I-787 North - Albany - New York - 4K Highway Drive
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Published 2023-01-21
Filmed: December 2022
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From Wikipedia:
Interstate 787 (I-787) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of New York. I-787 is the main highway for those traveling into and out of downtown Albany. The southern terminus is, per New York traffic data, at the toll plaza for New York State Thruway (I-87) exit 23 southwest of downtown Albany. However, current signage indicates the terminus as along I-787's ramp to US Route 9W (US 9W). The northern terminus of the route is unclear, with some sources placing the terminus at 8th Street in Troy, creating an overlap with New York State Route 7 (NY 7) between Green Island and Troy. Other documents show I-787 as terminating at its interchange with NY 7 and NY 787 in the town of Colonie. Regardless, the route is 10.16 miles (16.35 km) long if extended to Troy, or 9.55 miles (15.37 km) excluding the unsigned NY 7 overlap.
North of NY 7, I-787 continues north as NY 787 to the city of Cohoes.
All Comments (9)
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Nice ride along interstate 787 north in Albany New York Good evening from Beaumont TX
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I used to drive this route nearly every day, going from Albany to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Twice a week, I used to run the 9-mile stretch on the Empire State Trail from Albany to Cohoes along the Hudson River. That trail parallels 787 to the East. That was 40 years ago. The whole 787 route looks exactly the same in this video as it did then. I don't miss living in Upstate New York one bit
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It's nice to have you back in Upstate New York!
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The big gripe about this route is that it cuts Albany county cities' access to the Hudson River, making recreational activities along the river difficult if not impossible. The river is on the right in this video, the cities of Albany, Menands, Watervliet, and Cohoes are on the left. Good video.
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Nice ride
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Like how NY is the one few states that does their traffic lights diagonally?
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I was a little surprised that I could not see the Albany Skyway...
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787 was pretty short interstate portion within Albany. And it will become a surface street.
