Editing Interstate 790 (section)

==Future==
There are efforts within [[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]] to renumber NY&nbsp;49 and NY&nbsp;365 (from Utica to Thruway exit&nbsp;33 in the town of [[Verona, New York|Verona]]) to NY&nbsp;790, with the eventual plan of renumbering it again as an extension of I-790. The cost for the conversion to [[Interstate standards]] is estimated to be between $150&nbsp;million and $200&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite book |author = Herkimer–Oneida Counties Governmental Policy and Liaison Committee |year = 2009 |chapter-url = http://www.ocgov.net/oneida/sites/default/files/hoctsmpo/lrtp/LRTP2030_Append_C_Needs.pdf |chapter = Appendix C: Regional Transportation Needs |title = Destinations 2010–2030: Long Range Transportation Plan |location = Utica, NY |publisher = Herkimer–Oneida Counties Governmental Policy and Liaison Committee |access-date = August 13, 2014 |archive-date = August 13, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813233454/http://www.ocgov.net/oneida/sites/default/files/hoctsmpo/lrtp/LRTP2030_Append_C_Needs.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

US Representative [[Mike Arcuri]] introduced legislation in July 2010 that would redesignate the {{convert|11|mi|km|adj=on}} portion of NY&nbsp;49 from the North–South Arterial in Utica to NY&nbsp;825 in [[Rome, New York|Rome]] as part of I-790. The conversion is expected to cost between $1.5&nbsp;million and $2&nbsp;million, which would be used to install new signage along the expressway. By adding the Utica–Rome Expressway to the [[Interstate Highway System]], the area would receive approximately $10&nbsp;million in additional federal highway funding over the next five years. According to Arcuri, the proposed redesignation is part of a larger, long-term goal of creating an Interstate Highway-standard freeway that would begin at Thruway exit&nbsp;33 in Verona and pass through Rome before ending at Thruway exit&nbsp;31. The portion of NY&nbsp;49 east of NY&nbsp;825 already meets Interstate Highway standards.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.uticaod.com/topstories/x909203612/Officials-aim-to-designate-Route-49-as-federal-highway |title = Interstate Proposal Could Bring $10M to Area, Officials Say |last = Ackerman |first = Byron |date = July 12, 2010 |newspaper = [[The Observer-Dispatch]] |location = Utica, NY |access-date = July 12, 2010 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130205214409/http://www.uticaod.com/topstories/x909203612/Officials-aim-to-designate-Route-49-as-federal-highway |archive-date = February 5, 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>