Editing Interstate 790 (section)

==History==
The portion of the North–South Arterial between Oriskany Street ([[New York State Route 5A|NY&nbsp;5A]] and [[New York State Route 5S|NY&nbsp;5S]]) and River Road was completed in the late 1950s.<ref name="1961map">{{cite map |title = New York and Metropolitan New York |author = Sunoco |author-link = Sunoco |author2 = H.M. Gousha Company |author2-link = H.M. Gousha Company |year = 1961 |edition = 1961–62 |publisher = Sunoco }}{{full citation needed|date=September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title = New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region |author = Esso |author-link = Esso |author2 = General Drafting |author2-link = General Drafting |edition = 1957 |year = 1956 |publisher = Esso }}{{full citation needed|date=September 2017}}</ref> By 1961, a two-lane, limited-access highway was constructed along the south side of the [[New York State Thruway]] between the arterial and Thruway exit&nbsp;31. The road left the arterial just north of the [[Erie Canal]] and had one intermediate interchange with Genesee Street before connecting directly to I-90 at exit&nbsp;31.<ref name="1961map" /> The two-lane connector and the section of the North–South Arterial between Oriskany Street and the connector was designated as I-790 by 1965.<ref name="1965map">{{cite map |title = New York |author = Mobil |author-link = Mobil |author2 = Rand McNally and Company |author2-link = Rand McNally and Company |year = 1965 |publisher = Mobil }}{{full citation needed|date=September 2017}}</ref> The connector was rebuilt as a four-lane freeway that straddles I-90. The direct connection from I-90 to I-790 was eliminated at this time, necessitating the use of surface streets and passing through traffic lights for traffic to reach I-790.