A quick photoshoot and bit of Interstate clinchage on the way back from Buffalo.
Sadly, it was really dreary and foggy, so the snaps are not great, but it's better than nothing.
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Junction 1 sign on the IH 490 eastbound,
This is just after the Thruway junction. Probably wind damage here. |
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The toll plaza for the western end of IH 490.
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Looking eastbound, away from the toll plaza,
towards junction 1. |
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Another case of wind damage here, I think.
I've seen this on the IH 684 as well, A Metro-North station sine at JN 6 is like this. |
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JN 4 for various “Chili's”
the “i” is pronounced “eye” Note the number of lights. Wonder if they all work? |
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Gold Road overcrossing west of JN 5
Not a common bridge type here in NY. |
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A second helping of “Chili” at JN 5,
Note the miserable condition of the road surface. :P |
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Contiuing east on IH 490 past JN 5.
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Now an “un-nuetered”(state-name) Interstate shield is fairly rare,
But this is the first time I've ever seen a NY “9” on an interstate shield. There's no indication of how old this sine may be. |
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JN 6 for a short freeway spur of NY 204. |
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JN 7B: This is a cloverleaf to NY 33 west;
and a slip to the NY 531 freeway west. Westbound, these are JN 7B and JN 8, respectively. |
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A mute VMS. Typical of NY. |
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The NY/IH 390 junction.
This is the west leg of a half-beltline around Rochester NY/IH 590 is the eastern leg of this. This is a very old gantry. This is very boring commentary |
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At the split for the IH 390- IH 390 south still doesn't get a destination. Corning would work well. |
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At long last IH 390 gets a destination of sorts.
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Now at junction 10: A railway bridge does gantry duty.
This is a cloverleaf eastbound and a diamond westbound. The junction numbers carry onto the C-D road. |
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Crossing over Mt. Read Boulevard. |
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Here the signage starts getting old.
The IH 490 Shields are button copy, and have nearly turned green. Dig the “EXIT ¼ MILE”-redundant since there is a junction plate. |
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Two overpasses on IH 490 in Rochester.
Here's an overpass being redone just past JN 11- And another with nice vintage-looking railing |
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Approaching the Eastern Inner Loop junction
“The Can of Worms”, I believe. There are some all-concrete bridges here. A rarity in NY. |
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Würgling thru Junction 15 on the IH 490.
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Once free of JN 15(I mistakenly called this the “Can of Worms”
John Grout set me straight on that some time ago via e-mail) you get this nice straight shot of urban freeway. Don't worry, it won't last. |
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See, I told ya :) |
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Things straighten out again here at JN 18, tho. |
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Pretty much a standard stretch of urban freeway you could find most anywhere.
For a person used to driving in the Hudson Valley, this rates as unusual. |
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Going through Junction 19, here. |
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Coming up on JN 20 here.
Soundwalls are getting to be urban freeway furniture it seems. You see them nearly everywhere in NY. |
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Advance Diagrammatic sign for the IH/NY 590 junction: The “Can of Worms”
Unlike the IH 390 junction- all the turns are off the freeway mainline-from IH 490. IH 590 gets the left turns. |
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I did a short jog down IH 590-
I turned around at junction 3. |
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The succesion of signs approaching the IH 490 junction northbound from IH 590.
The two LARGE ARROW signs in the third snap are a bit off. There should be a more clear indication of the slip road split. |
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Back on the IH 490 eastbound past the IH 590 junction.
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The Penfield Road overpass.
Note the disused signal mast-arm. No clue why NY 441 was not posted on the JN 23 sign. )
At Linden Ave(JN 23-NY 441)
With a newer bridge and a somewhat better surface. )
A pedestrian overpass past JN 23.
It looks fairly like a gantry- and wouldn't have been a bad place to mount that sine you see on the left. )
Between JNS 23 and 24 )
A nice new bridge for NY 153. )
I probably should have stopped for this.
There are more than a few of these NJ-style distance signs on the IH 490. )
A railway bridge next to a newer road overpass.
This is Golf Road. )
Classic NY stylee here between JNS 25 and 26.
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Junction 26. )
Leaving JN 26.
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Gotta love the placement of the NY 96 sheild on this sine.
Also you can see a district 4 tenth-mile-marker. )
Then suddenly, you get this:
Possibly the only full width concrete surface in the state. VERY un-NY-like. )
Another NY 96 junction. This is an east(really south) off-slip only.
This junction features a new standard gantry. )
South of JN 28.
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The last(or first) NY 96 junction.
After this, you hit the Thruway. Note the lack of a Thruway blazer on the sign. That's more common than not. ) |
