The yet to be built Interstate 890 took a similar route, but ended up in a large traffic circle at Erie Boulevard in the 1947 Proposed Downtown Arterial Routes study. The Route 50 Connection also was never built, with most traffic continuing to use the Great Western Gateway Bridge or Freeman's Bridge.
Isle of the Onondagas also known as Big Island is an island on the Mohawk River south of Scotia in Schenectady County, New York.
Urban renewal and other changes remade Downtown Schenectady in the past 65 years, but much of the old Stockade District remains the same.
An obvious benefit – less Thruway signage needed, people will know when they are approaching their exit at least heading Westbound.
At least Schenectady is easier to spell than Skahnéhtati, the proper spelling.
