Editing Interstate 890 (section)

==Route description==
I-890 begins at the toll booth for exit&nbsp;26 of the [[New York State Thruway]] in the [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady County]] town of [[Rotterdam (town), New York|Rotterdam]]. It initially heads to the east, connecting to [[New York State Route 890|NY&nbsp;890]] and [[New York State Route 5S|NY&nbsp;5S]] by way of a modified [[trumpet interchange]] that directly feeds into the thruway junction. At this point, I-890 takes over the four-lane [[right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] established by NY&nbsp;890 to the north and follows the [[Mohawk River]] ([[Erie Canal]]) and [[CSX Transportation]]'s [[Selkirk Subdivision]] rail line southeast toward [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]]. The first {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} of I-890 passes through mostly undeveloped, wooded areas, a trend that finally ends as the highway curves east to meet the north end of [[New York State Route 337|NY&nbsp;337]] at exit&nbsp;2 near the [[Via Port Rotterdam]] shopping mall. Continuing on, I-890 follows the Mohawk River along the northern edge of [[General Electric]]'s Schenectady plant, connecting to the facility by way of two separate exits serving different parts of the complex.<ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=I-890+E+to:I-890+E&hl=en&ll=42.813788,-73.958931&spn=0.189391,0.445976&sll=42.839,-74.006867&sspn=0.011832,0.027874&geocode=FQ2wjQId7ryW-w%3BFWIQjQIdiNKX-w%3BFZJrjAIdHuCX-w&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=16&z=12 |title=Overview map of I-890 |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Schenectady - Mohawk River I-890 (33168723571).jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of I-890 running along the Mohawk River]]
Not far from the General Electric plant is [[Downtown Schenectady]], which the now six-lane I-890 largely bypasses to the south and west on an elevated highway passing over a mostly industrial section of the city. The section closest to the city center runs past by the campus of [[Schenectady County Community College]] and provides panoramic views of Downtown Schenectady. I-890 heads south from downtown, crossing over the [[Delaware and Hudson Railway]] and CSX Transportation's [[Hudson Subdivision]] before finally connecting to downtown by way of Broadway at exit&nbsp;5. Past Broadway, the elevated highway comes to an end as I-890 heads southeastward into a dense residential area on a plateau overlooking the city. The homes are not visible from I-890, however, as the freeway is lined on both sides by a thick line of trees serving as [[noise barrier]]s.<ref name="google" />

The residential section of Schenectady is served by a single exit for Michigan Avenue, a local street that connects to [[New York State Route 146|NY&nbsp;146]] at a junction two blocks north of I-890. From here, the freeway passes under NY&nbsp;146 before curving to the south and exiting the city limits. Now back in the town of Rotterdam, I-890 runs parallel to NY&nbsp;146 to an interchange with [[New York State Route 7|NY&nbsp;7]]. The state route joins I-890, following the highway as it narrows to four lanes and crosses back over the Hudson Subdivision rail line. I-890 and NY&nbsp;7 connect to High Bridge Road ([[County Route 48 (Schenectady County, New York)|County Route&nbsp;48]]) at exit&nbsp;8, the last junction in a residential area and the last in Schenectady County. Exit&nbsp;9, located just south of the [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]] line in a lightly developed commercial area, serves as the end of NY&nbsp;7's its [[wrong-way concurrency]] with I-890; the southbound exit also links to NY&nbsp;146 by way of a long ramp connecting to the state route. I-890 ends a short distance south of the exit at the toll booths for exit&nbsp;25 of the New York State Thruway.<ref name="google" />

The section of I-890 in Schenectady County is designated as the Schenectady County Veterans Memorial Highway.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2012%20tour-bk.pdf |title = Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State |author = New York State Department of Transportation |date = January 2012 |format = PDF |access-date = January 31, 2012 }}</ref> [[Exit number]]ing on I-890 is distance-based, a holdover from a [[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]] experiment during the early 1970s. However, because of how the exits are spaced along I-890, the exit numbers end up being mostly sequential anyway, with the only evidence of distance-based numbering being the existence of exit&nbsp;4C. I-890 is one of four Interstate Highways in New York that first utilized milepost-based exit numbering in contrast to the [[sequential exit numbering]] used elsewhere in New York.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.upstatenyroads.com/i890.shtml |work = Upstate New York Roads |title = Interstate 890 Interchange Guide |first = J.P. |last = Wing |date = September 8, 2009 |access-date = July 20, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521194654/http://www.upstatenyroads.com/i890.shtml |archive-date = May 21, 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref>