacent Erie Canal . At the northern edge of the area, NY 15 meets and crosses I-390 for the final time at exit 16. While I-390 continues northwest from here, bypassing most of Rochester, NY 15 stays true to its linear northeasterly alignment, crossing

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588-583: 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

637-410: The village of Wayland , where it becomes South Lackawanna Street. In the village center, NY 21 separates from NY 15, turning east at Naples Street at an intersection that also serves as the southern terminus of NY 63 . The route continues north alone, becoming North Lackawanna Street for its last few blocks in the village before leaving it for Livingston County . Across the county line in

686-555: The Erie Canal and entering the city's southernmost section. In this area, NY 15, now Mount Hope Avenue, serves the Monroe County offices and meets NY 15A at East Henrietta Road, completing the eastern alternate loop of NY 15. One long block to the north is Elmwood Avenue (formerly NY 47 ), which crosses NY 15 at the southeastern corner of Mount Hope Cemetery . The route continues on, running along

735-637: The Genesee River. I-490 crosses both the river and NY 383 by way of the Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge and connects to NY 15 before leaving the Inner Loop and turning south and east to follow the former pathway of the Erie Canal and the Rochester subway through the east side of the city. Along this stretch, I-490 connects to NY 31 (now part of Monroe Avenue) and passes north of Cobbs Hill Reservoir and

784-743: The Southern Tier Expressway instead of modern NY 417 . The portion of the Genesee Expressway ( I-390 ) from Avoca to Wayland opened to traffic in the mid-1970s. Although signage for NY 15 existed on NY 17 and I-390, no such overlap existed in reality as the southern terminus of NY 15 was defined as I-390 in Wayland by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) as early as 1977. In 2009, NYSDOT elected to remove

833-423: The area. Here, NY 15 takes part in its third and final concurrency as NY 253 joins NY 15 for one mile (1.6 km) across the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ) to Lehigh Station Road, which NY 253 follows eastward toward Pittsford . NY 15, meanwhile, continues on a northeasterly line toward Rochester, passing by the studios of local television stations, WHAM and WUHF , prior to entering

882-571: The area. The ones in Victor, west of the thruway interchange, were closed on November 1, 1990, for the winter as a temporary cost-saving measure. The New York State Department of Transportation decided in June ;1991 to make these closures permanent to save on costs. The planned construction of the Inner Loop (now part of I-490) through the Corn Hill district of Downtown Rochester just west of

931-419: The city in the early 1910s called for a highway to be built in the old canal bed; however, subsequent proposals leaned toward repurposing the bed as a rapid transit system instead. The Rochester subway , as it became known, began operation in 1927. As ridership on the line declined in the 1940s and early 1950s, the city elected to shut the subway down in 1956 and use the right-of-way for a new highway connecting

980-519: The east side of the cemetery and the west side of Highland Park as it crosses into a predominately residential section of Rochester known as the South Wedge. NY 15 finally breaks from the linear alignment it had followed since southern Henrietta and gradually gets closer to the nearby Genesee River as it heads northward through the neighborhood; however, it makes a sharp turn to the east just south of downtown Rochester to meet South Avenue in

1029-544: The east–west US 20A through the village. Here, NY 15 turns west onto Main Street, joining US 20A on a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) overlap along Main Street and Big Tree Road that takes both routes into the adjacent hamlet of Lakeville , located at the northern tip of Conesus Lake . The two routes split in the center of the community, where US 20A continues west towards Buffalo while NY 15 turns north towards Rochester . The route heads away from Lakeville on

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1078-415: The exit is the Henrietta town line, at which point the route begins to pass through gradually more developed areas as it enters the outer suburbs of Rochester. In West Henrietta , the last hamlet of consequence along the highway, NY 15 crosses Erie Station Road, formerly part of NY 253 . Just north of the community is a junction with Thruway Park Drive, the current routing of NY 253 through

1127-498: The exit, I-390 turns to the north, following NY 15 as both routes cross 2 miles (3.2 km) of open, sparsely developed areas on their way to the hamlet of East Avon , centered on NY 15's junction with US 20 and NY 5 . Outside of East Avon, the two highways continue to follow parallel alignments for another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Monroe County line. Now in the town of Rush , NY 15 takes on

1176-677: The freeway west of Rochester was opened to traffic as far west as NY 36 near Churchville c.  1965 and finished by 1968. 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. I-490 formerly had two sets of rest areas , one in Victor and one in Churchville. The Churchville pair, located east of exit 3, were closed on July 18, 1990, after numerous complaints about sexual activity in

1225-488: The hills of the Southern Tier to the town of Conesus . At the hamlet of Conesus, NY 15 connects to County Route 71 (CR 71), formerly designated as NY 255 . Past Conesus, the route continues northward across rolling, rural terrain to the village of Livonia , located in the town of the same name . NY 15 veers northeastward as Commercial Street for three blocks to Main Street, which carries

1274-562: The main Interstate Highway. For instance, I-115 contains an odd number in the first digit (1), which indicates that this freeway is a spur. The last two digits signify the highway's origin. In this case, the "15" in I-115 shows that it is a supplement to I-15 . Exceptions to the standard numbering guidelines exist for a number of reasons. In some cases, original routes were changed, extended, or abandoned, leaving discrepancies in

1323-401: The name West Henrietta Road, which it keeps until the Rochester city line 12 miles (19 km) to the north. The route remains close to I-390 throughout most of southern Monroe County, crossing over the expressway and Honeoye Creek before connecting to I-390 at exit 11, an exit serving both NY 15 and NY 251 , which intersect a short distance east of the interchange. Not far from

1372-592: The north end of NY 15 on South Clinton Avenue to East Broad Street, onto which it turns west. Southbound NY 15, meanwhile, begins one block to the west at the intersection of South Avenue and Woodbury Boulevard (where eastbound NY 31 makes a left turn). NY 15 follows South Avenue, as well as a number of ramps traversing the Inner Loop and I-490, to the intersection of Mount Hope Avenue and Byron Street, where it joins northbound NY 15 on Mount Hope Avenue. The highway connecting Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania , to Rochester by way of Springwater and Avon

1421-542: The parent route at one end; bypasses , which connect to the parent route at both ends; and beltways , which form a circle that intersects the parent route at two locations. Some routes connect to the parent route at one end but to another route at the other end; some states treat these as spurs while others treat them as bypasses. Like the primary Interstate Highways , auxiliary highways meet Interstate Highway standards (with rare exceptions ). The shorter auxiliary routes branch from primary routes; their numbers are based on

1470-489: The parent route's number. All of the supplement routes for Interstate 95 (I-95) are designated with a three-digit number ending in "95": I-x95. With some exceptions, spur routes are numbered with an odd hundreds digit (such as I-395 ), while bypasses and beltways are numbered with an even hundreds digit (such as I-695 ). Because longer Interstates may have many such supplemental routes, the numbers can repeat from state to state along their route, but they will not repeat within

1519-504: The present site of the Can of Worms was opened to traffic by the following year. The expressway remained part of NY 96 until c.  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

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1568-446: The route is a regionally important highway that serves the villages of Livonia and Wayland and the hamlets of Conesus and Springwater . It crosses US 20 and NY 5 near Avon and overlaps with US 20A between Livonia and Lakeville. NY 15A , an easterly alternate route of NY 15, parallels its parent from Springwater north to Rochester. All of NY 15 was originally part of US 15. In 1974, US 15

1617-415: The same Interstate, some states treat these as bypasses while others treat these as spurs—see Spur route above. A beltway (also known as a loop route ) completely surrounds a metropolitan city, and it is often connected with multiple junctions to other routes. Unlike other auxiliary Interstate Highways (and by extension, all primary Interstate Highways ), beltways do not have termini; however, they have

1666-663: The shadow of I-490 and the Inner Loop . Mount Hope Avenue ends here while NY 15 continues east onto Byron Street, a one-block connector between South and South Clinton Avenues. At its east end, NY 15 turns north onto a unidirectional section of Clinton Avenue, passing over I-490 and the Inner Loop before reaching its northern terminus at the intersection of South Clinton Avenue and Woodbury Boulevard ( NY 31 ) in downtown Rochester. Most of southeastern downtown Rochester's major streets are one-way, resulting in split routings for both NY 15 and NY 31 as they pass through downtown. Westbound NY 31 continues north from

1715-455: The southeast near Innovative Field and a junction with the Inner Loop at exit 13. Just west of this point, I-490 passes over West Broad Street ( NY 31 ) and close to the former Rochester terminal of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway , which now houses Nick Tahou Hots . I-490 now becomes part of the Inner Loop as it passes just south of the city center and heads toward

1764-606: The surrounding Cobbs Hill Park. 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 ,

1813-516: The system. In other cases, it may not be possible to use the proper number because the limited set of available numbers has been exhausted, causing a "non-standard" number to be used. A spur route 's number usually has an odd number for its first digit. It is usually one of the following: Examples include: Sometimes, a three-digit Interstate Highway branches off from another three-digit Interstate Highway. These spurs do not connect directly with their parent highways, but are associated with them via

1862-472: The three-digit highways they do intersect with. Examples include: A bypass route may traverse around a city, or may run through it with the mainline bypassing. In a typical 3-digit Interstate Highway, bypasses usually have both its two termini junctioned with another Interstate highway. Bypass routes are preceded by an even number in the first digit. Examples include: In the case of an auxiliary Interstate highway which has both ends at Interstates but not

1911-448: The town of Springwater , NY 15 proceeds through more open areas as it heads generally northward into a valley containing the hamlet of Springwater, also officially known as Springwater Hamlet, built up around NY 15's junction with NY 15A . While NY 15A heads due north from Springwater toward Hemlock Lake , NY 15 leaves Springwater to the west, climbing out of the valley and snaking its way northwestward through

1960-486: The western fringe of Eastview Mall . I-490 ends a short distance southeast of the third NY 96 interchange at Thruway exit 45. 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 . After the canal was rerouted to bypass Rochester in 1920, the former canal bed was purchased by the city for roughly $ 1.5 million (equivalent to $ 17.3 million in 2023). Plans drawn up by

2009-479: The western side of Rochester and I-590 and NY 590 on the east side of the city at an interchange known as the Can of Worms . The highway comprises the southernmost portion of the Inner Loop , a beltway around the interior of Rochester. Outside the city, I-490 serves several suburban villages, such as Churchville and Pittsford . The eastern half of the freeway, named the Eastern Expressway ,

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2058-520: Was built in stages from the 1950s to the 1970s as a connector between the Inner Loop and the thruway, and the section west of the Inner Loop and Downtown Rochester to I-90 in Le Roy is known as the Western Expressway . From Downtown Rochester to the Can of Worms, it follows the former right-of-way of the Rochester subway and, before it, the Erie Canal . The section west of the Inner Loop

2107-503: Was ceremoniously designated as the "Erie Canal Expressway" by the New York State Legislature on August 16, 2005. Auxiliary Interstate Highway Auxiliary Interstate Highways (also called three-digit Interstate Highways ) are a subset of highways within the United States' Interstate Highway System . The 323 auxiliary routes generally fall into three types: spur routes , which connect to or intersect

2156-495: Was completed by 1971, and the entirety of the highway through Steuben County was completed c.  1973 . US 15 left the expressway at exit 38 in Bath to rejoin its original alignment. In 1974, US 15 was truncated southward to Painted Post and the portion of its former routing north of Painted Post was redesignated as NY 15. Around the same time, NY 17 was realigned between Olean and Corning to use

2205-453: Was completed in the old subway cut by this time, while the segment between Winton Road and the Can of Worms was opened c.  1963 . Work on the portion of I-490 west of the Inner Loop began c.  1962 and initially extended from NY 259 in Chili to Mount Read Boulevard two miles (3.2 km) west of downtown. This section was completed by the following year. The remainder of

2254-547: Was extended northward to Rochester by the following year, supplanting NY 2. Construction began in the 1960s on the portion of the Southern Tier Expressway in Steuben County . The section from Painted Post to Campbell opened in the mid-1960s as a realignment of US 15. The former surface routing of US 15 was redesignated as NY 415 . An extension of the expressway to Savona

2303-454: Was mostly built during the 1960s and completed in the early 1970s. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the portion of the Eastern Expressway from what is now the Can of Worms east to Bushnell's Basin was originally designated as part of NY 96 . That route was moved back onto its parallel surface routing c.  1961 when I-490 was assigned to the entirety of the then-proposed Le Roy–Victor freeway. Heading northeast from exit 47 of

2352-579: Was originally designated as NY 4 when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924. NY 4 was renumbered to NY 2 in 1927 to avoid numerical duplication with the new US 4 in the Glens Falls area. At the Pennsylvania state line , NY 2 connected to US 111 . US 111 was replaced by an extended US 15 c.  1938 . US 15

2401-576: Was truncated to Painted Post and its continuation to Rochester was designated NY 15. For some time afterward, NY 15 was signed as a direct continuation of US 15; that is, it began in Painted Post and had overlaps with NY 17 and I-390 to Wayland. Officially, however, the route began overlapped with NY 21 south of Wayland, and in 2009 the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) made plans to remove all signage for NY 15 on I-86 and I-390. Most of NY 15

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