Interstate 88 (New York)

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I-88 begins at an interchange with I-81 just north of Downtown Binghamton on the banks of the Chenango River. While both directions of I-81 are accessible from I-88 westbound, only one direction of I-81 (northbound) connects to I-88. The missing connection, I-81 south to I-88 east, is made via US Route 11 (US 11), NY 12, and NY 12A at I-81 exit 6. NY 12A then connects to I-88 at exit 2.

From I-81, I-88 heads east across the Chenango to Port Dickinson, where it merges with NY 7 (here also a limited-access highway) at exit 1. The two routes continue north, then east along the eastern bank of the Chenango River, where it meets NY 12A near Chenango Bridge. I-88 and NY 7 remain alongside the river to Port Crane, where the river begins to follow NY 369 (exit 3) northward. Outside of Port Crane, the expressway heads east to Sanitaria Springs. Here, NY 7 leaves the expressway at exit 4 and begins to parallel I-88, as it does for the remainder of I-88's routing. I-88 begins to climb a hill, with the eastbound lane having three lanes then soon meets Martin Hill Road (NY 992P) at exit 5.

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I-88 continues east to Harpursville, connecting to NY 79 near the center of the community at exit 6. Shortly after meeting NY 79, I-88 reenters a river valley, this time that of the Susquehanna River. I-88 heads to the northeast, following the river and NY 7 to Afton where it has an interchange with NY 41 exit 7. It continues to Bainbridge where it meets NY 206 and then on to Sidney, where it meets NY 8, the primary north–south road through the village, at exit 9. From Sidney, I-88 progresses northeast through southern Otsego County. It passes Unadilla, accessed by exit 10, then connects to NY 357 at exit 11. The expressway continues and reaches exit 12 which connects to Otego via NY 911J. It continues northeastward before entering Oneonta. Within the city, I-88 interchanges with NY 205 ahead of exit 14 with Main Street, which is the former routing of NY 28. The next interchange I-88 intersects NY 23 and NY 28 joins the expressway, following I-88 out of the city.

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Northeast of Oneonta, NY 28 leaves I-88 at exit 17 to follow the Susquehanna River northward toward Cooperstown. I-88, however, remains on a northeasterly track through rural eastern Otsego County. Upon crossing into Schoharie County, I-88 begins to follow an easterly routing as it heads toward Cobleskill. While NY 7 enters the village, I-88 passes south of it, connecting to the village via two exits with NY 7. East of Cobleskill, I-88 interchanges with NY 145. Howe Caverns, a regionally popular attraction, is located a short distance north of the exit. I-88 continues onward, skirting the northern edge of Schoharie before passing into Schenectady County.

Shortly after entering Schenectady County, I-88 meets US 20 east of Duanesburg. Past US 20, I-88 continues northeast, interchanging with NY 7 for one final time before ending at the New York State Thruway (I-90) in western Schenectady.

The 1956 National System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act did not include I-88. New York state officials pressed for addition of the route, and funding was included in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968. Right-of-way acquisition started immediately afterward,{{cite book |title=New York's Interstate System – The Road to Mobility and Commerce |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |date=June 1996}} and I-88 was added to the Interstate Highway System on December 13, 1968.{{cite web |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/interstate-system/50th-anniversary |title=Previous Interstate Facts of the Day |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=May 11, 2010}} As originally planned by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), I-88 would begin at I-81 in Binghamton and follow the proposed Susquehanna Expressway to Schenectady, from where it would continue to US 4 in Troy over "Alternate Route 7", the limited-access alignment of NY 7 through the northern suburbs of Albany.{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |format=PDF |access-date=May 11, 2010}} This would have been accomplished by having I-88 meet the New York State Thruway at exit 25, where it would connect to I-890. I-88 would continue to Troy over I-890 and an upgraded NY 7.{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map |publisher=Gulf Oil Company |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1972 |edition=1972}}

In the early 1980s, the proposed connection with I-890 was scrapped in favor of a connection located to the west of exit 25 in Rotterdam.{{cite map |title=I Love New York Tourism Map |publisher=State of New York |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1981}}{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=New York |year=1985 |isbn=0-528-91040-X}} The extension to Troy was also eventually shelved, and thus the planned connections to the Adirondack Northway (I-87) and the toll-free part of I-90 between Thruway exit 24 and exit B1 on the Berkshire Connector were never built. As a result, the Thruway tolls are waived for all traffic that enters at exit 25A and heads west to exit 26 (I-890) or east to either exit 25 or 24 (I-890 or I-87/I-90, respectively).{{cite web |title=Interchange 25A Online Toll Ticket |url=http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/calc/ticket.cgi?entry=m25a |publisher=New York State Thruway Authority |access-date=April 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104640/http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/calc/ticket.cgi?entry=m25a |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

The first section of I-88 to open was the piece between Chenango Bridge (exit 2) and Sanitaria Springs (exit 4), which opened in the early 1970s.{{cite map |title=New York and Metropolitan New York City |publisher=Sun Oil Company |cartography=Diversified Map Corporation |year=1969 |edition=1969–70}} A second piece near Oneonta between exits 13 and 15 was opened to traffic {{circa|1974}}.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Shell Oil Company |cartography=H.M. Gousha Company |year=1973 |edition=1973}}{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide Map |publisher=Gulf Oil Company |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1974}} Construction progressed southwestward from Oneonta, with the freeway reaching Nineveh (exit 6) by 1977.{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}} The gap between Sanitaria Springs and Nineveh was filled by 1981. The focus then moved to the section of the expressway between Oneonta and Schenectady, which was completed from Oneonta to Duanesburg (exit 24) by 1981. The Duanesburg–Schenectady leg of I-88 was opened to traffic by 1985. In 1989, construction concluded on I-88 with the opening of the final portion of I-88 between I-81 in Chenango and NY 7 in Chenango Bridge.{{cite map|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1989fr.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |format=PDF |year=1989 |access-date=May 11, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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In 1999 NYSDOT, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) discussed redesignating the Berkshire Connector as I-90 and redesignating the nontoll part of I-90 from Thruway exit 24 to exit B1 on the Berkshire Connector as I-88. The section of the Thruway between exits 25 and 24 would then be codesignated as I-90 and I-88. This was never implemented.{{cite web|page=22 |title=Hudson River Crossing Study |date=February 13, 2008 |access-date=December 25, 2009 |publisher=Capital District Transportation Committee and New York State Department of Transportation |author=Bergman Associates |url=http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082831/http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}

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As a result of the June 2006 flooding in Upstate New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania, Carrs Creek washed out a {{convert|50|ft|adj=on|m}} section of I-88 southwest of Unadilla on June 28.{{cite news|url=http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/101220028/-1/flood|title=Driver killed in I-88 bridge collapse identified|first=Jim|last=Wright|newspaper=Press & Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, NY|date=June 29, 2006|access-date=October 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131192340/http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/101220028/-1/flood|archive-date=January 31, 2013}} Around 6:20 am, two trucks from different directions drove into the chasm, apparently unaware of it, killing both drivers. David Swingle, 42, of Waverly, who was driving eastbound, was identified shortly after the accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-06-28-upstate-flooding_x.htm|title=Waters slowly recede, residents begin cleaning up|first=William |last=Kates|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 29, 2006|access-date=October 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080522104137/https://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-06-28-upstate-flooding_x.htm |archive-date= May 22, 2008 }} The westbound trucker was Patrick O'Connell, 55, of Lisbon, Maine.{{cite news|url=http://www.news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=71727|title=Victim in truck accident identified |work=News 10 Now |location=Syracuse, NY |date=July 3, 2006 |access-date=October 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061201011011/http://www.news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=71727 |archive-date= Dec 1, 2006 }} His body was found downstream several days after the water receded.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny-brf--missing-truck0708jul08,0,2143290.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork|title=Body of trucker killed in storms found |newspaper=Newsday |location=New York City |date=July 8, 2006}}{{dead link|date=December 2023}}

NYSDOT started construction to replace the section of highway almost immediately, and it was reopened August 31.{{cite press release |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2006/31 |title=Governor Pataki Tours and Announces the Reopening of I-88 |date=August 31, 2006 |access-date=October 30, 2007}} Families of both victims planned to sue the state of New York for the incidents.{{cite news |title=Suits pending in I-88 flood deaths |date=October 19, 2006 |newspaper=The Daily Star |location=Oneonta, NY}}

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