albany is located in the eastern part of new york.
albany is located in the eastern part of new york.
what part of new york is albany located?
eastern part
the capital district is situated at a major crossroads of the northeastern united states, and was so even before interstates and the us highway system. many of the us and state routes were originally plank roads or turnpikes connecting the region. it is here that east-west interstate 90 (i-90) and north-south interstate 87 (i-87) meet at exit 24 of the thomas e. dewey new york state thruway. exit 24 is the busiest exit on the thruway. i-87 parallels the much older us route 9w south of albany and us route 9 north and i-90 parallels new york state route 5 west from albany; all three highways are still important for local and regional traffic despite the proximity of the interstates. the thomas e. dewey new york state thruway is a toll-road which carries i-90 west from exit 24 at albany and i-87 south. north of albany i-87 is a non-toll highway called the adirondack northway. east of albany i-90 is toll-free until meeting up with the berkshire spur of the thruway in columbia county, at which point it joins the spur and is a toll road to the massachusetts border. both i-90 and i-87 have three-digit interstate spurs, interstate 787 (i-787) and interstate 890 (i-890). i-787 connects with the thruway/i-87 at exit 23 and travels north connecting albany with watervliet, cohoes, and troy. i-787 parallels new york state route 32 (route 32), which remains an important road through those cities and beyond to and through saratoga county. i-890 connects downtown schenectady and the general electric plant with i-90 at both ends east and west. interstate 88 starts at the thruway (i-90) in schenectady county and travels through schoharie county to the southern tier of new york and the city of binghamton, i-88 was originally planned to extend through the capital district and exit the area into vermont and end in portsmouth, new hampshire. i-88 parallels new york state route 7 (route 7) also another major highway in the capital district, i-88's extension that was never built was to continue to parallel (and in many places replace) route 7. one place in the capital district in which i-88's route has been built but remained as part of a restructured route 7 is the limited access highway section between the northway and troy, it was once called "alternate 7". route 7 continues through troy and is an important route to vermont. albany has several short arterials that help connect it to the suburban and rural fringes, such as new york state route 85 which begins as a limited access highway from i-90 in albany, but then changes to a two lane highway south of the city limits, and the south mall arterial which connects albany to rensselaer and carries us route 20 and us route 9. us route 4 is an important route in the capital district and starts in east greenbush, rensselaer county and though it is labelled as east-west in the other states in which it runs, it is labelled as north-south in new york.
capital district, new york
english colonists established counties in eastern present-day new york state in 1683; at the time, the territory of the present madison county was considered part of albany county, with the city of albany located on the hudson river. this was an enormous county, including the northern part of new york state around albany as well as all of the present state of vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the pacific ocean. it was claimed by the english but largely occupied by the oneida, onondaga, seneca, cayuga and mohawk, who had the territory in the central mohawk valley, as well as mahican near the hudson river. on july 3, 1766 the english organized cumberland county, and on march 16, 1770 they organized gloucester county, both containing territory now included in the state of vermont.
madison county, new york