Editing Interstate 390 (section)

==History==
{{See also|New York State Route 47}}
Construction on a [[limited-access highway]] between [[Wayland (village), New York|Wayland]] and [[Dansville, Livingston County, New York|Dansville]] began {{circa|lk=no|1966}}.<ref name="nbi">[[National Bridge Inventory]], a database compiled by the [[United States Department of Transportation]] [[Federal Highway Administration]], available at www.nationalbridges.com. Accessed August 13, 2007.</ref> The highway opened to traffic {{circa|lk=no|1968}} as a realignment of [[New York State Route 245|NY&nbsp;245]].<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/gousha_ra_1967_004.html |title=Gousha Road Atlas (northern Mid-Atlantic) |year=1967 |page=22 |publisher=H.M. Gousha Company |access-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090316/http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Midatlantic/gousha_ra_1967_004.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Esso]] |year=1968 |edition=1969–70 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> On January&nbsp;1, 1970, the expressway became part of NY&nbsp;401, a designation that also extended south to the town of [[Avoca, New York|Avoca]] and north to the city of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] along the Genesee Expressway,<ref name="1970log">{{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 |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |access-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326062441/http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a proposed freeway utilizing the [[U.S. Route 15 in New York|US&nbsp;15]] corridor.<ref>{{cite map |title=New York State Highways |publisher=[[State of New York Department of Commerce]] |year=1969 |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]]}}</ref> NY&nbsp;401 was added to the [[Interstate Highway System]] and redesignated I-390 {{circa|lk=no|1973}}.<ref name="1972map">{{cite map |publisher=[[Exxon]] |title=Eastern United States |edition=1972–73 |year=1972 |cartography=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref><ref name="1973map">{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=[[Shell Oil Company]] |cartography=[[H.M. Gousha Company]] |year=1973 |edition=1973}}</ref> As initially planned, I-390 would continue north into Downtown Rochester and end at [[Interstate 490 (New York)|I-490]] while the entirety of the [[Rochester Outer Loop]] south of I-490 would become [[Interstate 590|I-590]].<ref name="1978nyt">{{cite news |first=Harold |last=Faber |title=2 Disputed Legs Delay Completion of New York Interstate System |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=50 |date=April 9, 1978}}</ref><ref name="1977map">{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1977 |edition=1977–78 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref>

[[File:Crw 3641.jpg|thumb|left|I-390 northbound near its interchange with I-590]]
Construction began {{circa|lk=no|1974}} on the portion of I-390 between [[New York State Route 17|NY&nbsp;17]] near the village of [[Avoca (village), New York|Avoca]] and [[New York State Route 21|NY&nbsp;21]] south of Wayland.<ref name="1973map" /><ref>{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1974}}</ref> It opened to traffic {{circa|lk=no|1976}}.<ref name="nbi" /> By 1977, work had begun on the leg between [[New York State Route 251|NY&nbsp;251]] in [[Rush, New York|Rush]] and the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|I-90]]) in [[Henrietta, New York|Henrietta]].<ref name="1977map" /> This section was completed by 1981, as were the Dansville–[[Groveland, New York|Groveland]] ([[New York State Route 36|NY&nbsp;36]]), [[Avon (town), New York|Avon]]–Rush, and thruway–Hylan Drive segments.<ref name="nbi" /><ref name="1981map">{{cite map |title=[[I Love New York]] Tourism Map |publisher=[[State of New York]] |cartography=Rand McNally and Company |year=1981}}</ref> The remainder of I-390 in [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]] up to the modern I-390/I-590 interchange was built {{circa|lk=no|1981}}, and the final gap in the expressway from NY&nbsp;36 to US&nbsp;20 in [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston County]] opened {{circa|lk=no|1982}}.<ref name="nbi" />

By the late 1970s, in the face of community opposition, the proposed extension of I-390 into Downtown Rochester was scrapped.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swillburg to celebrate highway project's defeat |date=October 7, 2015 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |location=Rochester, NY |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/10/08/swillburg-celebrate-highway-projects-defeat/73519192/}}</ref> Instead, the state of New York began to look into the possibility of changing the designations that were assigned to the outer loop. In one proposal submitted to the [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] in the late 1970s, I-590 would be truncated to begin at the then-proposed junction with I-390 in [[Brighton, Monroe County, New York|Brighton]]. The rest of the loop south of I-490, meanwhile, would become part of an extended I-390, which would continue north past I-490 to the outer loop's northwestern end at the [[Lake Ontario State Parkway]]. [[New York State Route 47|NY&nbsp;47]],<ref name="1970s-req" /> the then-current designation for much of the outer loop,<ref>{{cite map |title=New York |publisher=Exxon |year=1979 |cartography=General Drafting}}</ref> would be eliminated.<ref name="1970s-req">{{cite web |url=http://on.dot.wi.gov/wisdotresearch/database/tsrs/tsrroutenumbering1.pdf |title=Numbering State Trunk Highways: A Survey of Methods Used by State DOTs – Appendix A |pages=62–68 |date=April 16, 2008 |publisher=[[Wisconsin Department of Transportation]] |access-date=November 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113205420/http://on.dot.wi.gov/wisdotresearch/database/tsrs/tsrroutenumbering1.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2010 }}</ref>

Most of the plans went into effect when the NY&nbsp;47 designation was eliminated on March&nbsp;18, 1980.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%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 |author-link=New York State Department of Transportation |date=January 2017 |access-date=January 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110020634/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%20tour-bk.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The southern half of the outer loop was signed as planned; however, I-390 and I-590 were modified to end at their junctions with I-490.<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |title=New York |year=1985 |isbn=0-528-91040-X}}</ref> While NY&nbsp;47 was officially assigned to the entirety of the outer loop prior to its removal,<ref name="1970log" /> only the portion from [[New York State Route 383|NY&nbsp;383]] north to I-490 was actually once part of NY&nbsp;47.<ref name="1981map" />

On February&nbsp;10, 2008, whiteout conditions caused a 36-car pileup near the Scottsville Road exit, which led to a 17-year-old girl's death. Firefighters had to climb over cars and cut off roofs to get to people. More than 20&nbsp;people were taken to the hospital.<ref>{{cite news |title=36-car accident on 390, one dead |date=February 10, 2008 |work=[[WHEC-TV]] |location=Rochester, NY}}</ref>

On July&nbsp;17, 2011, a tour bus heading northbound from [[Washington DC]] to [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] crashed between the [[Avoca (village), New York|Avoca]] and [[Cohocton (village), New York|Cohocton]] exits, killing two and injuring at least 35&nbsp;others. Preliminary investigation listed a blown-out tire as a possible cause of the crash.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two people are dead following a tour bus crash on I-390 near Bath |date=July 17, 2011 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |location=Rochester, NY |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110717/NEWS01/110717009/Two-people-dead-following-tour-bus-crash-390-near-Bath?odyssey=nav&7chead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tour-bus-from-dc-crashes-in-ny-2-dead/2011/07/17/gIQAuE7qKI_story.html |title=Tour bus from D.C. crashes in N.Y.; 2 dead |last=Weil |first=Martin |date=2011-07-17 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2020-01-12 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716083241/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tour-bus-from-dc-crashes-in-ny-2-dead/2011/07/17/gIQAuE7qKI_story.html |archive-date=2014-07-16 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tire-blowout-eyed-in-fatal-ny-bus-crash/ |title=Tire blowout eyed in fatal NY bus crash |date=2011-07-18 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>