Editing Interstate 481 (section)

==History==
What is now I-481 was originally proposed as parts of two separate highways bypassing the city of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]. From the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]) in [[DeWitt, New York|DeWitt]]<ref name="1970log">{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> southwest to [[Interstate 81 in New York|I-81]] in the south end of Syracuse, the highway was originally designated as I-281.<ref name="1963map">{{cite map |title=New York Happy Motoring Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1963 |edition=1963}}</ref> North of the thruway, modern I-481 was initially part of "Relocated Route&nbsp;57", a proposed [[limited-access highway]] extending from [[New York State Route 57|NY&nbsp;57]] in [[Fulton, Oswego County, New York|Fulton]] to the thruway in DeWitt via [[North Syracuse, New York|North Syracuse]]. All of I-281 and the segment of Relocated Route&nbsp;57 east of I-81 in North Syracuse were redesignated as I-481 on January&nbsp;1, 1970.<ref name="1970log" />

The first section of the highway to be constructed was the portion between Jamesville Road and [[New York State Route 5|NY&nbsp;5]]. Work on this portion of the freeway began {{circa|1963}}<ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=Esso |cartography=General Drafting |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref> and was completed and opened to traffic by 1965.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Mobil]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1965}}</ref> Construction of I-281, and later I-481, initially progressed northward from NY&nbsp;5. The segment between Lyndon and [[Interstate 690|I-690]] was opened to traffic in the early 1970s,<ref>{{cite map |title=New York State Highways |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Commerce]] |year=1969 |cartography=Rand McNally and Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1973 |edition=1973}}</ref> while the piece between I-690 and the thruway was completed by 1977.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Exxon]] |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> To the southwest, the section of I-481 from I-81 to Jamesville Road was finished in the early 1980s, finally connecting I-481 to its parent.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1979 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=[[I Love New York]] Tourism Map |publisher=[[State of New York]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1981}}</ref> The last portion of the route from the thruway to I-81 in North Syracuse was completed south of [[New York State Route 298|NY&nbsp;298]] by 1985<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=New York |year=1985 |isbn=0-528-91040-X}}</ref> and finished by 1990.<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[DeLorme Mapping]] |title=Upstate New York City Street Maps |edition=1st |year=1990 |cartography=DeLorme Mapping |scale=1" = 1/2 mile |page=19 |isbn=0-89933-300-1}}</ref>