Interstate 81 in New York Totally Explained

Everything about Interstate 81 In New York totally explained

Within the U.S. state of New York, Interstate 81 spans from the Pennsylvania state line to the south to the Canadian border in the north. The route enters New York near Kirkwood, southeast of Binghamton, and heads north through Binghamton, Syracuse, and Watertown before crossing into Canada in the Thousand Islands near Fishers Landing. Within the Thousand Islands, I-81 crosses two bridges, both part of the series of bridges known as the Thousand Islands Bridge.

Route description

Pennsylvania to Syracuse

Interstate 81 enters New York at the Pennsylvania state line about 11 miles south east of Binghamton. I-81 merges with NY 17 for 5 miles. The current segment of NY 17 is set to become I-86. About 1 mile north of Binghamton at exit 5, I-81 meets the western terminus of I-88. US 11 has been paralleling I-81 from Virginia and US 11 will parallel I-81 in most of New York. At mile marker 73 and exit 15, I-81 meets with the longest road in the United States: US 20 in La Fayette. At the southern tip of Syracuse, at mile marker 81, and exit 16A, I-81 meets with one of its spurs: I-481. In downtown Syracuse, I-81 meets I-690 at an incomplete interchange.

Syracuse to Canada

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
Binghamton Cortland Syracuse Mattydale North Syracuse Pulaski Watertown Fishers Landing Canada

Just north of Syracuse, I-81 meets the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) at exit 25A. In North Syracuse at mile marker 93, I-81 meets with I-481 and NY 481 at exit 29. From exit 36 to exit 48, I-81 begins to parallel Lake Ontario. I-81 ends at Thousand Islands Bridge (toll northbound only) at the U.S./ Canadian border 6 miles north of Fishers Landing. Around I-81's northern terminus at the Canadian border, two toll bridge spans over the St. Lawrence River connect it to Highway 401 (via Highway 137) in Ontario. The main bridge span on the United States side is one of the few remaining 2-lane Interstate stretches left on the system. The border itself is marked by a 90-foot bridge across the International Rift between Wellesley Island, New York and Hill Island, Ontario.

History

The entirety of I-81 within New York was designated along with the remainder of modern I-81 in the 1957 plan for the Interstate Highway System. By 1967, all of I-81 within the state was open to traffic except for the portion of modern I-81 between NY 221 in Marathon and NY 26 in Whitney Point. The Marathon-Whitney Point segment was completed in 1969.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
New York-Pennsylvania border; I-81 continues into Pennsylvania
Broome	Kirkwood	3.97	1
	Binghamton	8.65	2	– New York, Industrial Park	NY 17 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		8.90	3	Industrial Park (Colesville Road)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		12.19	3	Broad Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		12.58	4	– Downtown Binghamton, Hillcrest
		13.06		– Owego, Elmira	NY 17 leaves northbound and joins southbound
		13.54	5	– Broome Community College	To I-88 east (southbound)
		14.77			No southbound exit
		15.66	6		To I-88 east (southbound)
	Chenango Forks	21.62	7
	Whitney Point	28.99	8		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Whitney Point	30.33	8		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Cortland	Marathon	38.26	9	– Marathon
	McGraw	50.01	10
	Cortland	52.34	11		Access to SUNY Cortland
	Homer	54.07	12	, Homer
	Preble	62.86	13
Onondaga	Tully	66.58	14	– Tully
	LaFayette	73.19	15
	Nedrow	78.10	16	– Onondaga Nation Territory
	Syracuse	81.46	16A
		82.20	17	South Salina Street / South State Street / Brighton Avenue	Access to Carrier Dome
		83.77	18	Adams Street / Harrison Street	Access to Syracuse University
		84.78		, Fairgrounds	No access to I-690 west from I-81 south
			19	Clinton Street / Salina Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			20	Franklin Street / West Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			21	Catawba Street / Spencer Street	Southbound exit and entrance
		86.23	22		Northbound exit and entrance; access to Rosamond Gifford Zoo
		86.68	23-24		Northbound exit only; access to Carousel Center and Alliance Bank Stadium
			22-23	/ Hiawatha Boulevard / Carousel Center Drive	Southbound exit and entrance
	Mattydale		25	7th North Street – Liverpool
		88.66	25A
		89.87	26		Combined with exit 27 southbound
		90.67	27	Syracuse Airport	Combined with exit 28 northbound and exit 26 southbound
	North Syracuse	91.51	28	Taft Road – North Syracuse	Combined with exit 27 northbound
	North Syracuse	92.63	29S-N
	Cicero	95.07	30
	Brewerton	99.03	31	(Bartel Road) – Brewerton
Oswego	Central Square	102.83	32
	Parish	111.11	33	– Parish
	Maple View	114.87	34	– Mexico
	Maple View	118.25	35
	Pulaski	121.65	36		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Pulaski	122.44	36	Pulaski (CR 2)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Lacona	128.07	37	Sandy Creek, Lacona (CR 15)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Lacona	128.25	37	Sandy Creek, Lacona (CR 22A)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Jefferson	Mannsville	130.82	38
	Mannsville	132.83	39	Mannsville (CR 94)
	Ellisburg	134.68	40	, Ellisburg
	Adams	140.25	41	– Adams, Henderson
	Adams Center	144.36	42	, Adams Center
	Adams Center	145.91	43
	Watertown	148.29	44
		152.60	45
		153.55	46	– Airport	Access to Jefferson Community College
		155.05	47	– Clayton
		157.67	48
	La Fargeville	169.20	49	– Theresa, La Fargeville
	Fishers Landing	178.14	50	, Clayton
	Fishers Landing	Thousand Islands Bridge over the St. Lawrence River ($2.50 toll northbound)
	Thousand Islands
		179.80	51	Island Road – Island State Parks
		183.03	52	Island Road – De Wolf Point
United States-Canada border; I-81 becomes Highway 137

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