A quick photoshoot and bit of Interstate clinchage on the way back from Buffalo.
Turn off yr poop-up killa, another darng poop-up page.
RED means a poop-up link, too.
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The
IH 690 exit from the Thruway. |
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A
half-gantry “EXIT” sign |
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Just
past the toll plaza; you get a choice of regular or premium.
Also note the “Terence and Philip” no entry sine. |
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Unfortunately,
the bleb in the Tempoo's windscreen blobs the NY 690 sine. But you get the idea here. |
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Don't
worry, these aren't mile-based junctions. (properly done these would be in the “0” range) Junction 3 skips eastbound. |
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Junction
4 with a faded IH 90 pull-through. This portion of IH 690 is north of the Thruway. |
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Coming
up on the NY State Fairgrounds. |
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Junction
6 leads to a short freeway linking to a freeway section of NY 5 west of Syracuse |
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Junction
6 Flyovers and gantry. |
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Going
under the NY 695 flyovers. Note the folded sign with beacons at left and the black sign on the gantry ahead. These are warnings for a temporary signal set up when the State Fair is in session. There is a wire span across the freeway ahead. |
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JN
7 leading to the State Fair Car Park. The gantry in the distance has the same signs you see here. NY is into redundant signage like that. |
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IH
690 and State Fair Blvd turning southheast of JN 7. Onandaga lake is on the left. |
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A
distance sign here. There is no direct link to the IH 81 north. |
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Gotta
lean right when ya open the big snap. JN 8 and 9 signage approaching downtown Syracuse. These junctions are eastbound only |
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IH
690 at the Bear Street junction; You'll note another junction skip here; and furthermore JNs 11&12 leave at the same time. |
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Crossing
over Geddes Street-at JN 10.
Kinda lumpy here. |
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JN
11-12 Flyovers; and beginning of a restricted speed zone that stretches through the upcoming IH 81 junction. These flyovers lead to the West Street freeway spur-leading back to NY 5. |
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Dead
in the center of the IH 690-IH 81 tangle; The IH 81 slip to IH 690 joins ahead, as you can see by the signage. Note the lack of a junction number for this slip. It falls between JNS 18 and 19 on the IH 81. |
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IH
81 joining on the left and leaving on the right. Again, no junction number. |
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The flyover from the IH 690 west to IH 81 south. |
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Eastbound on IH 690, approaching JN 14. |
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Just cruising along here, near JN 14. |
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JN 15.
You get redundant half gantries here. Note the constant-slope wall with headlight screen. |
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Diagrammatic sign for JNs 16 and 17. All the slips for these junctions leave via C-D road |
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This is NOT yet the point where the C-D leaves the freeway.
Another lane is added in to make up for the loss of the right lane ahead. |
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At the actual point where the C-D leaves the mainline.
Gotta love the “EXIT ONLY” plate there at a split.... |
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Passing under NY 635.
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The C-D road rejoins the freeway here. |
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The first sign for the IH 481 junction.
Bridge Street joins at the right. |
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Coming up on the junction.
This is the point to appropriate a lane... |
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At the actual split here.
Squint, and you can see the “END” IH 690 sign on the right. There is a ghost ramp leaving the IH 481 south slip. There are “DO NOT ENTER” signs posted- since the road leads to a NYSDOT transport yard. |
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Now on the IH 481 heading north.
Note the misplaced junction plate on the left sign. |
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Now the 5W plate is in the right place but-
note the arrow-which is not the type for a freeway sign. Also, the 5W plate is more round than the JN 6 plate. |
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And lastly, we rejoin the Thruway.
Would be nice to know where it goes, then, wouldn't it? |
