NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 7

'New York State Route 7' is a 180-mile (290 km) long New York State Highway that runs from the New York/Pennsylvania border south of Binghamton, New York to the New York/Vermont border west of Bennington, Vermont.

Contents

Route description

Major intersections

Exit list

History

Miscellanea

References

External links

Route description

Much of the route parallels Interstate 88. It services the cities of Binghamton, Oneonta, Cobleskill, Schenectady, and Troy, along with many smaller communities. NY 7 junctions with Interstate 87 (the Adirondack Northway) as EXIT 7.
In Rotterdam, there is a wrong-way concurrency with I-890 and NY 7.

Major intersections

Exit list

A portion of NY 7 north of Albany is a limited-access highway, a freeway known by most as 'Alternate route 7'. Exits are listed from west to east. Mileposts derived from ^[2].

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Albany	Latham	0.0	I-87 ; NY 7 ; Albany; Schenectady	Exit 7 (I-87/NY 7).
		0.2	US 9/NY 9R - Latham; Cohoes	Eastbound only.
	Watervliet	3.5	I-787 - Albany; Watervliet	Exits 9E-W (I-787).
		Western terminus of / concurrency.
		3.7	NY 787 - Cohoes	Southern terminus of NY 787.
Rensselaer	Troy	4.4	Downtown Troy	Eastbound: exit only. Westbound: entrance only.
		4.5	NY 7 returns to street level. Northern terminus of I-787. Eastern terminus of concurrency.

History

In the Capital District, NY 7 originally took the current path of NY 2 between Latham and Troy. It also concurrent with US 4 up to Hoosick Street. This was decommissioned when the freeway was built and the Collar City Bridge re-opened in 1981.^[3]

Miscellanea

The NY 7 freeway between I-87 and Troy is known locally as "Alternate Route 7."

References

1. New York Routes - New York State Route 7
2. Capital Highways - New York 7 - Freeway Guide
3. Capital Highways - New York 7

External links

★ New York State Ends: NY-7