Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York)
- Interstate 86 was once assigned to what is now Interstate 84 east of East Hartford, Connecticut.
Template:Infobox Interstate Interstate 86 (I-86) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. Known as the Southern Tier Expressway and Quickway (split by Interstate 81 at Binghamton, New York), the route will connect Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania, with Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) near Harriman, New York. As of October 2006, it runs east from I-90 to New York State Route 14 in Horseheads (near Elmira). In September 2006, a 9.9 mile section of New York State Route 17 just east of Binghamton (between Exits 75 and 79) was designated as I-86, bringing the total length of highway designated as I-86 to 195 miles (with only 186 miles remaining to be designated).[1] Once completed, I-86 will stretch 388 miles (624 km) across the Southern Tier of New York from I-90 to I-87,[2] shorter than the 460 miles (740 km) along the flatter New York State Thruway to the north. NY-17 will then be essentially a north-south extension of a New Jersey route with the same number, terminating in the New York City suburbs.
Several sections of NY 17 are not up to freeway or Interstate standards, and need to be upgraded before I-86 can be designated along its full length. These substandard sections are located near Elmira, Binghamton, and the Catskill Mountains.
I-86 currently travels 6.99 miles[3] (11.25 km) in Pennsylvania and 184.6 miles (297.1 km) in New York.[2] Except for a section of about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) that dips into Pennsylvania near Waverly, New York but is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation, the rest of I-86 will be in New York.
The Southern Tier Expressway section west of Binghamton is also Corridor T of the Appalachian Development Highway System. An extension of the U.S. Route 219 Southern Expressway will also join Interstate 86.
Route description
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Pennsylvania to Olean
I-86 begins at Interstate 90 in a relatively flat area of northwestern Pennsylvania, and crosses into New York, heading towards Chautauqua Lake. This piece was built along a new alignment in the 1980s as a two-lane freeway and widened to four lanes in 1996.[4] The New York section of I-86, including the planned extensions, is defined as Interstate Route 507 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.[5]
After crossing Chautauqua Lake, I-86 merges into an older section of freeway at exit 10 near Bemus Point; this freeway is now NY Route 954J northwest of the newer extension. NY 954J runs into NY Route 430, which (along with NY Route 394) carried NY 17 to Westfield before the 1980s extension. From Bemus Point to Jamestown (exit 12), I-86 parallels the old NY 17 - now NY Route 430 - along the northeast shore of Chautauqua Lake. The Erie Railroad extension to Chicago (built as the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad) comes into Jamestown from the southwest, and parallels I-86 to its junction with the Erie's original main line to Dunkirk at Salamanca.
From Jamestown to Salamanca, the old NY 17 (now mostly NY Route 394), the new I-86 and the railroad run generally parallel through river valleys. The transportation routes run along the Chadakoin River, Conewango Creek and Little Conewango Creek to Steamburg (exit 17), cutting east to the Allegheny River at Coldspring there. The valley of the Allegheny takes the routes to Salamanca (exit 20), where the railroads merged, and beyond to Olean (25). From Salamanca to Olean, the old NY 17 is now NY Route 417. At Olean, the Allegheny River and NY 417 (old NY 17) continue southeast, while I-86 and the Erie Railroad head northeast. NY 417 does not return to I-86 until exit 44 near Painted Post, and the Erie switches between the two alignments several times.
Olean to Elmira
I-86 and the Erie run northeast along the valleys of the Olean Creek and Oil Creek to Cuba (exit 28). From Cuba to Friendship (exit 29), they run through a valley and over a summit, then following the Van Campen Creek northeast to Belvidere (exit 30). At Belvidere, the Erie turns southeast to meet NY 417 at Wellsville, but I-86 continues northeast through the valleys of the Genesee River and Angelica Creek to Angelica (exit 31), and then east along the Angelica Creek, over a summit, and along the Karr Valley Creek to Almond (exit 33). This summit, at 2,110 feet (634 m) above sea level, is the highest point along I-86, located between exits 32 (West Almond) and 33 and marked with a sign.[6]
At Almond, I-86 rejoins the Erie Railroad, passing through the Canacadea Creek valley about halfway to Hornellsville. However, where the railroad turns southeast to Hornellsville, I-86 continues northeast across a summit and into the wide Canisteo River valley (exit 34). It leaves the valley along the Carrington Creek, but quickly turns east across a summit to follow the Big Creek and cross another summit to Howard (exit 35). I-86 runs alongside Goff Creek from Howard to the wide Cohocton River valley, where it meets the south end of Interstate 390 (exit 36) near Avoca and turns southeast through that valley, parallel to the Erie's Rochester-Painted Post line (Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad).
I-86, NY Route 415 (old U.S. Route 15) and the Erie branch all run southeast along the Cohocton River past Bath (exit 38) to Painted Post (exit 44), now the north end of US 15. NY 417 - old NY 17 - also ends at exit 44, while NY 415 continues east into Corning (exits 45-46). From Painted Post through Corning to Big Flats (exit 49), I-86, NY Route 352 (old NY 17) and the Erie Railroad run through the Chemung River valley. NY 352 begins at exit 45, west of downtown Corning, and is a recently-bypassed four-lane road through Corning. East of East Corning (exit 48), the freeway was built as an on-the-spot upgrade of the old NY 17.
At Big Flats, the Chemung River (and NY 352) turns southeast to downtown Elmira, while I-86 and the Erie continue east-northeast alongside Singsing Creek and across a low summit before turning south at Horseheads along Newtown Creek to Elmira. The present end of I-86 is at NY Route 14 (exit 52) in Elmira.
The surface road in Horseheads crossed several major arterial roads in a fully developed area, which has made this one of the most expensive sections to upgrade. Construction, however, has now been completed to upgrade it to a freeway, by building a large arrangement of embankments and bridges. Another non-freeway section is present just east of the Elmira area, in a less developed area.
Future
- Elimination of at-grade intersections between exits 56 and 59 near Chemung.
- Elimination of "Kamikaze Curve" just west of Interstate 81 in Binghamton
- Elimination of at-grade intersections between exits 84 and 87 and between exits 97 and 99 in the Catskills
- Other interchange improvements in the Catskills
Major intersections
- Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania
- Future Interstate To Be Numbered (currently US 219) in Salamanca, New York
- Interstate 390 near Avoca, New York
- Future Interstate 99 in Painted Post, New York
- Interstate 81 near Interstate 88 in Binghamton (once extended)
- Interstate 84 in Middletown, New York (once extended)
- Interstate 87 at Harriman, New York (once extended)
Exit list
Exits are numbered from west to east, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.
Pennsylvania
County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes | |
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Erie | Greefield Township | 0 | 1 | ![]() ![]() |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; split into 1A (west) and 1B (east) |
3 | ![]() |
The state line is at mile 6.99.
New York
Municipality | Mile | # | Destinations | Opened[7] | Notes |
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Chautauqua County, New York | |||||
Mina, New York | 1.03 | 4 | NY Route 426 - Findley Lake | ca. 1973 | |
Sherman, New York | 9.17 | 6 | NY Route 76 - Sherman | ca. 1973 | |
North Harmony, New York | 15.34 | 7 | Panama; Chautauqua Institution | ca. 1982 | |
North Harmony, New York | 18.86 | 8 | NY Route 394 - Mayville; Lakewood | ca. 1982 | |
Ellery, New York | 20.22 | 9 | NY Route 430 east - Bemus Point | ca. 1982 | eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
Ellery, New York | 20.29 | 10 | to NY Route 430 - Bemus Point (NY Route 954J) | ca. 1982 | |
Ellicott, New York | 26.23 | 11 | Strunk Road (NY Route 953B) | ca. 1973 | |
Ellicott, New York | 28.00 | 12 | NY Route 60 - Jamestown | ca. 1973 | |
Ellicott, New York | 30.69 | 13 | NY Route 394 - Falconer | ca. 1971 | |
Poland, New York | 36.04 | 14 | ![]() |
ca. 1968 | |
Cattaraugus County, New York | |||||
Randolph, New York | 39.33 | 15 | School House Road (NY Route 953A) | ca. 1968 | |
Randolph (village), New York | 41.38 | 16 | West Main Street - Randolph; Gowanda (NY Route 952M) | ca. 1968 | |
Coldspring, New York | 47.88 | 17 | NY Route 394 - Steamburg; Onoville (NY Route 950A) | ca. 1967 | opened ca. 1971 between exits 16 and 17 |
Coldspring, New York | 50.61 | 18 | NY Route 280 - Allegany State Park Quaker Run Area | ca. 1967 | |
Red House, New York | 54.43 | 19 | Allegany State Park Red House Area | ca. 1970 | |
Salamanca, New York | 58.14 | 20 | NY Route 417; NY Route 353, NY Route 951T - Salamanca | ca. 1980 | |
Salamanca, New York | 60.45 | 21 | ![]() |
ca. 1980 | US 219 joins eastbound and leaves westbound |
Carrollton, New York | 67.52 | 23 | ![]() |
ca. 1987 | US 219 joins westbound and leaves eastbound. Will be extended. |
Allegany, New York | 74.07 | 24 | NY Route 417 - Allegany; St. Bonaventure University (NY Route 952W) | ca. 1973 | |
Olean, New York | 77.27 | 25 | Buffalo Street - Olean (NY Route 954E) | ca. 1973 | |
Olean, New York | 78.77 | 26 | NY Route 16 - Olean | ca. 1972 | |
Hinsdale, New York | 84.69 | 27 | NY Route 16; NY Route 446 - Hinsdale | ca. 1972 | |
Allegany County, New York | |||||
Cuba (village), New York | 91.35 | 28 | NY Route 305 - Cuba | ca. 1972 | |
Friendship, New York | 98.72 | 29 | NY Route 275 - Friendship; Bolivar | ca. 1973 | |
Amity, New York | 104.45 | 30 | NY Route 19 - Belmont; Wellsville | ca. 1973 | |
Angelica (village), New York | 108.55 | 31 | Angelica | ca. 1973 | |
West Almond, New York | 115.78 | 32 | West Almond | ca. 1973 | |
Almond (village), New York | 123.61 | 33 | NY Route 21 - Almond; Andover (NY Route 962A) | ca. 1973 | |
Steuben County, New York | |||||
Hornellsville, New York | 128.30 | 34 | NY Route 36 - Arkport; Hornell | ca. 1970 | split into 34S (south) and 34N (north) |
Howard, New York | 137.98 | 35 | Howard (NY Route 962B) | ca. 1970 | |
Avoca | 145.17 | 36 | ![]() |
ca. 1973 | NY Route 15 joins eastbound and leaves westbound |
Bath, New York | 146.30 | 37 | NY Route 53 - Kanona; Prattsburg | ca. 1973 | |
Bath, New York | 149.50 | 38 | NY Route 54 - Bath; Hammondsport | ca. 1971 | |
Town of Bath | 152.61 | 39 | NY Route 415 - Bath (NY Route 960U) | ca. 1969 | |
Bath, New York | 156.40 | 40 | NY Route 226 - Savona | ca. 1969 | |
Campbell, New York | 161.20 | 41 | County Route 333 - Campbell | ca. 1967 | |
Campbell | 165.24 | 42 | Coopers Plains (NY Route 960M) | ca. 1967 | |
Erwin, New York | 167.51 | 43 | NY Route 415 - Painted Post | ca. 1959 | |
Painted Post, New York | 168.64 | 44 | ![]() |
ca. 1951 rebuilt ca. 1989 |
NY Route 15 begins westbound and ends eastbound |
Riverside, New York | 169.02 | 45 | NY Route 352 - Riverside; Downtown Corning | ca. 1995 | eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
Riverside, New York | 45 | NY Route 415 - Riverside | ca. 1995 | westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
Corning | 171.49 | 46 | NY Route 414 - Watkins Glen; Corning Museum of Glass | ca. 1985 | |
Corning | 174.20 | 47 | NY Route 352 - Gibson; East Corning; Downtown Corning (NY Route 961Q) | ca. 1985 | |
Corning | 176.57 | 48 | NY Route 352 - East Corning (NY Route 961T) | ca. 1985 | |
Chemung County, New York | |||||
Big Flats | 178.85 | 49 | Big Flats | ca. 1985 | |
Big Flats | 50 | County Route 63 - Regional Airport; Kahler Road | ca. 2003 | ||
Big Flats | 182.30 | 51A | Chambers Road - Shopping Malls; Regional Airport | ca. 1969 | |
Big Flats | 51B | Colonial Drive - Shopping Mall | westbound exit only | ||
Horseheads, New York | 52A | Commerce Center Road (NY Route 962E) | ca. 1970 | no westbound exit | |
Horseheads, New York | 184.35 | 52B | NY Route 14 - Watkins Glen; Elmira Heights (NY Route 962E) | ca. 1970 | split into 52S (south) and 52N (north) westbound |
I-86 continues east as NY 17 |
County | Municipality | Mile | # | Destinations | Opened[7] | Notes |
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I-86 continues west as I-81/NY 17 | ||||||
Broome | Kirkwood, New York | 249.62 | 75 | ![]() ![]() |
ca. 1963 | I-81 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; exit number signed westbound only |
Kirkwood, New York | 251.31 | 76 | Haskins Road; Foley Road | ca. 2000 | ||
Windsor, New York | 77 | West Windsor | ca. 2000 | |||
Windsor, New York | 256.25 | 78 | Dunbar Road - Occanum | ca. 1961 | ||
Windsor (village), New York | 259.64 | 79 | NY Route 79 - Windsor | ca. 1960 | ||
I-86 continues east as NY 17 |
References
- ^ "State Route 17 Becomes Interstate 86 From Kirkwood (Exit 75) To Windsor (Exit 79) (Broome County)". 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
- ^ Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 86
- ^ New York State Law Defining I-86
- ^ OKRoads -- Interstate 86 New York - Eastbound - Pennsylvania State Line to Almond
- ^ a b National Bridge Inventory
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