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Interstate 86 was once assigned to what is now Interstate 84 east of East Hartford, Connecticut; see Interstate 86 (Connecticut-Massachusetts).

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Interstate 86 (I-86) is a partially completed 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), the route will connect Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania with Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) near Harriman, New York. As of mid-2006, it runs east from I-90 to New York State Route 14 in Horseheads Village (near Elmira). Its full length - existing and planned - in New York forms the majority of New York State Route 17; the part in Pennsylvania was Pennsylvania Route 17. (NY 17 continues south from Harriman to New Jersey as a surface road parallel to I-87.) Once completed, I-86 will stretch 388 miles (624 km) across the Southern Tier of New York from I-90 to I-87,[1] shorter than the 460 miles (740 km) along the flatter New York State Thruway to the north. These two alternate routes closely mirror the Erie Railroad along I-86 and the New York Central Railroad along the Thruway.

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[2] (11.25 km) in Pennsylvania and 184.6 miles (297.1 km) in New York.[1] 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.

Major cities

Intersections with other interstates

Improvements necessary for Interstate status

  • Elimination of at-grade intersections between exits 52 and 58 near Elmira
  • 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

Route description

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.[3]

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 (24). 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 2110 feet (643 m) above sea level, is the highest point along I-86, located between exits 32 (West Almond) and 33 and marked with a sign.[4]

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 Horseheads; construction is underway to upgrade the surface road beyond to a freeway. Another non-freeway section is present just east of the Elmira area.

Elmira to Harriman

From Elmira to Binghamton, I-86, the Erie Railroad, and the old alignmonts of NY 17 generally stay close together. They follow the Chemung River to exit 60 (South Waverly, Pennsylvania) and the Susquehanna River from east of exit 61 (Waverly, New York) to Binghamton; on the latter section, both NY Route 17C and NY Route 434 are old NY 17. Between the two rivers, which intersect in Pennsylvania, the general corridor runs just north of the state line in New York. However, I-86 itself crosses into Pennsylvaniabetween a point west of exit 60 and a point west of exit 61; additionally, all the ramps at exit 60 and potions of the eastbound ramps at exits 59A and 61 are in Pennsylvania. Despite being in Pennsylvania, these roadways are maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation.

Near downtown Binghamton, I-86 goes around the side of Prospect Mountain at what is locally known as "Kamikaze Curve". Heading eastbound, the freeway curves sharply left around the hillside, splits into ramps to Interstate 81 north and south, and curves right to merge into I-81 south as it passes over the Chenango River. From that point east and southeast about 4 miles (6 km), I-81 and I-86 run concurrently. I-86 splits from I-81, the Erie Railroad and the Susquehanna River to the east into Stilson Hollow; from this split (exit 75) to its end, most of I-86 does not follow the Erie Railroad, which crosses into Pennsylvania several times.

At the end of Stilson Hollow, I-86 heads over a summit and into the valley formed by the Occanum Creek. The creek empties into the Susquehanna River at Windsor (exit 79), which I-86 follows southeast to Damascus (exit 80) before turning northeast along Tuscarora Creek. It soon turns east and southeast over a summit, rejoining the Erie Railroad just north of Gulf Summit. The highway and railroad head east along Oquaga Creek to Deposit (exit 84), where they turn southeast along the West Branch Delaware River. A gap in the freeway stretches from here to just short of Hancock (exit 87), the place the West Branch joins with the East Branch Delaware River. The Erie Railroad continues southeast along the combined Delaware River, while I-86 turns east along the valley formed by the East Branch, closely following the abandoned New York, Ontario and Western Railway to Liberty.

At East Branch (exit 90), the East Branch Delaware River turns north, and I-86 continues east with the Beaver Kill to Roscoe (exit 94), Willowemoc Creek to Livingston Manor (exit 96), and Little Beaver Kill to Parksville (the exit 98 at-grade intersection). The highway and parallel NYO&W pass south over a summit to Liberty (exits 99-100), and continue along the Middle Mongaup River to Ferndale (exit 101). The NYO&W turned east there, but I-86 continues south over a summit and into the Spring Brook and East Mongaup River valleys past Harris (exit 102). I-86 then cuts southeast cross-country to Monticello (exit 105) and beyond, following the old Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike (old NY 17) to Bloomingburg (exit 116). The old Middletown and Wurtsboro Turnpike, also old NY 17, and partially NY Route 17M, runs south to Middletown, which I-86 cuts cross-country to bypass to the east, rejoining NY 17M - and the main line of the Erie Railroad - at Goshen (exit 123). I-86, old NY 17 (NY 17M) and the Erie run generally east-southeast, partly cross-country and partly through small stream valleys, to the end of I-86, the directional change in NY 17, and the junction of the Erie with its branch to Newburgh.

Exit list

Exits are numbered from west to east, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.

Municipality Mile # Destinations Opened[5] Notes
Old
Greenfield Township, PA 0 1 Interstate 90 - Erie; Buffalo, NY ca. 1987 westbound exit and eastbound entrance; split into 1A (west) and 1B (east); ramps are SR 8170
Greenfield Township, PA 2 3 PA Route 89 - North East; Wattsburg ca. 1987 ramps are SR 8171

The state line is at mile 6.99.

Municipality Mile # Destinations Opened[5] Notes
Mina Town, NY 1.03 4 NY Route 426 - Findley Lake ca. 1973
Sherman Village, NY 9.17 6 NY Route 76 - Sherman ca. 1973
North Harmony Town, NY 15.34 7 Panama; Chautauqua Institution ca. 1982
North Harmony Town, NY 18.86 8 NY Route 394 - Mayville; Lakewood ca. 1982
Ellery Town, NY 20.22 9 NY Route 430 east - Bemus Point ca. 1982 eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Ellery Town, NY 20.29 10 to NY Route 430 - Bemus Point (NY Route 954J) ca. 1982
Ellicott Town, NY 26.23 11 Strunk Road (NY Route 953B) ca. 1973
Ellicott Town, NY 28.00 12 NY Route 60 - Jamestown ca. 1973
Ellicott Town, NY 30.69 13 NY Route 394 - Falconer ca. 1971
Poland Town, NY 36.04 14 U.S. Route 62 - Kennedy; Warren, PA ca. 1968
Randolph Town, NY 39.33 15 School House Road (NY Route 953A) ca. 1968
Randolph Village, NY 41.38 16 West Main Street - Randolph; Gowanda (NY Route 952M) ca. 1968
Coldspring Town, NY 47.88 17 NY Route 394 - Steamburg; Onoville (NY Route 950A) ca. 1967 opened ca. 1971 between exits 16 and 17
Coldspring Town, NY 50.61 18 NY Route 280 - Allegany State Park Quaker Run Area ca. 1967
Red House Town, NY 54.43 19 Allegany State Park Red House Area ca. 1970
Salamanca City, NY 58.14 20 NY Route 417; NY Route 353 - Salamanca ca. 1980
Salamanca City, NY 60.45 21 U.S. Route 219 north - Parkway Drive; Salamanca (NY Route 951M) ca. 1980 US 219 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Carrollton Town, NY 67.52 23 U.S. Route 219 south - Limestone; Bradford, PA (NY Route 954T) ca. 1987 US 219 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Allegany Town, NY 74.07 24 NY Route 417 - Allegany; St. Bonaventure University (NY Route 952W) ca. 1973
Olean City, NY 77.27 24 Buffalo Street - Olean (NY Route 954E) ca. 1973
Olean City, NY 78.77 26 NY Route 16 - Olean ca. 1972
Hinsdale Town, NY 84.69 27 NY Route 16; NY Route 446 - Hinsdale ca. 1972
Cuba Village, NY 91.35 28 NY Route 305 - Cuba ca. 1972
Friendship Town, NY 98.72 29 NY Route 275 - Friendship; Bolivar ca. 1973
Amity Town, NY 104.45 30 NY Route 19 - Belmont; Wellsville ca. 1973
Angelica Village, NY 108.55 31 Angelica ca. 1973
West Almond Town, NY 115.78 32 West Almond ca. 1973
Almond Village, NY 123.61 33 NY Route 21 - Almond; Andover (NY Route 962A) ca. 1973
Hornellsville Town, NY 128.30 34 NY Route 36 - Arkport; Hornell ca. 1970 split into 34S (south) and 34N (north)
Howard Town, NY 137.98 35 Howard (NY Route 962B) ca. 1970
Avoca Town, NY 145.17 36 Interstate 390 north; NY Route 15 north - Rochester; Buffalo ca. 1973 NY Route 15 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Bath Town, NY 146.30 37 NY Route 53 - Kanona; Prattsburg ca. 1973
Bath Village, NY 149.50 38 NY Route 54 - Bath; Hammondsport ca. 1971
Bath Town, NY 152.61 39 NY Route 415 - Bath (NY Route 960U) ca. 1969
Bath Town, NY 156.40 40 NY Route 226 - Savona ca. 1969
Campbell Town, NY 161.20 41 County Route 333 - Campbell ca. 1967
Campbell Town, NY 165.24 42 Coopers Plains (NY Route 960M) ca. 1967
Erwin Town, NY 167.51 43 NY Route 415 - Painted Post ca. 1959
Erwin Town, NY 168.64 44 U.S. Route 15 south; NY Route 417 west - Gang Mills; Williamsport, PA; Painted Post ca. 1951
rebuilt ca. 1989
NY Route 15 begins westbound and ends eastbound
Riverside Village, NY 169.02 45 NY Route 352 - Riverside; Downtown Corning ca. 1995 eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Riverside Village, NY 45 NY Route 415 - Riverside ca. 1995 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Corning City, NY 171.49 46 NY Route 414 - Watkins Glen; Corning Museum of Glass ca. 1985
Corning Town, NY 174.20 47 NY Route 352 - Gibson; East Corning; Downtown Corning (NY Route 961Q) ca. 1985
Corning Town, NY 176.57 48 NY Route 352 - East Corning (NY Route 961T) ca. 1985
Big Flats Town, NY 178.85 49 Big Flats ca. 1985
Big Flats Town, NY 50 County Route 63 - Regional Airport; Kahler Road ca. 2003
Big Flats Town, NY 182.30 51A Chambers Road - Shopping Malls; Regional Airport ca. 1969
Big Flats Town, NY 51B Colonial Drive - Shopping Mall westbound exit only
Horseheads Village, NY 52A Commerce Center Road (NY Route 962E) ca. 1970 no westbound exit
Horseheads Village, NY 184.35 52B NY Route 14 - Watkins Glen; Elmira Heights (NY Route 962E) ca. 1970 split into 52S (south) and 52N (north) westbound
gap in freeway
Horseheads Town, NY 186.02 54 NY Route 13 - Ithaca ca. 1992?
Elmira City, NY 190.20 56 NY Route 352 - Elmira; Jerusalem Hill ?
rebuilt ca. 2002
gap in freeway
Ashland Town, NY 195.98 58 County Route 2; County Route 8; County Route 60 - Lowman; Wellsburg ca. 2000
Chemung Town, NY 201.26 59 NY Route 427 - Chemung (NY Route 961A) ca. 1967
Chemung Town, NY 203.52 59A Wilawana, PA ca. 1965
South Waverly Borough, PA 205.49 60 U.S. Route 220 - Waverly, NY; Sayre, PA ca. 1971
Waverly Village, NY 206.74 61 NY Route 34; PA Route 199 - Waverly, NY; Sayre, PA ca. 1973
Nichols Town, NY 214.83 62 NY Route 282 - Nichols ca. 1968
Nichols Town, NY 219.56 63 Lounsberry ca. 1968
Owego Village, NY 223.97 64 NY Route 96 - Owego; Ithaca (NY Route 962G) ca. 1968
Owego Town, NY 225.80 65 NY Route 17C; NY Route 434 - Owego (NY Route 960J) ca. 1968
Owego Town, NY 231.29 66 NY Route 434; NY Route 17C - Apalachin (NY Route 962J) ca. 1968
Vestal Town, NY 237.33 67 NY Route 26 to NY Route 434 - Vestal; Endicott ca. 1969 split into 67S (south) and 67N (north)
Vestal Town, NY 238.13 68 Old Vestal Road ca. 1969 eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Union Town, NY 239.66 69 NY Route 17C east - Westover ca. 1969 eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Union Town, NY 69 NY Route 17C west - Endwell ca. 1971 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Union Town, NY 241.79 70 NY Route 201 south - Johnson City; Shopping Mall (NY Route 991C) ca. 1971 split into 70S (NY 201 south) and 70N (shopping mall)
Union Town, NY
Dickinson Town, NY
242.89 71 Airport Road - Greater Binghamton Airport; Johnson City ca. 1971 split into 71S (Johnson City) and 71N (Airport Road) westbound
Binghamton City, NY 72 Mygatt Street; Clinton Street ca. 1971 westbound exit only
Binghamton City, NY 245.08 72 U.S. Route 11 - Front Street ca. 1966 eastbound exit only
Binghamton City, NY 245.21 Interstate 81 north to Interstate 88 - Syracuse; Albany ca. 1966 I-81 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Binghamton City, NY 245.69 4 NY Route 7 - Binghamton; Hillcrest ca. 1965 split into 4S (south) and 4N (north)
Binghamton City, NY 246.08 3 Broad Avenue ca. 1965 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Kirkwood Town, NY 249.37 3 Industrial Park ca. 1963 eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Kirkwood Town, NY 249.62 75 Interstate 81 south; U.S. Route 11 - Scranton, PA; Industrial Park (NY Route 990G) ca. 1963 I-81 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; exit number signed westbound only
Kirkwood Town, NY 251.31 76 Haskins Road; Foley Road ca. 2000
Windsor Town, NY 77 West Windsor ca. 2000
Windsor Town, NY 256.25 78 Dunbar Road - Occanum ca. 1961
Windsor Village, NY 259.64 79 NY Route 79 - Windsor ca. 1960
Windsor Town, NY 261.69 80 Damascus ca. 1960
Windsor Town, NY 264.39 81 East Bosket Road ca. 1960
Sanford Town, NY 270.04 82 NY Route 41 - McClure; Sanford ca. 1960
Sanford Town, NY 83 Deposit; Oquaga Lake ca. 1960
Deposit Town, NY 274.62 84 NY Route 8; NY Route 10 - Deposit; Walton (NY Route 990T) ca. 1961
gap in freeway
Hancock Village, NY 285.55 87 NY Route 97 to NY Route 268; to PA Route 191 - Hancock; Cadosia ca. 1967
Hancock Town, NY 87A NY Route 268 - Cadosia; Hancock (NY Route 990P) ca. 1961 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Hancock Town, NY 293.14 89 Fishs Eddy ca. 1961
Hancock Town, NY 297.04 90 NY Route 30 - East Branch; Downsville ca. 1961
Colchester Town, NY 303.43 92 Horton; Cooks Falls ca. 1968
Colchester Town, NY 305.28 93 Cooks Falls ca. 1968 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Rockland Town, NY 310.73 94 Roscoe ca. 1966
Rockland Town, NY 316.71 96 Livingston Manor ca. 1963
Rockland Town, NY 318.89 97 Morsston ca. 1963
gap in freeway
Liberty Town, NY 321.85 98 Cooley; Parksville at-grade intersection
Liberty Town, NY 324.93 99 NY Route 52; NY Route 55 - Liberty ca. 1956
Liberty Town, NY 326.52 100A NY Route 55 to NY Route 52 west - Liberty ca. 1956 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Liberty Town, NY 326.99 100 NY Route 52 - Liberty ca. 1956
Liberty Town, NY 327.97 101 Ferndale; Swan Lake ca. 1960 no westbound entrance
Thompson Town, NY 332.14 102 Harris; Bushville ca. 1960
Thompson Town, NY 334.87 103 Rapp Road ca. 1960 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Thompson Town, NY 336.21 104 NY Route 17B - Raceway; Monticello ca. 1957
Thompson Town, NY 337.56 105 NY Route 42 - Monticello; Kiamesha ca. 1957 split into 105A (south) and 105B (north)
Thompson Town, NY 339.67 106 Monticello ca. 1957 no eastbound exit
Thompson Town, NY 340.85 107 Bridgeville; South Fallsburg ca. 1957
Thompson Town, NY 342.71 108 Bridgeville ca. 1957 eastbound exit and entrance
Thompson Town, NY 343.89 109 Rock Hill; Woodridge ca. 1957
Thompson Town, NY 344.29 110 Lake Louise Marie; Wanaksink Lake ca. 1957
Thompson Town, NY 345.04 111 Wolf Lake ca. 1957 eastbound exit and entrance
Mamakating Town, NY 347.94 112 Masten Lake; Yankee Lake ca. 1955
Mamakating Town, NY 350.25 113 U.S. Route 209 - Wurtsboro; Ellenville ca. 1955
Mamakating Town, NY 352.58 114 Wurtsboro; Highview ca. 1958 westbound exit only
Mamakating Town, NY 354.63 115 Burlingham Road ca. 1958 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Wallkill Town, NY 355.23 116 NY Route 17K - Bloomingburg; Montgomery ca. 1958
Wallkill Town, NY 118 Fair Oaks ca. 1958
Wallkill Town, NY 359.50 119 NY Route 302 - Pine Bush ca. 1949
Wallkill Town, NY 362.23 120 NY Route 211 - Middletown; Montgomery ca. 1949 split into 120W (west) and 120E (east) eastbound
Wallkill Town, NY 363.15 121 Interstate 84 - Port Jervis; Newburgh ca. 1968 split into 121W (west) and 121E (east)
Wallkill Town, NY 122 County Route 67 - East Main Street; Crystal Run Road ca. 1947
Goshen Town, NY 122A Fletcher Street - Goshen ca. 1968
Goshen Village, NY 367.23 123 U.S. Route 6 west; NY Route 17M west - Middletown; Port Jervis ca. 1949 westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 6 and NY 17M join eastbound and leaves westbound
Goshen Village, NY 367.62 124 NY Route 17A; NY Route 207 - Florida; Goshen ca. 1949
Goshen Village, NY 368.43 125 NY Route 17M east - South Street ca. 1949 NY Route 17M joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Chester Village, NY 371.69 126 NY Route 94 - Chester; Florida ca. 1954
Chester Town, NY 373.52 127 Greycourt Road - Sugar Loaf; Warwick ca. 1956 westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Blooming Grove Town, NY 128 County Route 51 - Oxford Depot ca. 1956 westbound exit only
Blooming Grove Town, NY 129 Museum Village Road ca. 1956 no westbound entrance
Monroe Town, NY 377.02 130 NY Route 208 - Monroe; Washingtonville ca. 1956
Woodbury Town, NY 379.98 130A U.S. Route 6 east - Bear Mountain ca. 1994 eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 6 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Woodbury Town, NY 380.57 131 NY Route 17 south to U.S. Route 6 east; NY Route 32 - Newburgh; Suffern; Harriman ca. 1953
Woodbury Town, NY 381.10 Interstate 87; New York Thruway - New York; Albany ca. 1953 eastbound exit and westbound entrance

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