
The New York State Thruway is the main highway of New York, connecting New York City, Albany, and Buffalo. The first section, from Rochester to Lowell (NY 26) opened in 1954 and the mainline is nearly 500 miles long. The road also includes the Berkshire Spur to the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Niagara Thruway connecting Buffalo to Niagara Falls via Grand Island, the New England Thruway connecting the Connecticutt Turnpike to the Bruckner Expressway, and the Garden State Parkway Connector. The New York State Canal Corporation, Cross-Westchester Expressway, and Interstate 84 were added to the Thruway system in 1992 when toll collection was extended after the bonds were paid off. Interstate 84 was transferred back to NYSDOT in 2010 as part of a deal to eliminate the Buffalo and Black Rock toll barriers on the Niagara Thruway, and the Canal Corporation was transferred to the New York Power Authority in 2016. County line signs are not posted on the mainline, Berkshire Extension, or the Niagara section.
Mile | Northbound/Eastbound | Southbound/Westbound | Notes |
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0.0 | Westchester County | Bronx County Borough of The Bronx |
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Speed Limit 55 | Speed Limit 50 | ||
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0.5 | Exit 1 Hall Place |
Exit 1 Hall Place McLean Avenue |
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1.4 | Exit 2 Yonkers Avenue |
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1.8 | Exit 3 Mile Square Road |
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2.2 | Exit 4 Cross County Parkway |
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2.4 | Exit 5![]() Central Park Avenue Yonkers |
Exit 4 Cross County Parkway Mile Square Road |
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4.0 | Exit 6 Tuckahoe Road Yonkers Bronxville |
Exit 6E Tuckahoe Road East Bronxville |
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4.0 | Exit 6W Tuckahoe Road West Yonkers |
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5.0 | Exit 6A Stew Leonard Drive Ridge Hill Boulevard |
Tandem Lot | |
5.5 | Tandem Lot | ||
Yonkers Toll | |||
6.1 | Ardsley Service Area | ||
7.9 | Exit 7![]() Ardsley |
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10.4 | Exit 7A Saw Mill River Parkway North Taconic State Parkway |
Exit 7A Saw Mill River Parkway South |
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11.3 | Exit 8A![]() Saw Mill River Parkway North Elmsford |
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11.5 | Exit 8![]() Rye White Plains |
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12.9 | Exit 9![]() Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow Last exit before bridge |
Exit 9![]() Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow |
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Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Toll | Formerly the Tappan Zee Bridge | ||
Rockland County | Westchester County | ||
16.5 | Exit 10![]() Nyack South Nyack |
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17.8 | Exit 11![]() Nyack |
Exit 11![]() Nyack Last exit before toll |
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18.8 | Exit 12![]() West Nyack |
Exit 12![]() West Nyack Palisades Center Drive |
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20.9 | Exit 13N Palisades Interstate Parkway North Bear Mountain Passenger cars only |
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20.9 | Exit 13S Palisades Interstate Parkway South New Jersey Passenger cars only |
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22.8 | Exit 14![]() Spring Valley Nanuet |
Tandem Lot | |
23.5 | Exit 14A Garden State Parkway New Jersey |
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Speed Limit 55 | |||
Spring Valley Toll | No toll for passenger cars | ||
Speed Limit 65 | |||
27.6 | Exit 14B Airmont Road Suffern Montebello |
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30.3 | Exit 15![]() ![]() New Jersey |
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31.3 | Exit 15A![]() ![]() Sloatsburg Suffern |
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32.4 | Tandem Trailer Area | ||
33.2 | Sloatsburg Service Area | Ramapo Service Area | |
Orange County | Rockland County | ||
45.1 | Truck Inspection | ||
45.2 | Exit 16![]() ![]() Harriman |
Future ![]() Hudson Valley/Catskills Welcome Center The southbound off ramp diverges before the toll gantry. |
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Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
60.1 | Exit 17![]() ![]() ![]() Newburgh Scranton |
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64.8 | Plattekill Service Area | ||
65.9 | Modena Service Area | ||
Ulster County | Orange County | ||
76.0 | Exit 18![]() New Paltz Poughkeepsie |
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91.4 | Exit 19![]() Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge |
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96.3 | Ulster Service Area | ||
99.2 | Parking Area Truck Inspection |
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101.3 | Exit 20![]() Saugerties |
Exit 20![]() Saugerties Woodstock |
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103.2 | Malden Service Area | Parking Area | |
Greene County | Ulster County | ||
113.9 | Exit 21![]() Catskill Cairo |
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124.6 | Exit 21B![]() ![]() Coxsackie Ravena |
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127.3 | New Baltimore Service Area Capital Region Welcome Center |
New Baltimore Service Area | |
Albany County | Greene County | ||
133.6 | Exit 21A To ![]() Massachusetts Turnpike Boston |
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135.0 | Exit 22![]() ![]() Selkirk |
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139.2 | Parking Area | ||
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
142.0 | Exit 23![]() ![]() Albany Rensselaer |
Exit 23![]() ![]() Albany Troy |
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Exits 23-24 Toll | |||
148.1 | Exit 24![]() ![]() Albany Montréal |
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148.8 | Exit 24![]() ![]() Albany Montréal |
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Exits 24-25 Toll | |||
152.8 | Guilderland Service Area | ||
153.9 | Exit 25![]() ![]() ![]() Schenectady |
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Schenectady County | Albany County | ||
Exits 25-25A Toll | |||
158.8 | Exit 25A![]() Schenectady Binghamton |
I-88 was planned to parallel the Thruway to Albany; instead, it was decided to widen the Thruway and not change tolls between I-88 and exits 24-26. | |
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
162.3 | Exit 26![]() ![]() ![]() Schenectady Scotia |
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Montgomery County | Schenectady County | ||
168.2 | Pattersonville Service Area | ||
171.8 | Mohawk Service Area | ||
173.6 | Exit 27![]() Amsterdam |
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182.2 | Exit 28![]() Fultonville Fonda |
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184.1 | Parking Area Truck Inspection |
Parking Area | |
187.3 | Mohawk Valley Welcome Center | ||
194.1 | Exit 29![]() Canajoharie Sharon Springs |
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Herkimer County | Montgomery County | ||
209.9 | Iroquois Service Area | Indian Castle Service Area | |
210.6 | Exit 29A![]() Little Falls Dolgeville |
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219.7 | Exit 30![]() Herkimer Mohawk |
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227.0 | Schuyler Service Area | ||
Oneida County | Herkimer County | ||
232.8 | Exit 31![]() ![]() ![]() Utica Rome |
Exit 31![]() ![]() ![]() Utica |
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243.3 | Exit 32![]() Westmoreland Rome |
Exit 32![]() Westmoreland |
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243.3 | Oneida Service Area | ||
250.0 | Parking Area Truck Inspection |
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252.6 | Exit 33![]() Verona Oneida |
Exit 33![]() Verona Rome |
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255.9 | Parking Area Truck Inspection |
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Madison County | Oneida County | ||
261.4 | Exit 34![]() Canastota Chittenango |
Exit 34![]() Canastota Oneida |
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266.2 | Chittenango Service Area | ||
Onondaga County | Madison County | ||
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
276.4 | Exit 34A![]() Syracuse Oswego |
Exit 34A![]() Syracuse Chittenango |
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Exits 34A-35 Toll | |||
278.8 | Exit 35![]() Syracuse East Syracuse |
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279.4 | DeWitt Service Area | ||
Exits 35-36 Toll | |||
282.8 | Exit 36![]() Watertown Binghamton |
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Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
283.7 | Exit 37 Electronics Parkway Liverpool |
Exit 37 Electronics Parkway Syracuse |
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285.8 | Exit 38![]() Liverpool Syracuse |
Formerly NY 57 | |
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
289.4 | Exit 39![]() ![]() Syracuse Fulton |
Formerly one mile to the east; there was a traffic light with I-690. | |
291.3 | Warners Service Area | ||
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
Cayuga County | Onondaga County | ||
304.0 | Exit 40![]() Weedsport Auburn |
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308.3 | Parking Area Erie Canal Heritage Park No Truck Parking |
Historic Erie Canal lock Closed in winter |
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310.1 | Port Byron Service Area | ||
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge | |||
Seneca County | Cayuga County | ||
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge | |||
318.0 | Parking Area | ||
320.2 | Exit 41![]() Waterloo Clyde |
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323.6 | Junius Ponds Service Area | ||
Ontario County | Seneca County | ||
326.9 | Exit 42![]() Geneva Lyons |
Finger Lakes Welcome Center | |
336.9 | Clifton Springs Service Area | ||
339.9 | Exit 43![]() Manchester Palmyra |
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Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
346.8 | Exit 44![]() Canandaigua Victor |
Exit 44![]() Canandaigua |
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Exits 44-45 Toll | |||
349.2 | Seneca Service Area | ||
350.7 | Exit 45![]() Rochester |
Exit 45![]() Rochester Victor |
Formerly NY 96 |
Monroe County | Ontario County | ||
352.8 | Parking Area | ||
Exits 45-46 Toll | |||
362.0 | Exit 46![]() Rochester Corning |
Formerly NY 15 | |
365.3 | Scottsville Service Area | ||
Exits 46-47 Toll | |||
375.2 | Ontario Service Area | ||
Genesee County | Monroe County | ||
378.1 | Exit 47![]() ![]() Rochester Le Roy |
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Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
389.7 | Exit 48![]() Batavia |
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397.0 | Pembroke Service Area | ||
401.2 | Exit 48A![]() Pembroke Medina |
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Erie County | Genesee County | ||
411.6 | Clarence Service Area | ||
416.8 | Exit 49![]() Depew Lockport |
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Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
Speed Limit 55 | Speed Limit 65 | ||
419.8 | Exit 50![]() Niagara Falls |
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420.2 | Exit 50A Cleveland Drive |
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421.1 | Exit 51W![]() Buffalo |
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421.1 | Exit 51E![]() Airport |
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422.7 | Exit 52W Walden Avenue West Buffalo |
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422.7 | Exit 52E Walden Avenue East Cheektowaga |
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424.4 | Exit 52A William Street |
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425.7 | Exit 53![]() Downtown Buffalo Canada |
Niagara section of Thruway | |
427.4 | Exit 54![]() ![]() East Aurora West Seneca |
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429.0 | Exit 55![]() Orchard Park Springville |
Exit 55 Ridge Road Lackawanna West Seneca |
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Speed Limit 65 | Speed Limit 55 | ||
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
431.9 | Exit 56![]() Mile Strip Road Blasdell |
Exit 56![]() Mile Strip Road Blasdell Orchard Park |
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435.7 | Exit 57![]() Hamburg |
Exit 57![]() East Aurora Hamburg |
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442.1 | Parking Area | ||
444.4 | Exit 57A Eden Angola |
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446.6 | Angola Service Area | ||
Seneca Nation o:notowa ke:ono' ohlyo:no' |
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Chautauqua County | Erie County | ||
Seneca Nation o:notowa ke:ono' ohlyo:no' |
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455.0 | Exit 58![]() ![]() Irving Silver Creek |
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467.2 | Exit 59![]() Dunkirk Fredonia |
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484.6 | Exit 60![]() Westfield Mayville |
Former NY 17 | |
Virtual Ticket System Toll | |||
494.0 | Tandem Lot | ||
494.4 | Exit 61 Shortman Road Ripley |
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Speed Limit 65 | |||
495.5 | Pennsylvania Erie County |
New York Chautauqua County |