Editing Interstate 481 (section)

==Route description==
I-481 begins at [[Interstate 81 in New York|I-81]]'s exit&nbsp;82 (exit 1A on I-81), a [[directional T interchange]] in the South Valley section of the city of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]. Immediately crossing under [[New York State Route 173|NY&nbsp;173]], I-481 proceeds eastward alongside Rock Cut Road (unsigned [[County Route 103 (Onondaga County, New York)|County Route&nbsp;103]] [CR&nbsp;103]), which meets the freeway at exit&nbsp;83 heading east. I-481 crosses out of Syracuse and into the town of [[Onondaga, New York|Onondaga]], paralleling Rock Cut Road into [[Clark Reservation State Park]]. The Interstate Highway makes a bend to the northeast, crossing over tracks used by the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]] and entering exit&nbsp;85, which connects to Jamesville Road ([[County Route 7 (Onondaga County, New York)|CR&nbsp;7]]).<ref name="bing">{{bing maps|url=http://binged.it/KpYKkn|title=overview map of Interstate 481|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:I-481 at Exit 9N.jpg|left|thumb|I-481 northbound nearing I-81 in North Syracuse]]
After exit&nbsp;2, I-481 makes a bend to the north, crossing east of Butternut Creek Golf Course as it crosses into the town of [[DeWitt, New York|DeWitt]]. In DeWitt, I-481 enters an interchange (exit&nbsp;87) with [[New York State Route 5|NY&nbsp;5]] and [[New York State Route 92|NY&nbsp;92]] (East Genesee Street) just west of the hamlet of Lyndon. After the junction, I-481 continues bending to the northeast, crossing the west end of Old Erie Canal State Park and east of White Chapel Memory Gardens before entering a large interchange with the eastern terminus of [[Interstate 690|I-690]]. Just north of the interchange, I-481 crosses over [[New York State Route 290|NY&nbsp;290]] (Manlius Center Road) and [[CSX Transportation]]'s DeWitt Yard. A short distance after the railroad, I-481 enters exit&nbsp;90, which connects to Kirkville Road ([[County Route 53 (Onondaga County, New York)|CR&nbsp;53]]).<ref name="bing" />

After the interchange with CR&nbsp;53, I-481 continues northward through DeWitt, paralleling Fly Road ([[County Route 77 (Onondaga County, New York)|CR&nbsp;77]]). A short distance later, I-481 crosses over the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]) and enters exit&nbsp;91, a [[trumpet interchange]] leading to exit&nbsp;34A of the Thruway. A short distance after the Thruway, I-481 enters a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with [[New York State Route 298|NY&nbsp;298]] (Collamer Road). The freeway continues northeast, crossing over East Taft Road ([[County Route 18 (Onondaga County, New York)|CR&nbsp;18]]) in DeWitt before bending northwest into the town of [[Cicero, New York|Cicero]]. In Cicero, I-481 enters an interchange (exit&nbsp;95) with Northern Boulevard ([[County Route 82 (Onondaga County, New York)|CR&nbsp;82]]). A short distance to the west in the town of [[North Syracuse, New York|North Syracuse]], I-481 enters exit&nbsp;96, a cloverleaf interchange with exit 11 on I-81. At this junction, the designation of I-481 ends while [[New York State Route 481|NY&nbsp;481]] continues northwestward toward [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]].<ref name="bing" />