Editing Interstate 890 (section)

{{Short description|Auxiliary Interstate Highway in New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox road
| state = NY
| type = I
| route = 890
| map = {{maplink-road}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-890 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 9.35
| length_ref = <ref>{{cite web |last = Starks |first = Edward |date = January 27, 2022 |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date = December 8, 2022 |work = FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]] }}</ref>
| established = {{circa|1962}}<ref name="1961map" /><ref name="1962map" />
| spur_type = I
| spur_of = 90
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{plainlist|*{{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|90|NYST||NY|890|NY|5S}} in [[Rotterdam (town), New York|Rotterdam]]}}
| junction = {{Jct|state=NY|NY|7}} in Rotterdam<br>{{jct|state=NY|NY|7|NY|146}} in [[Guilderland, New York|Guilderland]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|90|NYST}} in Guilderland
| counties = [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady]], [[Albany County, New York|Albany]]
| previous_type = NY
| previous_route = 878
| next_type = NY
| next_route = 890
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;890''' ('''I-890''') is a {{convert|9.35|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] in the vicinity of [[Schenectady, New York]], in the United States. The highway runs southeast–northwest from an interchange with the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]) northwest of Schenectady to another junction with the thruway south of the city and passes through [[Downtown Schenectady]] along the way. Most of I-890 is six lanes wide, including a section that runs above an industrial section of Schenectady on an elevated highway. I-890 is a local, toll-free alternative to the Thruway, which bypasses the city and its suburbs to the southwest.

The section of I-890 west of Downtown Schenectady was mostly built over what was once part of [[New York State Route&nbsp;5S]] (NY 5S). I-890 was constructed in stages during the 1960s and 1970s, and NY 5S was gradually cut back to its current terminus west of Schenectady as more pieces of I-890 were completed. The highway is one of four [[Interstate Highway]]s in New York to use [[distance-based exit numbering]], the result of a [[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT) experiment from the 1970s. In [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady County]], I-890 is designated as the '''Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title = 2015 New York Laws :: HAY - Highway :: Article 12 - (Highway) STATE ROUTES :: 342-ZZ - Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway". |url = https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2015/hay/article-12/342-zz/ |website = Justia Law |language = en }}</ref>