Editing Interstate 287 (section)

==History==

===New Jersey===
[[File:2020-07-13 07 28 57 View south along Interstate 287 and New Jersey State Route 17 just north of Exit 66 (New Jersey State Route 17 SOUTH, Mahwah) in Mahwah Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|New Jersey state line along I-287 south|alt=A multilane freeway approaching an interchange with a sign display over the road. The left sign reads exit 66 south Route 17 Mahwah left two lanes exit Interstate 287 south Morristown right two lanes straight and the right sign says Welcome to New Jersey]]
In the 1950s, a limited-access highway was proposed to bypass New York City.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Missing Link of Interstate Opens, Despite Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/20/nyregion/missing-link-of-interstate-opens-despite-lawsuit.html?scp=1&sq=Missing%20Link%20of%20Interstate%20Opens,%20Despite%20Lawsuit&st=cse |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 20, 1993 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> This planned beltway would be incorporated into the new [[Interstate Highway System]].<ref name="yellowbook">{{cite map|  publisher=[[Bureau of Public Roads]] |title=General Location of National System of Interstate Highways in New York, New York|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_York,_New_York_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg |year=1955 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> The proposed beltway in New Jersey was designated as FAI Corridor&nbsp;104 and later received the I-287 designation in 1958.<ref name=nyt2>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=George Cable |title=New Roads with New Numbers Will Parallel Old U.S. Routes |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 19, 1958}}</ref> The southern segment of I-287 was planned in the 1950s as the Middlesex Freeway, which was to run from the [[Outerbridge Crossing]] to Staten Island and follow the Route&nbsp;440 corridor to Edison, where it would connect to the New Jersey Turnpike before continuing west to I-78. From here, the freeway would parallel US&nbsp;202 north to the New York border. The anticipated cost of building I-287 in New Jersey was $235&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|235000000|1955}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite book|title=Middlesex Freeway|publisher=[[New Jersey State Highway Department]] |year=1956}}</ref> The southernmost part of I-287 in Middlesex County was intended to be signed as part of I-95 instead; this never happened due to the cancellation of the [[Somerset Freeway]].<ref name="chevron">{{cite map|publisher=[[Chevron Oil Company]]|title= Map of New Jersey |year=1969|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]}}</ref><ref name=nyt3>{{cite news |title=Governor Byrne Cancels I-95 Through Central Jersey |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 4, 1980}}</ref> By the mid-1960s, I-287 had been completed between the New Jersey Turnpike and Bedminster and from US&nbsp;46 in Parsippany to US&nbsp;202 in Montville.<ref name="esso">{{cite map|publisher=[[Esso]]|title=United States featuring the Interstate Highway System|year=1966|cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref> More of I-287 in New Jersey had been finished by 1969, with the sections from US&nbsp;46 south to Route&nbsp;10 in Hanover Township and from Bedminster north to Maple Avenue in Bernards Township opened.<ref name="chevron"/> The segment of the highway between Maple Avenue and Route&nbsp;24 opened in 1973, followed by the segment between Route&nbsp;24 and Route&nbsp;10 in early 1975, making I-287 a continuous road between the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison and US&nbsp;202 in Montville.<ref name=nyt4>{{cite news |last=Gansberg |first=Martin |title=A New Highway Irks Morristown |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 1, 1973}}</ref>

[[File:2021-07-06 09 23 49 View north along Interstate 287 from the overpass for Franklin Street in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|I-287 northbound in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]]]
I-287's missing section between US&nbsp;202 in Montville and the New York State Thruway in [[Suffern, New York]], was controversial dating back to 1965 and continuing until its opening in 1993. Property owners along the proposed route fought its completion as part of the [[freeway revolt]]s of the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=nyt/> Originally, I-287 was proposed to take a more eastern route through the [[Lincoln Park, New Jersey|Lincoln Park]] and [[Wayne, New Jersey|Wayne]] areas; this routing gained opposition as it passed through populated areas.<ref name="chevron"/><ref name=nyt5>{{cite news |title=Route I-287: Change Unlikely; Alternate Proposal |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 17, 1973}}</ref> A more western alignment was planned through mountainous areas in 1973, but this was rejected as the cost of building the road through the mountains was too high.<ref name=nyt5/> In 1977, the current alignment of I-287 was proposed between Montville and Suffern; this was approved by the federal government in 1982 as it was less costly than the western alignment and went through less developed areas than the eastern alignment.<ref name=nyt6>{{cite news |last=Hanley |first=Robert |title=New Route Proposed for I-287 Extension; Rep. Roe Suggests Plan to Avoid More Populous Corridor Fought for Years by Local Groups |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 4, 1977}}</ref><ref name=nyt7>{{cite news |title=U.S. Approves Jersey Link to Thruway |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 4, 1982}}</ref>

Permits allowing construction to begin on this segment were issued in 1988 by the [[US Army Corps of Engineers]]. Officials in Rockland County, New York filed a lawsuit on November 19, 1993, hours before the highway's official ribbon-cutting, seeking to block its opening. They claimed the incomplete interchange with the New York State Thruway was inadequate to handle the additional traffic.<ref name=nyt/> That interchange was not complete until 1994, but the highway opened as planned on November 19 in a ceremony held on the Wanaque River bridge, where New Jersey Governor [[James Florio]] cut the ribbon.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=nyt8>{{cite news |last=Perez-Pena |first=Richard |title=I-287: Extend It and They Will Drive on It; A New 20-Mile Stretch Has Changed Traffic Patterns in Unintended Ways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/02/nyregion/287-extend-it-they-will-drive-it-new-20-mile-stretch-has-changed-traffic.html?scp=2&sq=suffern%20interchange%201994&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 2, 1996 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> This moment marked the completion of a bypass around New York City that had been planned for decades.<ref name=nyt/> The portion of I-287 between the US&nbsp;202 interchange in Oakland and the Route&nbsp;208 interchange in Franklin Lakes overtook the westernmost portion of Route&nbsp;208, truncating that route to its current location.<ref name="chevron"/><ref name="rm">{{cite map|publisher=[[Rand McNally]]|title=United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas|year=1996}}</ref>

[[File:2021-06-30 13 46 16 View north along Interstate 287 from the overpass for Bergen County Route S89 (Campgaw Road) in Mahwah Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|I-287 northbound in Mahwah Township]]
The completion of I-287 in New Jersey had significant effects on traffic and development patterns in the area. Several towns along the highway, such as Wanaque and Montville, saw increases in development. In addition, as the road was a bypass, it saw a significant increase in truck traffic wishing to bypass congested roads closer to New York City.<ref name=nyt8/> The road also increased truck traffic on other north–south corridors, such as [[New Jersey Route 31|Route&nbsp;31]], from truckers wanting to bypass the New Jersey Turnpike by using these surface roads to get between the I-287 bypass of New York City and I-95 south to [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=nyt8/><ref name=nyt9>{{cite news |last=Newman |first=Andy |access-date=December 11, 2008 |title=Road and Rail; Truckers Carve a New Route, Crowding a Two-Lane Road |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 1995 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFD6133AF930A15754C0A963958260}}</ref> On July&nbsp;16, 1999, Governor [[Christine Todd Whitman]] banned oversize trucks from using roads that are not part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], such as Route&nbsp;31. Trucks were therefore forced to use I-287 and the New Jersey Turnpike to travel across the state.<ref name="ban">{{cite news |title=NJ Bars Huge Rigs on Most Highways |last=Futterman |first=Matthew |date=July 17, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] |location=Newark, NJ}}</ref> In the 1990s, [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s (HOV lanes) were built along I-287 between Bedminster and Parsippany. These HOV lanes, along with the ones that had been built on I-80, were opened to all traffic in 1998 due to lack of HOV usage, and the state did not have to repay the federal government the $240&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|240000000|1998}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) to build the lanes.<ref name=nyt10>{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |title=Our Towns; H.O.V. Lanes: A 30-Mile Test That Failed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/01/nyregion/our-towns-hov-lanes-a-30-mile-test-that-failed.html?scp=3&sq=I-287%20hov%20lanes&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 1, 1998 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> In 2011, a small section of the northbound side of the highway in [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]] collapsed into the [[Rockaway River]] due to [[Hurricane Irene]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Frassinelli|first=Mike|title=Hurricane Irene wreaks havoc on New Jersey highways|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/hurricane_irene_wreaks_havoc_o.html|access-date=August 20, 2011|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|publisher=NJ.com}}</ref> Near the end of that year, five people and a dog were killed when a small [[SOCATA TBM]] 700 airplane en route to Georgia crashed on the highway near exit&nbsp;33 in Morris Township.<ref name="December 2011 plane crash">{{cite news|title=5 victims in I-287 plane crash are identified|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/victims_in_i-287_plane_crash_a.html|newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]]|date=December 20, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref>

In August 2007, NJDOT started the I-287 (Middlesex Freeway) Rehabilitation Project to resurface the pavement between exit&nbsp;5 in South Plainfield and I-95/New Jersey Turnpike in Edison Township, which is used by about 150,000&nbsp;vehicles daily. Some of the bridges and overpasses had deteriorated to such a state that they needed to be replaced.<ref name="njdot">{{cite press release|title=NJDOT announces start of I-287 rehabilitation in Middlesex County|date=July 16, 2007|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2007/071607.shtm|access-date=December 23, 2009}}</ref> On September&nbsp;16, 2009, NJDOT announced the start of another rehabilitation and repaving project from exit&nbsp;5 in Piscataway to the area of exit&nbsp;10 in Franklin Township. This project, which was funded by the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], cost $29&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|29000000|2009}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}})<ref name="njdot2">{{cite press release|title=NJDOT begins major I-287 rehabilitation project in Piscataway and Franklin|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2009/091609.shtm|access-date=September 16, 2009}}</ref> and was finished by April 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|title=NJDOT continues progress on I-287 rehabilitation project in Piscataway and Franklin|date=2011-04-29|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2011/042911c.shtm|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

On March 21, 2025 a sinkhole opened up on the northbound shoulder at shortly after 4PM. The collapse resulted in the closure of two lanes on the roadway. <ref>{{cite press release|title=Sinkhole on I-287 shuts two lanes in Parippany|date=2025-03-21|publisher=northjersey.com|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/morris/parsippany-troy-hills/2025/03/21/sinkhole-i-287-closes-two-lanes-in-parsippany-troy-hills/82598664007/|access-date=2025-03-21}}</ref> Referring to maps, there are no mines in the area of the collapse. <ref>{{cite press release|title=Abandoned Mines in NJ|date=2025-03-21|publisher=ARCGIS|url=https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9064d507ff944c25ab1cad75a24423e4#visualize|access-date=2025-03-21}}</ref> The sinkhole is not related to the mine collapses on I80. <ref>{{cite press release|title=Interstate 80 In New Jersey|date=2025-03-19|publisher=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_80_in_New_Jersey#2024_mineshaft_collapse|access-date=2025-03-21}}</ref>

===New York State Thruway===
[[File:NY 119 and I-87.jpg|left|thumb|I-287 eastbound approaching the split with [[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]] near [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]]|alt=A multilane freeway with a display of three green signs over the road. The left one reads exit 8 east Interstate 287 White Plains Rye three downward arrows, the middle one reads Interstate 87 south Saw Mill Parkway south New York City two downward arrows, and the right one reads exit 8A New York State Route 119 Saw Mill Parkway north Elmsford right lane.]]The New York State Thruway portion of I-287 was planned around 1950 as part of a tolled limited-access highway that was to connect the major cities of New York.<ref name=nysdpw>{{cite book|title=Highway Needs in New York State|publisher=[[New York State Department of Public Works]]|date=February 21, 1950}}</ref><ref name=westchester>{{cite book|last=Pomeroy|first=Hugh R.|title=Let's Be Realistic About Thruways|publisher=Westchester County Planning Department|date=February 21, 1950}}</ref> A bridge across the Hudson River was planned between Nyack and Tarrytown at a site that was close enough to New York City but far enough from the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]'s jurisdiction area, as they opposed the crossing.<ref name=nyt11>{{cite news |last=Brenner |first=Elsa |title=Future of Bridge Stirs Bicounty Cooperation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/nyregion/future-of-bridge-stirs-bicounty-cooperation.html?scp=2&sq=%22tappan%20zee%22%20%22widest%20point%22%20%22port%20authority%22&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 30, 2000 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> The portion of the Thruway currently followed by I-287, including the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, opened on December 15, 1955.<ref name=nyt12>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |title=Thruway Jumps the Hudson River to Yonkers |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 4, 1955}}</ref><ref name=nyt13>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |title=Thruway Through |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 26, 1956}}</ref> In the 1960s, I-287 was designated along the New York State Thruway between Suffern and Tarrytown, while I-87 ran farther to the east on present-day I-684.<ref name="esso"/> On January 1, 1970, the I-87 designation was shifted onto this portion of the New York State Thruway to run concurrent with I-287.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |date=January 1, 1970 |author=[[State of New York Department of Transportation]] |access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref>

The [[E-ZPass]] electronic toll collection system was first introduced on this segment of the Thruway at the Spring Valley and Tappan Zee Bridge toll plazas in 1993.<ref name=nyt14>{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Jacques |title=Nonstop Toll Is Approved For Bridge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/10/nyregion/nonstop-toll-is-approved-for-bridge.html?scp=3&sq=thruway%20%22spring%20valley%22%20toll%20plaza&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 10, 1993 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> The same year, an interchange in Suffern opened providing access to the newly opened New Jersey portion of I-287.<ref name=nyt15>{{cite news |last=Hershenson |first=Roberta |title=The Task of Finding Viable Alternatives To the Automobile |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/05/nyregion/the-task-of-finding-viable-alternatives-to-the-automobile.html?scp=9&sq=I-287%20suffern%20interchange&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1997 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> In 1997, tolls for cars were eliminated at the Spring Valley toll plaza, with tolls remaining for trucks and other commercial vehicles.<ref name=nyt16>{{cite news |title=Tappan Zee Car Toll To Rise to $3 in July |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/28/nyregion/tappan-zee-car-toll-to-rise-to-3-in-july.html?scp=8&sq=thruway%20%22spring%20valley%22%20toll%20plaza&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 28, 1997 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> The I-87/I-287 interchange split near Tarrytown began a $187-million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|187000000|2001}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) reconstruction in 2001 in order to add additional lanes and rebuild overpasses and underpasses.<ref name=nyt17>{{cite news |last=Zhao |first=Yilu |title=Slow Down: Construction Ahead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/nyregion/slow-down-construction-ahead.html?scp=4&sq=tarrytown%20thruway%20interchange&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 24, 2003 |access-date=December 22, 2009}}</ref> Reconstruction in this area was completed in May 2004.<ref name=tjn>{{cite news |last=Halbfinger |first=Caren |title=New Lane Opens on 287 |newspaper=[[The Journal News]] |location=White Plains, NY |date=May 29, 2004}}</ref> In 2016, the Tappan Zee Bridge toll plaza was demolished and replaced with an [[Open road tolling|electronic toll gantry]] on the west side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/04/24/tappan-zee-bridge-cashless-tolls-2/|title=Tappan Zee Bridge Makes Switch To Cashless Tolls|date=April 24, 2016|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref> The Spring Valley toll plaza went all-electronic in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/newrochelle/final-thruway-cashless-tolling-barriers-become-operational|title=Final Thruway Cashless Tolling Barriers To Become Operational|date=December 13, 2018|website=New Rochelle, NY Patch|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>

===Cross Westchester Expressway===
[[File:NY135stubend.JPG|right|thumb|The stub north end of [[New York State Route 135|NY&nbsp;135]] in [[Syosset, New York|Syosset]], where a freeway was to continue to a crossing of the [[Long Island Sound]] to [[Rye, New York|Rye]] that would connect to I-287|alt=A freeway coming to a blocked-off deadend in a wooded area, with a right arrow sign pointing motorists onto an offramp]]
Plans for a limited-access road to cross Westchester County east to west date back to the 1920s and became more needed after post-[[World War II]] traffic increases. When the Tappan Zee Bridge was proposed around 1950, the Cross Westchester Expressway was becoming a more realistic idea.<ref name=westchester/> Construction of the freeway began in 1956, and was given the NY&nbsp;119 designation. The design of the highway met [[Interstate Highway standards]] after opening and was supposed to have the I-187 designation. However, by the time the highway opened in 1960, it was officially designated as I-487 instead. At a cost of $50&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|50000000|1960}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}), the Cross Westchester Expressway was opened December 1960.<ref name=nyt18>{{cite news |title=Westchester Expressway Link Opens Soon, Ahead of Schedule |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 2, 1960}}</ref> 

In 1961, this segment of road was redesignated I-287 to make it a part of the beltway around New York City.<ref name="esso"/> I-287 was to continue past I-95 in Port Chester and was to cross [[Long Island Sound]] via the unbuilt [[Long Island Crossing|Oyster Bay–Rye Bridge]].<ref name="nassau/suffolk66plan">{{cite book|author=Moses, Robert|title=Proposed Bayville&ndash;Rye Bridge|publisher=Nassau&ndash;Suffolk Regional Planning Board |year=1966}}</ref><ref name="eis">{{cite journal|last=Moses|first=Robert|author2=Federal Highway Administration, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York State Department of Transportation|date=November 1972|title=Oyster Bay–Rye Bridge, Administrative Action Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement|publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]], [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], and New York State Department of Transportation}}</ref> On [[Long Island]], the route would run along the [[Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway]] ([[New York State Route 135|NY&nbsp;135]]). Then, I-287 was again to be extended into [[Jones Beach State Park|Jones Beach]] by merging with the [[Wantagh State Parkway]] in [[Merrick, New York|Merrick]]. The plans for the bridge, and the I-287 extension onto Long Island, were dropped in 1973 by Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] as a result of community opposition and environmental concerns.<ref name=nyt19>{{cite news |title=Governor To Cease Efforts To Build LI Sound Bridge |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 21, 1973}}</ref>

Ownership of the Cross Westchester Expressway was transferred from the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT) to the [[New York State Thruway Authority|NYSTA]] in 1990 to help relieve the state's budget issues.<ref name=nyt20>{{cite news |title=Panel Studies New Role for Thruway Authority |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/01/nyregion/panel-studies-new-role-for-thruway-authority.html |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 1, 1991 |access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref> 

On July 27, 1994, a propane truck crashed into an overpass on the Cross Westchester Expressway in White Plains and exploded, killing the driver. The fire from the explosion spread into adjacent neighborhoods and injured 23&nbsp;people.<ref name=nyt21>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |title=Explosion on I-287: The Overview; Tanker Crashes in a Fiery Blast in Westchester |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/28/nyregion/explosion-on-i-287-the-overview-tanker-crashes-in-a-fiery-blast-in-westchester.html?scp=1&sq=cross%20westchester%20propane%20truck&st=cse |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 28, 1994 |access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>

 Since 1999, the Cross Westchester Expressway has been under construction in order to reduce congestion and improve safety for the motorists who use the highway.<ref name=nyt24>{{cite news |last=Greene |first=Donna |title=No Letup Seen in Repairs And Construction of Roads |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/no-letup-seen-in-repairs-and-construction-of-roads.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 12, 1999 |access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>{{dubious|date=December 2023}} The final phase of the project, a reconstruction in the area of exit&nbsp;8 in White Plains, was completed in December 2012, nine months ahead of schedule.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/01292013-287-reconstruction-completed-nine-months-early |title=Governor Cuomo Announces I-287 Reconstruction Project in Westchester Completed Nine Months Early |publisher=Office of the Governor of the State of New York |date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204152632/http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/01292013-287-reconstruction-completed-nine-months-early |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In late 2018, NYSDOT began installing [[ramp meter]]s on entrance ramps to I-287 in Rockland and Westchester Counties. More are expected to be installed by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Villages: Introducing HudsonLink|url=https://nyacknewsandviews.com/2018/10/villages-hudson-link/ |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>

===Tappan Zee Bridge replacement===
{{Main|Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)}}

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The [[Tappan Zee Bridge (1955–2017)|Tappan Zee Bridge]], carrying the concurrency of [[New York State Thruway]], I-87, and I-287, was a [[cantilever bridge]] built during 1952–1955. The bridge was {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} long and spanned the Hudson at its second-widest point. Before its replacement in 2017, the deteriorating structure carried an average of 138,000&nbsp;vehicles per day, substantially more traffic than its designed capacity. During its first decade, the bridge carried fewer than 40,000&nbsp;vehicles per day. Part of the justification for replacing the bridge stems from its construction immediately following the [[Korean War]] on a low budget of only $81&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|81000000|1955}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}). Unlike other major bridges in the [[New York metropolitan area]], the Tappan Zee was designed to last only 50&nbsp;years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/nyregion/17tappan.html|title=A Bridge That Has Nowhere Left to Go|last=McGeehan|first=Patrick|date=January 17, 2006|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 27, 2010}}</ref> The [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) issued a report in October 2011 designating the [[Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)|Tappan Zee's replacement]] to be dual-[[span (architecture)|span]] [[twin bridges]].<ref name="fhwa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tzbsite.com/tzbsite_2/pdf-library_2/2011-10-13%20Scoping%20Information%20Packet.pdf|title=Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project Scoping Information Packet|author=US Federal Highway Administration|author-link=Federal Highway Administration|date=October 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030101223/http://www.tzbsite.com/tzbsite_2/pdf-library_2/2011-10-13%20Scoping%20Information%20Packet.pdf|archive-date=October 30, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=October 26, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Construction officially began in October 2013,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-beginning-formal-construction-new-ny-bridge-replace-tappan-zee|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Beginning of Formal Construction of the New NY Bridge to Replace Tappan Zee|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=2017-08-29|publisher=Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo|language=en|archive-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829082629/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-beginning-formal-construction-new-ny-bridge-replace-tappan-zee|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the new spans being built to the north of the existing bridge. The new bridge connects to the existing highway approaches of I-87 and I-287 on both river banks.<ref name="fhwa2" />

The northbound/westbound span opened on August 25, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 26, 2017 |url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/36223197/opening-day-onnewtappan-zeebridgeshows-sleek-design-new-features|title=Opening day on new Tappan Zee Bridge shows sleek design, new features|work=News 12 Westchester|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827075817/http://westchester.news12.com/story/36223197/opening-day-onnewtappan-zeebridgeshows-sleek-design-new-features|archive-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Meaney|first=Michael G.|date=August 24, 2017|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/24/new-york-new-tappan-zee-bridge/597996001/|title=Watch drone video of New York's new Tappan Zee Bridge|work=USA TODAY|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Southbound/eastbound traffic remained on the old bridge until October 6, 2017. At that point, southbound/eastbound traffic shifted to the westbound span of the new bridge and the old bridge closed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7ny.com/traffic/rockland-bound-traffic-to-begin-traveling-on-new-tappan-zee-bridge/2342542/|title=Rockland-bound traffic to begin traveling on new Tappan Zee Bridge|date=August 25, 2017|work=ABC7 New York|access-date=August 27, 2017|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826014855/http://abc7ny.com/traffic/rockland-bound-traffic-to-begin-traveling-on-new-tappan-zee-bridge/2342542/|archive-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="S/E traffic shifted">{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/06/westchester-bound-traffic-shifting-to-new-gov-mario-m-cuomo-bridge/|title=Old Tappan Zee Bridge Sees Its Final Car Friday Night|last1=Adams|first1=Sean|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|publisher=CBS New York}}</ref> The bridge's eastbound span opened to traffic on September 11, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/tappan-zee-bridge/2018/09/04/cuomo-bridge-announcement/1189180002/|title=Cuomo Bridge second span will open Saturday, enhanced bus service to start Oct. 29|last=Coyne|first=Matt|date=September 4, 2018|website=lohud.com|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/heres-new-tappan-zee-bridge-traffic-shift-info-timing-for-second-span-opening/741626/|title=Here's New Tappan Zee Bridge Traffic Shift Info, Timing For Second Span Opening|last=Reakes|first=Kathy|date=January 27, 2018|website=Greenburgh Daily Voice|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> Upon completion, the new Tappan Zee Bridge became one of the longest cable-stayed spans in the nation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Juva-Brown|first1=Theresa|last2=Saeed|first2=Khurram|date=December 23, 2012 |url=http://www.lohud.com/article/20121223/NEWS03/312230027/New-Tappan-Zee-will-world-s-widest-bridge-learn-its-design-secrets|title=New Tappan Zee will be world's widest bridge|work=The Journal News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109012455/http://www.lohud.com/article/20121223/NEWS03/312230027/New-Tappan-Zee-will-world-s-widest-bridge-learn-its-design-secrets|archive-date=January 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>