New York Roads - NY 17/I-86
NY 17 (and I-86)
From Mike Traverse's sign collection.
Below: from John Krakoff's sign collection.
I-86 main page (Southern Tier Expressway)
I-81/NY 17 multiplex photos
Quickway and Orange Turnpike photos
NY 17A
NY 17B
NY 17C
NY 17K
NY 17M (old 17)
Definition of terms: Quickway is between I-87 and Binghamton (the quick way to get there), and the Southern Tier Expwy. is from there (at I-81) on west. Orange Turnpike is the name of the four-lane surface NY 17, from Harriman to Hillburn (eventually to become the only piece of NY 17 left, unless NY 32 takes it over). I-86 overlaps NY 17 from Corning on westward so far, with another seven discontiguous miles newly designated east of Binghamton. As 17 gets upgraded in a few critical spots (such as in Horseheads), that designation will move eastward (see the I-81 page for a shield that jumped the gun), until the exit from I-87 to NY 17 and US 6 is no longer just a reference route. The Southern Tier refers to the lower half of the western prong of New York. Final note: Like NY 7, the lion's share of NY 17 is signed east-west. Only the surface section is signed north-south, but when I-86 is completed, that will be all of NY 17 unless NYSDOT takes a hint and re-signs NY 17 over the original surface roads.
The Quickway on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
NY 434, old NY 17
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