33-574: Interstate 781 ( I-781 ) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway north of Watertown in Jefferson County, New York . The route extends for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from an interchange with I-81 in Pamelia to the main entrance of Fort Drum in Le Ray . It also has one intermediate interchange with US Route 11 (US 11) just west of Fort Drum. I-781 is four lanes wide and serves as
66-634: 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: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity ( RAISE ) is an American federal government program administered by the United States Department of Transportation . Originally known as Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery ( TIGER ), it began as supplementary discretionary grant program included in
99-715: A result, the FHWA stipulated that the highway could only be referred to as "Future I-781" until I-781 was completed. The project received $ 724,000 (equivalent to $ 1.01 million in 2023) in funding from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) in June 2008. Another $ 1.43 million (equivalent to $ 1.94 million in 2023) was granted by USDOT in January 2010. The project had been nominated to receive $ 95 million (equivalent to $ 130 million in 2023) in funding through
132-405: A small reserve training center to a full military installation. Beginning with I-781, NYSDOT is using mileage-based exit numbering for all new Interstate Highway designations as part of the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) regulations phasing in distance-based exit numbers. Exit 1, westbound only, initially used cardinal directions N and S for access to I-81; in 2015
165-528: A state within, or a regional or metropolitan area. According to Title 23 of the United States Code , eligible projects could include improvements to interstate highways , reworking of interchanges , bridge replacements, earthquake -related improvements, relocating roads, upgrading rural collector roads , certain transit projects, passenger and freight rail transportation projects, and port infrastructure. Selected projects might improve
198-458: 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
231-560: The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) requesting that NY 781 be designated as I-781. The FHWA designated NY 781 as a future Interstate Highway corridor on April 13, 2009; however, the I-781 designation was not officially assigned at this time as per US Code an Interstate Highway designation can only be assigned to a completed highway built to Interstate Highway standards . As
264-636: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 . Initial legislation provided $ 1.5 billion for a National Surface Transportation System through September 30, 2011, "to be awarded on a competitive basis for capital investments in surface transportation projects". The program has been extended several times, and was renamed as Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development ( BUILD ) in 2018 before taking its current name in 2021. The U.S. government designed TIGER grants in order to incentivize bettering environmental problems and reducing
297-508: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) designated NY 781 as a future Interstate Highway corridor and as "Future I-781". The I-781 designation officially took effect when the highway was completed and opened to traffic on December 6, 2012. I-781 begins at I-81 exit 161, a trumpet interchange located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of exit 160 ( NY 342 ) in the town of Pamelia . It proceeds to
330-870: The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program; however, the application was rejected in February 2010. NYSDOT officials had seen the funding as a way to free up money for other projects in the area rather than funding that was necessary to construct I-781. Much of the project—projected to cost between $ 106 million and $ 113 million (equivalent to $ 145 million and $ 154 million in 2023)—was funded through several state and local sources, with at least $ 16.6 million (equivalent to $ 22.6 million in 2023) coming from NYSDOT. In April 2009, project engineers discovered that Indiana bats —an endangered species of bat —live in
363-464: The District of Columbia were selected for funding that totaled more than $ 584 million. In 2015, the seventh round of TIGER grants generated 625 applications requesting $ 9.8 billion worth of projects; of those projects, 60 were road projects, 18 percent were transit projects, and eight percent were rail projects, and port and bicycle and pedestrian projects made up six percent of the total. In 2016,
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#1732798272806396-727: The Paul Cerjan Memorial Highway in honor of Paul G. Cerjan, a US Army lieutenant general from Rome who died in April 2011. Cerjan was the Assistant Commander for Support of the 10th Mountain Division in the mid-1980s, during which time he developed and supervised a $ 1.2-billion (equivalent to $ 3.73 billion in 2023) project that expanded Fort Drum (the home base of the 10th Mountain Division) from
429-480: The United States' dependence on energy . On the economic front, the United States hopes infrastructure investment will encourage job creation , a pressing political priority; this would likely require the project to be shovel-ready . Applicants eligible to receive funding for surface transportation projects include: Qualified projects should result in "desirable, long-term outcomes" for the United States,
462-530: The area in and surrounding the proposed right-of-way of the Fort Drum Connector (I-781). As a result, several concessions were made, including clearing trees during the winter season while the bats hibernate in caves, purchasing and setting aside land to replace those lands lost during construction, and leaving trees in the 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) of land alongside the highway that would typically be cleared to serve as embankments. The last of
495-450: The bidding process for the construction of I-781 itself on April 1, 2010; however, the date was pushed back to May 6 due to the lack of an approved state budget. The state previously had plans to award the contract as early as December 2009; however, the earlier date was conditional on the allocation of enough funds for the project by that time. On July 20, NYSDOT announced that a $ 56.5-million (equivalent to $ 77.1 million in 2023) contract
528-548: The construction a new highway that would run north of NY 342 and directly connect I-81 to the main gate of Fort Drum, the construction of a new route to the south of NY 342 that would link I-81 to US 11 southwest of the post's main gate, and improving the existing NY 342. In November 2005, NYSDOT officials announced that the southern route had been chosen and that it would cost $ 64 million (equivalent to $ 96 million in 2023) to construct. However, just two months later, NYSDOT announced that they now favored
561-634: The east, roughly paralleling NY 342 as it heads toward Fort Drum . I-781 ends at an interchange with US 11 just west of Fort Drum, but the roadway continues east as Iraqi Freedom Drive, which is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) as NY 971Q up to the bridge over CSX Transportation 's rail line. The highway is four lanes wide, with two lanes for each direction. By 2003, NYSDOT had begun to evaluate potential ways to improve Fort Drum 's access to I-81 . Three alternatives were considered:
594-622: The economy of the entire country, transportation safety, and quality of life for communities. The annual grant programs from 2009 through 2017 were generally referred to as TIGER I, TIGER II, etc. though TIGER IX. The program was then renamed as BUILD for 2018, and renamed as RAISE for 2021. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced the TIGER discretionary grants program on February 4, 2009. Lana T. Hurdle, deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs, and Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy, co-chaired
627-553: The eighth round of grants awarded 40 capital projects to 32 states plus two American territories. In 2017, the ninth round of grants awarded 41 capital projects to 43 states. The program used the BUILD name for three years, awarding 91 capital projects in 49 states plus the District of Columbia in 2018, 55 capital projects across 35 states in 2019, and 70 projects across 44 states in 2020. The program has been known as RAISE since 2021, and has awarded 90 projects across 47 states plus
660-550: The funding allocations as TIGER grants, the US DOT continued to allocate these funds according to the same formula and continued to use the TIGER name. In 2013, 51 projects received TIGER funds, totaling approximately $ 458.3 million. In 2014, the US Congress appropriated $ 600 million for TIGER funds. The US DOT received 797 applications requesting more than $ 9.5 billion. Seventy-two capital and planning projects in 46 states and
693-402: The letters became A (northbound) and B (southbound). The entire route is in Jefferson County . 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
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#1732798272806726-562: 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
759-498: The northern alignment after receiving input from area residents and the US Army . According to NYSDOT Commissioner Thomas Madison, the new alignment would have less of a negative impact on future development around Fort Drum and cost $ 7 million (equivalent to $ 10.2 million in 2023) less to construct. The proposed highway was initially designated as NY 781 by NYSDOT. On February 11, 2008, NYSDOT submitted an application to
792-542: 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
825-489: 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
858-495: The principal travel corridor into and out of the post. The freeway is ceremoniously designated as the Paul Cerjan Memorial Highway in honor of Paul G. Cerjan, a late US Army lieutenant general who oversaw a $ 1.2-billion (equivalent to $ 3.73 billion in 2023) expansion of Fort Drum in the 1980s. The original designation for I-781 was New York State Route 781 ( NY 781 ). On April 13, 2009,
891-415: 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
924-516: 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
957-676: The team responsible for selecting projects and monitoring spending. Out of nearly 1,400 applications who collectively submitted $ 60 billion in applications, the Department of Transportation was only able to award $ 1.5 billion in TIGER grant funds to a just 3% of applicants—51 innovative projects. The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development , and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010 made $ 600 million available for transportation infrastructure investment. On June 30, 2011, Secretary LaHood announced that nearly $ 527 million would go towards
990-667: The third round of TIGER fund disbursal. On December 15, 2011, that $ 511 million from the TIGER grant program would fund 46 transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico . In 2012, the fourth round of TIGER funding—close to $ 500 million—went to 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia . For fiscal year 2012, Democratic districts won projects that concern ports , multimodal transport , and freight rail transport ; receiving 24% of total funds, rural areas also performed strongly. Although federal funding no longer referred to
1023-492: The three changes preserved 21 acres (8.5 ha) of forest. NYSDOT installed guardrails along the length of I-781 to make up for the narrower shoulders. The site preparation contract—which included the clearing of trees along the proposed I-781 right-of-way—was awarded to The Delaney Group on December 26, 2009. Work on this portion of the project took place from February 2010 to May 31, 2010, and cost $ 722,000 (equivalent to $ 985,036 in 2023). NYSDOT had originally planned on opening
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1056-472: 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
1089-430: Was let to Lancaster Development of Richmondville to construct the freeway. Work on the highway began the week of July 20, and a formal groundbreaking ceremony was held on August 4. Total completion of the project was originally slated for August 2012; however, it was ultimately pushed back to the end of November. The highway was opened to traffic on December 6, 2012. On July 3, 2012, I-781 was ceremoniously designated as
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