New York State Roads - I-787 Exit List

I-787 is a spur serving downtown Albany and connecting Albany with Troy via NY 7. It officially runs from the Thruway to Troy over the Collar City Bridge (and was originally planned to end at a US 4 freeway in Troy); however, it is signed over reference route 912S to US 9W, its planned connection with the original I-87 alignment parallel to the Thruway. The I-87 plans were cancelled and it was placed on the Thruway, leaving the odd ramps at Thruway exit 23 and a Northway stub as the only indications of the old plans. Signage for I-787 is truncated to NY 7/NY 787 to avoid confusion, however southbound signs for I-787 exist on the Collar City bridge, which was to be part of I-88 before being assigned as NY 7. The City of Albany is studying how to improve access to the waterfront, with one proposal including rebuilding I-787 as an at-grade boulevard. NY 787 extends I-787 to Cohoes, and plans intended for it to continue into Waterford using the bed of the Champlain Canal.

Mile	Northbound	Southbound	Notes
	Albany County
	Speed Limit 55 Minimum 40
0.0		Albany	At-grade intersection Thruway access via ramps
0.3		Exit 1	Interstate designation officially follows ramp.
0.9	Exit 2 Port of Albany	Exit 2 South Pearl Street Port of Albany
1.7	Exit 3 South East Rensselaer Empire Plaza	Exit 3B West Madison Avenue Port of Albany
1.7	Exit 4 North West Downtown Albany	Exit 3A South East Rensselaer Empire Plaza
2.3		Exit 4B North Clinton Avenue
2.8		Exit 4A Colonie Street Columbia Street
3.5	Exit 5 Buffalo Boston
4.8	Exit 6 Menands
6.2	Exit 7E East South Troy	Exit 7E East Troy
6.2	Exit 7W West Watervliet	Exit 7W West Loudonville Menands
8.5	Exit 8 23rd Street Watervliet Green Island
9.2	Exit 9E East Troy Bennington		I-787 officially exits here and ends across the river in Troy, but is not signed as such.
9.2	Exit 9W West To Schenectady Saratoga Springs
9.2	North Cohoes Boulevard
	Speed Limit 55 Minimum 40
	Albany County