INTERSTATE 86 (EAST)

:''Interstate 86 was once assigned to what is now Interstate 84 east of East Hartford, Connecticut.
'Interstate 86' ('I-86') is an 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, New York), the route will connect Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania, with Interstate 87 (New York State Thruway) near Harriman, New York. As of October 2006, it runs east from I-90 to New York State Route 14 in Horseheads (near Elmira). In September 2006, a 9.9 mile section of New York State Route 17 just east of Binghamton (between Exits 75 and 79) was designated as I-86, bringing the total length of highway designated as I-86 to 195 miles (with only 186 miles remaining to be designated). Once completed, I-86 will stretch 388 miles (624 km) across the Southern Tier of New York from I-90 to I-87, shorter than the 460 miles (740 km) along the flatter New York State Thruway to the north. NY-17 will then be essentially a north-south extension of a New Jersey route with the same number, terminating in the New York City suburbs.
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. 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. U.S. Route 219 [once extended] will also join Interstate 86.

Contents

Route description

Pennsylvania to Olean

Olean to Elmira

Future

Major intersections

Exit list

Erie County, PA

Chautauqua County, New York

Cattaraugus County, New York

Allegany County, New York

Steuben County, New York

Chemung County, New York

Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Tioga County, New York

Broome County, New York

Delaware County, New York

Sullivan County, New York

Orange County, New York

References

Route description

Major cities 'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs
★ 'Erie, Pennsylvania' ★ 'Jamestown, New York' ★ 'Olean, New York' ★ 'Corning, New York' ★ 'Elmira, New York' ★ 'Binghamton, New York''' pending extension''

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] The New York section of I-86, including the planned extensions, is defined as Interstate Route 507 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.^[4]
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 (25). 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

Sign along eastbound 17/86 marking return to New York after brief crossing into Pennsylvania.

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 2080 feet (634 m) above sea level, is the highest point along I-86, located between exits 32 (West Almond) and 33 and marked with a sign.^[5]
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.
The surface road immediately thereafter crosses several major arterial roads in a fully developed area, which has
made this one of the most expensive sections to upgrade. Construction is underway to upgrade it to a freeway, by building a large arrangement of embankments and bridges. Another non-freeway section is present just east of the Elmira area, in a less developed area.

Future

★ Elimination of at-grade intersections between exits 52 and 58 near Elmira, expected to be completed in July 2007

★ 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

Major intersections

★ Interstate 90 near Erie, Pennsylvania

★ Future Interstate To Be Numbered (currently US 219) in Salamanca, New York

★ Interstate 390 near Avoca, New York

★ Future Interstate 99 in Painted Post, New York

★ Interstate 81 near Interstate 88 in Binghamton (once extended)

★ Interstate 84 in Middletown, New York (once extended)

★ Interstate 87 at Harriman, New York (once extended)

Exit list

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

Municipality	Mile	#		Destinations	Opened[6]	Notes
		Old
Erie County, PA
Greenfield Township, PA	0		1	Interstate 90 - Erie; Buffalo, New York	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[6]	Notes
Chautauqua County, New York
Mina, New York	1.03	4	NY Route 426 - Findley Lake	ca. 1973
Sherman, New York	9.17	6	NY Route 76 - Sherman	ca. 1973
North Harmony, New York	15.34	7	Panama; Chautauqua Institution	ca. 1982
North Harmony, New York	18.86	8	NY Route 394 - Mayville; Lakewood	ca. 1982
Ellery, New York	20.22	9	NY Route 430 east - Bemus Point	ca. 1982	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Ellery, New York	20.29	10	to NY Route 430 - Bemus Point (NY Route 954J)	ca. 1982
Ellicott, New York	26.23	11	Strunk Road (NY Route 953B)	ca. 1973
Ellicott, New York	28.00	12	NY Route 60 - Jamestown	ca. 1973
Ellicott, New York	30.69	13	NY Route 394 - Falconer	ca. 1971
Poland, New York	36.04	14	U.S. Route 62 - Kennedy; Warren, PA	ca. 1968
Cattaraugus County, New York
Randolph, New York	39.33	15	School House Road (NY Route 953A)	ca. 1968
Randolph (village), New York	41.38	16	West Main Street - Randolph; Gowanda (NY Route 952M)	ca. 1968
Coldspring, New York	47.88	17	NY Route 394 - Steamburg; Onoville (NY Route 950A)	ca. 1967	opened ca. 1971 between exits 16 and 17
Coldspring, New York	50.61	18	NY Route 280 - Allegany State Park Quaker Run Area	ca. 1967
Red House, New York	54.43	19	Allegany State Park Red House Area	ca. 1970
Salamanca, New York	58.14	20	NY Route 417; NY Route 353, NY Route 951T - Salamanca	ca. 1980
Salamanca, New York	60.45	21	U.S. Route 219 north - Parkway Drive; Salamanca (NY Route 951M)	ca. 1980	US 219 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Carrollton, New York	67.52	23	U.S. Route 219 south - Limestone; Bradford, PA (NY Route 954T)	ca. 1987	US 219 joins westbound and leaves eastbound. Will be extended.
Allegany, New York	74.07	24	NY Route 417 - Allegany; St. Bonaventure University (NY Route 952W)	ca. 1973
Olean, New York	77.27	25	Buffalo Street - Olean (NY Route 954E)	ca. 1973
Olean, New York	78.77	26	NY Route 16 - Olean	ca. 1972
Hinsdale, New York	84.69	27	NY Route 16; NY Route 446 - Hinsdale	ca. 1972
Allegany County, New York
Cuba (village), New York	91.35	28	NY Route 305 - Cuba	ca. 1972
Friendship, New York	98.72	29	NY Route 275 - Friendship; Bolivar	ca. 1973
Amity, New York	104.45	30	NY Route 19 - Belmont; Wellsville	ca. 1973
Angelica (village), New York	108.55	31	Angelica	ca. 1973
West Almond, New York	115.78	32	West Almond	ca. 1973
Almond (village), New York	123.61	33	NY Route 21 - Almond; Andover (NY Route 962A)	ca. 1973
Steuben County, New York
Hornellsville, New York	128.30	34	NY Route 36 - Arkport; Hornell	ca. 1970	split into 34S (south) and 34N (north)
Howard, New York	137.98	35	Howard (NY Route 962B)	ca. 1970
Avoca	145.17	36	Interstate 390 north; NY Route 15 north - Rochester; Buffalo	ca. 1973	NY Route 15 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Bath, New York	146.30	37	NY Route 53 - Kanona; Prattsburg	ca. 1973
Bath, New York	149.50	38	NY Route 54 - Bath; Hammondsport	ca. 1971
Town of Bath	152.61	39	NY Route 415 - Bath (NY Route 960U)	ca. 1969
Bath, New York	156.40	40	NY Route 226 - Savona	ca. 1969
Campbell, New York	161.20	41	County Route 333 - Campbell	ca. 1967
Campbell	165.24	42	Coopers Plains (NY Route 960M)	ca. 1967
Erwin, New York	167.51	43	NY Route 415 - Painted Post	ca. 1959
Painted Post, New York	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, New York	169.02	45	NY Route 352 - Riverside; Downtown Corning	ca. 1995	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Riverside, New York		45	NY Route 415 - Riverside	ca. 1995	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Corning	171.49	46	NY Route 414 - Watkins Glen; Corning Museum of Glass	ca. 1985
Corning	174.20	47	NY Route 352 - Gibson; East Corning; Downtown Corning (NY Route 961Q)	ca. 1985
Corning	176.57	48	NY Route 352 - East Corning (NY Route 961T)	ca. 1985
Chemung County, New York
Big Flats	178.85	49	Big Flats	ca. 1985
Big Flats		50	County Route 63 - Regional Airport; Kahler Road	ca. 2003
Big Flats	182.30	51A	Chambers Road - Shopping Malls; Regional Airport	ca. 1969
Big Flats		51B	Colonial Drive - Shopping Mall		westbound exit only
Horseheads, New York		52A	Commerce Center Road (NY Route 962E)	ca. 1970	no westbound exit
Horseheads, New York	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, New York	186.02	54	NY Route 13 - Ithaca	converted from at-grade intersection ca. 1996
Elmira, New York	190.20	56	NY Route 352 - Elmira; Jerusalem Hill	? rebuilt ca. 2002
gap in freeway
Ashland, New York	195.98	58	County Route 2; County Route 8; County Route 60 - Lowman; Wellsburg	ca. 2000
gap in freeway
Chemung, New York	201.26	59	NY Route 427 - Chemung (NY Route 961A)	ca. 1967
Chemung	203.52	59A	Wilawana, PA	ca. 1965
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
South Waverly, Pennsylvania	205.49	60	U.S. Route 220 - Waverly, New York; Sayre, PA	ca. 1971
Tioga County, New York
Waverly, New York	206.74	61	NY Route 34; PA Route 199 - Waverly, New York; Sayre, PA	ca. 1973
Nichols, New York	214.83	62	NY Route 282 - Nichols	ca. 1968
Nichols, New York	219.56	63	Lounsberry	ca. 1968
Owego (village), New York	223.97	64	NY Route 96 - Owego; Ithaca (NY Route 962G)	ca. 1968
Owego, New York	225.80	65	NY Route 17C; NY Route 434 - Owego (NY Route 960J)	ca. 1968
Owego, New York	231.29	66	NY Route 434; NY Route 17C - Apalachin (NY Route 962J)	ca. 1968
Broome County, New York
Vestal, New York	237.33	67	NY Route 26 to NY Route 434 - Vestal; Endicott	ca. 1969	split into 67S (south) and 67N (north)
Vestal, New York	238.13	68	Old Vestal Road	ca. 1969	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Union, New York	239.66	69	NY Route 17C east - Westover	ca. 1969	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Union, New York		69	NY Route 17C west - Endwell	ca. 1971	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Union, New York	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-Dickinson town line	242.89	71	Airport Road - Greater Binghamton Airport; Johnson City	ca. 1971	split into 71S (Johnson City) and 71N (Airport Road) westbound
Binghamton		72	Mygatt Street; Clinton Street	ca. 1971	westbound exit only
Binghamton	245.08	72	U.S. Route 11 - Front Street	ca. 1966	eastbound exit only
Binghamton	245.21		Interstate 81 north to Interstate 88 - Syracuse; Albany	ca. 1966	I-81 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Binghamton	245.69	4	NY Route 7 - Binghamton; Hillcrest, New York	ca. 1965	split into 4S (south) and 4N (north)
Binghamton	246.08	3	Broad Avenue	ca. 1965	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Kirkwood, New York	249.37	3	Industrial Park	ca. 1963	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Kirkwood, New York	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, New York	251.31	76	Haskins Road; Foley Road	ca. 2000
Windsor, New York		77	West Windsor	ca. 2000
Windsor, New York	256.25	78	Dunbar Road - Occanum	ca. 1961
Windsor (village), New York	259.64	79	NY Route 79 - Windsor	ca. 1960
Windsor, New York	261.69	80	Damascus	ca. 1960
Windsor, New York	264.39	81	East Bosket Road	ca. 1960
Sanford, New York	270.04	82	NY Route 41 - McClure; Sanford	ca. 1960
Sanford, New York		83	Deposit; Oquaga Lake	ca. 1960
Delaware County, New York
Deposit, New York	274.62	84	NY Route 8; NY Route 10 - Deposit; Walton (NY Route 990T)	ca. 1961
gap in freeway
Hancock (village), New York	285.55	87	NY Route 97 to NY Route 268; to PA Route 191 - Hancock; Cadosia	ca. 1967
Hancock, New York		87A	NY Route 268 - Cadosia; Hancock (NY Route 990P)	ca. 1961	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Hancock, New York	293.14	89	Fishs Eddy	ca. 1961
Hancock, New York	297.04	90	NY Route 30 - East Branch; Downsville	ca. 1961
Colchester, New York	303.43	92	Horton; Cooks Falls	ca. 1968
Colchester	305.28	93	Cooks Falls	ca. 1968	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Sullivan County, New York
Town of Rockland	310.73	94	Roscoe	ca. 1966
	316.71	96	Livingston Manor	ca. 1963
	318.89	97	Morsston	ca. 1963
gap in freeway
Town of Liberty	321.85	98	Cooley; Parksville		at-grade intersection with traffic signal
	324.93	99	NY Route 52; NY Route 55 - Liberty	ca. 1956
	326.52	100A	NY Route 55 to NY Route 52 west - Liberty	ca. 1956	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	326.99	100	NY Route 52 - Liberty	ca. 1956
	327.97	101	Ferndale; Swan Lake	ca. 1960	no westbound entrance
Town of Thompson	332.14	102	Harris; Bushville	ca. 1960
	334.87	103	Rapp Road	ca. 1960	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	336.21	104	NY Route 17B - Raceway; Monticello	ca. 1957
	337.56	105	NY Route 42 - Monticello; Kiamesha	ca. 1957	split into 105A (south) and 105B (north)
	339.67	106	Monticello	ca. 1957	no eastbound exit
	340.85	107	Bridgeville; South Fallsburg	ca. 1957
	342.71	108	Bridgeville	ca. 1957	eastbound exit and entrance
	343.89	109	Rock Hill; Woodridge	ca. 1957
	344.29	110	Lake Louise Marie; Wanaksink Lake	ca. 1957
	345.04	111	Wolf Lake	ca. 1957	eastbound exit and entrance
Town of Mamakating	347.94	112	Masten Lake; Yankee Lake	ca. 1955
	350.25	113	U.S. Route 209 - Wurtsboro; Ellenville	ca. 1955
	352.58	114	Wurtsboro; Highview	ca. 1958	westbound exit only
	354.63	115	Burlingham Road	ca. 1958	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Orange County, New York
Wallkill	355.23	116	NY Route 17K - Bloomingburg; Montgomery	ca. 1958
		118	Fair Oaks	ca. 1958
	359.50	119	NY Route 302 - Pine Bush	ca. 1949
	362.23	120	NY Route 211 - Middletown; Montgomery	ca. 1949	split into 120W (west) and 120E (east) eastbound
	363.15	121	Interstate 84 - Port Jervis; Newburgh	ca. 1968	split into 121W (west) and 121E (east)
		122	County Route 67 - East Main Street; Crystal Run Road	ca. 1947
Town of Goshen		122A	Fletcher Street - Goshen	ca. 1968
Goshen (village)	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
	367.62	124	NY Route 17A; NY Route 207 - Florida; Goshen	ca. 1949
	368.43	125	NY Route 17M east - South Street	ca. 1949	NY Route 17M joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Chester (village)	371.69	126	NY Route 94 - Chester; Florida	ca. 1954
	373.52	127	Greycourt Road - Sugar Loaf; Warwick	ca. 1956	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Blooming Grove		128	County Route 51 - Oxford Depot	ca. 1956	westbound exit only
		129	Museum Village Road	ca. 1956	no westbound entrance
Monroe	377.02	130	NY Route 208 - Monroe; Washingtonville	ca. 1956
Woodbury	379.98	130A	U.S. Route 6 east - Bear Mountain	ca. 1994	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 6 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
	380.57	131	NY Route 17 south to U.S. Route 6 east; NY Route 32 - Newburgh; Suffern; Harriman	ca. 1953
	381.10		Interstate 87; New York Thruway - New York; Albany	ca. 1953	eastbound exit and westbound entrance

References

1. MapQuest driving directions: part 1 and part 2
2. Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
3. Pennsylvania Highways: Interstate 86
4. New York State Law Defining I-86
5. OKRoads -- Interstate 86 New York - Eastbound - Pennsylvania State Line to Almond
6. National Bridge Inventory
7. National Bridge Inventory