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Southern Tier Expressway, Quickway, Averill Avenue, Orange Turnpike |
Direction:
East/West along the Southern Tier Expressway and Quickway, North/South along
Averill Avenue and Orange Turnpike
Western Terminus: New York-Pennsylvania border
Southern Terminus: New York-New Jersey border
NY 17 is a major highway in Upstate New York. It enters the state from
Pennsylvania and runs east through the Finger Lakes region. This section is
known as the Southern Tier Expressway. In Binghamton, the Southern Tier
Expressway ends at I-81. NY 17 is multiplexed with I-81 for a few exits.
The two routes then split. NY 17 is known as the Quickway from this point on.
The Quickway runs southeast through the Catskill Mountains. It ends at the New
York Thruway (I-87) in Harriman. One exit before the end of the Quickway, NY 17
splits off from the Quickway and changes from an east/west route to a north/south
route. It runs south along Averill Avenue and Orange Turnpike, parallel to the
Thruway. Orange Turnpike intersects the Thruway at exit 15A and changes
designation to become NY 59. NY 17 continues south as an unnamed two-lane road
until the New York-New Jersey border, where it merges into I-287 and becomes
NJ 17. The ramp from the southern terminus of NY 17 to I-287 is one-way.
Therefore, motorists travelling north on I-287/NJ 17 from New Jersey who wish to
continue north on NY 17 cannot connect directly. Instead, they must take the
Thruway north to exit 15A and pick up NY 17 at that point.
Work is currently in progress to upgrade the Southern Tier Expressway and the
Quickway to meet interstate standards. When this work is completed, these
sections will be assigned the designation of I-86.
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