Editing Interstate 790 (section)

==Route description==
[[File:I-790 eb past NY 5A, July 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Eastbound I-790 approaching NY 49]]
[[File:NY 49 Eastern Terminus map.svg|thumb|right|Diagram of the interchange between I-790, NY&nbsp;5, NY&nbsp;8, NY&nbsp;12, and NY&nbsp;49]]
I-790 begins at an interchange connecting [[New York State Route 5A|NY&nbsp;5A]] and [[New York State Route 5S|NY&nbsp;5S]] to the North–South Arterial ([[New York State Route 5|NY&nbsp;5]], [[New York State Route 8|NY&nbsp;8]], and [[New York State Route 12|NY&nbsp;12]]) on the northern edge of the city of [[Utica, New York|Utica]]. The route heads northeast from this point, [[overlap (road)|overlap]]ping with NY&nbsp;5, NY&nbsp;8, and NY&nbsp;12 along a six-lane [[limited-access highway]] leading away from downtown. As the road leaves the NY&nbsp;5A and NY&nbsp;5S junction, it crosses over the [[CSX Transportation]]'s [[Mohawk Subdivision]] rail line, which runs along the northern edge of the interchange. Past the tracks, the dense commercial and residential blocks that comprise downtown Utica give way to a mostly undeveloped strip of land surrounding the [[Mohawk River]] and [[Erie Canal]]. I-790 continues on a northeasterly track across the open area, crossing the Mohawk River and a railroad grade just north of the waterway.<ref name="bing">{{bing maps |url=http://binged.it/IhvOa5 |title=Overview Map of I-790 |accessdate=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

As I-790 crosses the Erie Canal, it enters a complex interchange built around the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]). While NY&nbsp;8 and NY&nbsp;12 continue north through the junction, I-790 and NY&nbsp;5 exit to the southeast, leaving NY&nbsp;8 and NY&nbsp;12 to meet [[New York State Route 49|NY&nbsp;49]] adjacent to the thruway. The two directions of NY&nbsp;49 are physically split by the thruway; while the eastbound direction runs along the southern edge of the thruway, the westbound half flanks the thruway's westbound lanes. East of the interchange, I-790 and NY&nbsp;5 take over NY&nbsp;49's split [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]], following an identical configuration for about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} through Utica's northern suburbs. I-790 continues east along the thruway to the exit with northbound Genesee Street, where the Interstate Highway designation ends and the highways adjacent to the thruway become solely designated as NY&nbsp;5.<ref name="bing" />

While I-790 eastbound has an exit leading directly to exit&nbsp;31 of the thruway, Utica's only exit along the highway, there is no direct connection from exit&nbsp;31 to I-790 westbound. Instead, I-790 westbound uses part of Genesee Street to get between the I-90 interchange and the highways carrying NY&nbsp;5 along the thruway.<ref name="bing" />