Interstate 890

Infobox road
state=NY
route=890
type=I
alternate_name=Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highwaycite web|author=New York State Legislature|url=http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS|title=Highway Law, Article 12, Section 342-ZZ|accessdate=2008-06-07]

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length_mi=9.45
length_round=2
length_ref=
year_established=1973Fact|date=February 2007
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=NY|I|90|NYST in Rotterdam
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=NY|I|90|NYST in Guilderland
previous_type=NY
previous_route=878
next_type=NY
next_route=890

Interstate 890 (abbreviated I-890) is a 9.45 mile (15.21 km) long interstate highway and spur route of Interstate 90 (I-90) in and near Schenectady, New York, USA originally built to accommodate traffic from General Electric and American Locomotive Company when both companies were pivotal to the local economy. Since their demise in the area I-890 has become a connection to the downtown Schenectady area. It runs southeast-northwest from an intersection with Interstate 90 (the New York State Thruway) just south of Schenectady in northern Albany County to another junction with Interstate 90, northwest of the city. As I-90 does not pass through the city of Schenectady, Interstate 890 serves as the most direct route between I-90 and Schenectady.

Interstate 890 is also one of two interstates in New York [ [http://www.upstatenyroads.com/i890.shtml Upstate New York Roads - Interstate 890 Interchange Guide] ] to have the exits numbered by milepost instead of sequentially. While distance based exit numbering is common in the majority of the United States, New York favors sequentially numbered exits instead. The numbering on I-890 was an experiment from the early 1970s. Because of the spacing of the exits along I-890, the exit numbers are seemingly sequential. The only evidence of distance based numbering is the presence of "Exit 4C".

NY 7 has a wrong-way concurrency with I-890 between exits 7 and 9A.

The route is designated as the Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway.

Route description

The route of I-890 is defined as Interstate Route Connection 550 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.

Exit list

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