NY 7 highlighted in red, NY 7B in blue, and some former alignments maintained as reference routes in pink | ||||
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| Maintained byNYSDOT and the cities ofBinghamton andOneonta | ||||
| Length | 180.30 mi[1] (290.16 km) | |||
| History | Designated NY 9 in 1924;[2] renumbered to NY 7 in 1927[3] | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Broome,Chenango,Otsego,Schoharie,Schenectady,Albany,Rensselaer | |||
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New York State Route 7 (NY 7) is a 180.30-mile-long (290.16 km)state highway inNew York in the United States. The highway runs from thePennsylvania state line south ofBinghamton inBroome County, New York, to theVermont state line east ofHoosick inRensselaer County, where it continues asVermont Route 9 (VT 9). Most of the road runs along theSusquehanna Valley, closely parallelingInterstate 88 (I-88) throughout that road's length. Portions of the highway route near the cities of Binghamton,Schenectady, andTroy date back to the early 19th century.
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NY 7 begins at thePennsylvania state line south ofCorbettsville, where the road connects toPennsylvania Route 29 (PA 29). Like PA 29 to the south, NY 7 followsSnake Creek north to Corbettsville, where it meetsNY 7A on the banks of theSusquehanna River. From Corbettsville northward, NY 7 becomes the riverside highway, following the river (as well asU.S. Route 11 or US 11 andI-81 on the opposite bank) throughConklin to easternBinghamton, where it indirectly connects to US 11 via a bridge over the Susquehanna.

The route continues west into downtown along Conklin Avenue, then heads north on Tompkins Avenue to traverse the Susquehanna River. On the opposite bank, NY 7 intersects US 11 and becomes Brandywine Avenue. After three blocks, NY 7 merges withNY 363, alimited-access highway. At this point, directional signage on NY 7 changes from north-south to east-west. NY 363 terminates at the merge while NY 7 follows its right-of-way northward, connecting to the concurrent routes of I-81 andNY 17 by way of an interchange before leaving the city limits.
Immediately north of Binghamton inPort Dickinson, NY 7 merges withI-88 across theChenango River from the western terminus of I-88 at I-81. I-88 and NY 7 continue to the northeast along the Chenango River throughChenango Bridge (where the routes meetNY 12A) andPort Crane (where I-88 and NY 7 meetNY 369 and leave the path of the Chenango River) before separating inSanitaria Springs.NY 7 is signed north-south from the PA line to US 11 Binghamton, while the remainder of the route is signed east-west.

From Sanitaria Springs eastward, I-88 and NY 7 follow parallel routings throughColesville toHarpursville, where NY 7 overlapsNY 79 for a short distance and intersectsNY 235 outside of the community. East of NY 235, NY 7 rejoins the Susquehanna River, following the river (as well as I-88 on the opposite bank) through several riverside villages (includingBainbridge and Unadilla) toOneonta. West of the city, NY 7 meetsNY 23 and joins the route into the heart of Oneonta. Near the eastern edge of the city, NY 23 breaks from NY 7 while NY 7 continues onward in the shadow of I-88 and the Susquehanna River. To the northeast inColliersville, the Susquehanna separates from NY 7 and is joined byNY 28 while NY 7 continues along the path ofSchenevus Creek.
Both I-88 and NY 7 head northeast along the creek through numerous communities toRichmondville, where NY 7 meetsNY 10 at an interchange with I-88 nearCobleskill Creek. NY 10 turns east onto NY 7, forming an overlap along the creek toCobleskill before separating from NY 7 in the center of the village at an intersection withNY 145. NY 145 then overlaps NY 7 east out of the village before separating midway between Cobleskill andSchoharie nearHowe Caverns. North of Schoharie, NY 7 briefly overlapsNY 30A acrossSchoharie Creek before intersectingNY 30 west of theSchoharie-Schenectady County line.
InDuanesburg, southwest ofSchenectady, NY 7 intersectsUS 20 and meets I-88 once more at exit 24. Both routes continue northeast alongNormans Kill into western Schenectady, where I-88 meets NY 7 one final time by way of another interchange before terminating at an interchange with theNew York State Thruway (I-90). NY 7, however, passes over the Thruway with no connection and heads east intoRotterdam as Duanesburg Road. In the center of the community, NY 7 turns east onto Curry Road, remaining on the roadway to an interchange withI-890 adjacent to the Schenectady Albany county line. NY 7 merges with I-890 northward for two exits (creating awrong-way concurrency) before exiting onto the Crosstown Arterial.

At the end of the arterial in eastern Schenectady, NY 7 becomes the at-grade Troy–Schenectady Road as it heads along the south bank of theMohawk River into Albany County. Shortly after entering the county and theTown of Colonie, NY 7 leaves the river and progresses southeast toward the hamlet ofLatham. Soon after passing theAlbany International Airport and prior to entering the center of Latham, NY 7 meetsI-87 (theAdirondack Northway) at exit 6. Here, NY 7 joins the Adirondack Northway northward while Troy–Schenectady Road continues east asNY 2. At exit 7, NY 7 separates from the Adirondack Northway and continues east on a five-lane, limited-access freeway known locally as "Alternate Route 7". The route connects toUS 9 andI-787 /NY 787 by way of interchanges prior to crossing over theHudson River and intoTroy over theCollar City Bridge. The route remains a limited-access highway to 8th Street, where it becomes the at-grade Hoosick Street.
NY 7 continues east through Troy, intersectingNY 40 before exiting the city. Past Troy, the land surrounding NY 7 is largely rural as it heads throughPittstown toHoosick, where it meets and is briefly concurrent toNY 22. Farther east, NY 7 intersects the western end of theBennington Bypass, a limited-access highway leading toBennington, Vermont, before crossing intoVermont and becomingVermont Route 9.
One of thecanceled Interstate 92 proposals would have traced NY 7 from Albany to the Vermont border where it would continue viaVermont Route 9 through Bennington and Brattleboro, Vermont, with an intersection withI-91 in Brattleboro. It would have then followedNew Hampshire Route 9 andI-89 to Concord, New Hampshire, thenI-93 to Manchester, New Hampshire. Next, the highway would traceNew Hampshire Route 101, intersecting withI-95 followed byUS Route 1 in Hampton, New Hampshire, then terminating at the ocean.
The history of parts of NY 7 date back to shortly after the settlement of Hoosick in 1688. Hoosick was a part of theManor of Rensselaerswyck and a public manor road was laid from Rensselaer to the site later of Troy at a ferry crossing, and then to the northeast as far as Hoosick. The section of NY 7 from Troy to Hoosick is that old manor road.[4] The 19th century toll road known as the Troy and Schenectady Turnpike (now the Troy–Schenectady Road) chartered in 1802, connecting the cities of Troy and Schenectady.[5] Another turnpike road, the Troy Turnpike, was established in 1831 and went east from Troy toBennington, Vermont.[6] The road between Binghamton (at the location known as Chenango Point) through the village ofUnadilla to the town ofOtego may have been maintained as a turnpike road by the Unadilla Turnpike Company, was chartered in 1806.[7]
Portions of modern NY 7 between Binghamton andCentral Bridge were part of the Susquehanna Valley RouteAuto trail.[8] The state took over maintenance of certain trunk line highways at the beginning of the 20th century. Most of modern NY 7 was first defined in the 1909 Highway Law (amended in 1911)[9] as State Route 7, which was designated from thePennsylvania state line at Binghamton town to Harpursville, then along the Susquehanna Valley through Oneonta to the town of Schoharie. From there, the legislative route 7 went east via Berne and New Scotland then ending in Albany. The portion of modern NY 7 continuing northeast from the town of Schoharie to Schenectady was part of State Route 7A. The portion of modern NY 7 between Troy and Schenectady was defined as part of State Route 42, while that between Troy and Hoosick was part of State Route 22.[10]
In 1924, when state highways were first publicly signed, most of what is now NY 7 between Binghamton and theVermont state line was designated asNew York State Route 9,[2] continuing the numbering ofNew England Route 9 in Vermont. Within Albany, NY 9 followed the modern routing ofNY 2 throughLatham toTroy, where the connection to the modern alignment of NY 7 was made via currentUS 4.[11] In 1927, NY 9 was redesignated as NY 7 to avoid conflict withUS 9.[3] The route north of Binghamton remained unchanged in the1930 renumbering;[12] however, south of Binghamton, NY 7 was extended to the Pennsylvania state line, where it becamePA 29.[13][14]
Over the years, NY 7 has been realigned to follow different routings in and around the cities it serves. Prior to 1930, NY 7 began at Court Street inBinghamton and followed Chenango Street north intoFenton, where it turned east and continued through Port Crane to theColesville hamlet of Sanitaria Springs.[15][16] In the 1930 renumbering, NY 7 was extended south to Pennsylvania by way of Court Street, Tompkins Street, and Conklin Avenue.[14][17] NY 7 was realigned slightly by 1947 to follow Robinson Street and Brandywine Avenue between Chenango and Tompkins streets.[17] TheBrandywine Highway, a four-lane arterial through Binghamton andPort Dickinson, opened to trafficc. 1961 as a realignment of NY 7.[18][19] The portion of NY 7 between Port Dickinson and Sanitaria Springs was relocated onto a newlimited-access highway between 1968 and 1973.[20][21] The segment of Chenango Street between the Binghamton city line and current NY 7 in Port Dickinson (a distance of 1.07 miles or 1.72 kilometres) is now NY 990H, an unsignedreference route.[1][22] The former pre I-88 routing of NY 7 between Port Crane and Sanitaria Springs is nowNY 7B.[22] Prior to becoming NY 7B in the 1990s,[23][24] it was designated NY 990K, an unsignedreference route.[25]
InSchenectady, it was originally routed along Broadway, State Street, Nott Terrace, and Union Street.[3] It was shifted at some point between 1938 and 1947 to avoid downtown along Curry Road, Altamont Avenue and Brandywine Avenue.[17][26] The former alignment along Union Street east of NY 146 later became reference routeNY 911G, and Broadway from Edison and Millard to I-890 becameNY 914D, andNY 915D from there to Weaver Road. Meanwhile, the portion of Curry Road between Altamont Avenue andNY 146 was designated as NY 146C in the mid-1930s.[27][28] NY 7 was reroutedc. 1962 to follow Curry Road east from Altamont Avenue to the newI-890, where NY 7 turned north and followed I-890 to modern exit 7. Here, the route split from I-890 and continued to the junction of Union Street and Rosendale Road east of the city by way of a new arterial. The NY 146C designation was removed from Curry Road as part of the change.[19][29] NY 7's former routing along Altamont Avenue from Curry Road to the Schenectady city line (a length of 0.96 miles or 1.54 kilometres) is now the unsignedNY 911H.[1][22] Prior to the creation of the modern reference route system, Altamont Avenue was designated as NY 951.Reference markers along the route still bear this number.[30]
In 1981, theCollar City Bridge was built, connectingGreen Island with Troy in theCapital District.[31] By 1985, construction had begun on the NY 7 freeway, then planned as NY 7 Alternate, betweenI-87 andI-787 west of Green Island.[32] In 1986, NY 7 "Alternate" opened, becoming part of a realigned NY 7.[31] The old surface alignment was designated as an extension of NY 2.[33]
NY 28 originally overlapped NY 7 from the intersection of Main and Chestnut streets in Oneonta to Colliersville, where it turned north onto D.K. Lifgren Drive to rejoin NY 28's modern alignment. NY 28 was rerouted to follow its current alignment between Main Street south of Oneonta and D.K. Lifgren Drive near Colliersville in the early 1980s following the completion of what is now NY 28 fromI-88 exit 17 to D.K. Lifgren Drive.[34][35][36][37] The portion of Main Street between NY 28 and NY 7 (0.67 miles or 1.08 kilometres long) is now designated as NY 992D while D.K. Lifgren Drive (0.50 miles or 0.80 kilometres in length) is now NY 992G.[38]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broome | Conklin | 0.00 | 0.00 | Continuation intoPennsylvania | ||
| 1.26 | 2.03 | Northern terminus of NY 7A;hamlet ofCorbettsville | ||||
| 2.81 | 4.52 | Access via Kirkwood Conklin Road | ||||
| Kirkwood | Access via Conklin Kirkwood Road | |||||
| Binghamton | 11.18 | 17.99 | ||||
| 11.57 | 18.62 | Western end of limited-access section | ||||
| – | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; northern terminus of NY 363 | |||||
| 11.97 | 19.26 | – | Exit 12 on I-81 | |||
| Port Dickinson | 13.54 | 21.79 | – | Hillcrest Service Roads –Port Dickinson | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Fenton | 14.10 | 22.69 | 1 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western terminus of concurrency with I-88 | ||
| 15.81 | 25.44 | 2 | Eastern terminus of NY 12A | |||
| 18.06 | 29.06 | 3 | ||||
| Colesville | 21.23 | 34.17 | 4 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with I-88; diamond interchange; hamlet of Sanitaria Springs | ||
| Eastern end of limited-access section | ||||||
| 21.53 | 34.65 | Eastern terminus of NY 7B | ||||
| 28.49 | 45.85 | Western terminus of concurrency with NY 79 | ||||
| 29.73 | 47.85 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 79; hamlet ofHarpursville | ||||
| 30.88 | 49.70 | Southern terminus of NY 235; hamlet ofNineveh | ||||
| Chenango | Village of Afton | 37.18 | 59.84 | |||
| Village of Bainbridge | 42.91 | 69.06 | ||||
| Otsego | Unadilla | 47.21 | 75.98 | |||
| Village of Unadilla | 52.10 | 83.85 | Access viaNY 991H | |||
| 53.39 | 85.92 | Western terminus of NY 357 | ||||
| Town of Oneonta | 67.53 | 108.68 | ||||
| 68.61 | 110.42 | Western terminus of concurrency with NY 23; neighborhood ofWest End | ||||
| City of Oneonta | 70.51 | 113.47 | Access viaNY 992D; formerNY 28 | |||
| 70.88 | 114.07 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 23 | ||||
| Town of Oneonta | Northern terminus of CR 47; exit 16 on I-88 | |||||
| Milford | 75.89 | 122.13 | Access viaNY 992G; hamlet ofColliersville | |||
| Worcester | 91.76 | 147.67 | Access viaNY 992J; hamlet ofWorcester | |||
| Schoharie | Town of Richmondville | 103.07 | 165.88 | Access to I-88 via NY 992K; western terminus of concurrency with NY 10; exit 20 on I-88 | ||
| 103.60 | 166.73 | Access via NY 992L | ||||
| Village of Cobleskill | 107.54 | 173.07 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 10; western terminus of concurrency with NY 145 | |||
| Town of Cobleskill | 110.94 | 178.54 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 145 | |||
| Town of Schoharie | 115.76 | 186.30 | Western terminus of concurrency with NY 30A; hamlet ofCentral Bridge | |||
| 116.89 | 188.12 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 30A | ||||
| Town of Esperance | 118.90 | 191.35 | ||||
| Schenectady | Town of Duanesburg | 123.75 | 199.16 | Southern terminus of NY 395 | ||
| 127.07 | 204.50 | Hamlet ofDuanesburg | ||||
| 128.06 | 206.09 | |||||
| Town of Rotterdam | 132.94 | 213.95 | Access via Becker Road | |||
| Community of Rotterdam | 133.96 | 215.59 | Southern terminus of NY 337 | |||
| 135.41 | 217.92 | Eastern terminus of NY 159 | ||||
| 135.95 | 218.79 | Northern terminus of NY 158 | ||||
| 136.82 | 220.19 | Former routing of NY 7 | ||||
| 138.21 | 222.43 | Roundabout | ||||
| Albany | Guilderland | 138.96 | 223.63 | Western end of limited-access section | ||
| 9 | Western terminus of concurrency with I-890 | |||||
| Schenectady | Community of Rotterdam | 139.83 | 225.03 | 8 | High Bridge Road | |
| 140.47 | 226.06 | 7 | No eastbound access to Chrisler Avenue; eastern terminus of concurrency with I-890; exit number not signed westbound | |||
| Schenectady | 141.33 | 227.45 | – | |||
| Niskayuna | 142.53 | 229.38 | – | At-grade intersection | ||
| 142.76 | 229.75 | Eastern end of limited-access section | ||||
| CR 158 east (Rosendale Road) | Western terminus of CR 158 | |||||
| Albany | Town of Colonie | 146.36 | 235.54 | CR 158 west (Rosendale Road) –Erie Canal Lock 7 | Eastern terminus of CR 158; former NY 7C | |
| 147.06 | 236.67 | Western terminus of CR 151; hamlet ofVerdoy | ||||
| 150.01 | 241.42 | Western end of freeway section | ||||
| 6 | Southern terminus of concurrency with I-87; western terminus of NY 2 | |||||
| 150.28 | 241.85 | 7 | Northern terminus of concurrency with I-87; exit number not signed westbound | |||
| 150.72 | 242.56 | – | ||||
| 154.34 | 248.39 | – | Exits 9E and 9W on I-787/NY 787 | |||
| Hudson River | Collar City Bridge | |||||
| Rensselaer | Troy | 154.75 | 249.05 | – | Downtown Troy | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access via 6th Avenue/Hutton Street |
| 154.82 | 249.16 | – | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| Eastern end of freeway section | ||||||
| 154.95 | 249.37 | Southern terminus of NY 40 | ||||
| Brunswick | 158.58 | 255.21 | Southern terminus of NY 142; hamlet ofBrunswick Center | |||
| 159.61 | 256.87 | Northern terminus of NY 278 | ||||
| Hoosick | 175.84 | 282.99 | Western terminus of concurrency with NY 22 | |||
| 176.19 | 283.55 | Eastern terminus of concurrency with NY 22 | ||||
| 179.43 | 288.76 | Access via NY 915G | ||||
| 180.30 | 290.16 | Continuation intoVermont | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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NY 7 currently has two spurs, both located in theSouthern Tier. A third formerly existed in theCapital District nearSchenectady.
| Location | Conklin |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.77 mi[1] (2.85 km) |
| Existed | 1930– |
New York State Route 7A (NY 7A) (1.77 miles or 2.85 kilometres) is a spur in theBroome County town ofConklin that connects NY 7 to thePennsylvania state line. While NY 7 follows a creek valley to the Pennsylvania border, NY 7A continues NY 7's course along theSusquehanna River valley, parallelingUS 11 andI-81.[1] When NY 7A was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, it connected toPA 602;[13][14] it now connects to SR 1033, an unsignedquadrant route.[39]
The entire route is inBroome County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin | 0.00 | 0.00 | SR 1033 south (New York Avenue) –Hallstead | Continuation intoGreat Bend Township, Pennsylvania | |
| Corbettsville | 1.77 | 2.85 | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
| Location | Fenton–Colesville |
|---|---|
| Length | 3.74 mi[1] (6.02 km) |
| Existed | 1990s[23]– |
The currentNew York State Route 7B (NY 7B) designation is a 3.74-mile (6.02 km) spur in theBroome County towns ofFenton andColesville.[1] It follows the former, pre-expressway routing of NY 7 betweenNY 369 in thehamlet ofPort Crane and NY 7 in the hamlet ofSanitaria Springs.[40] Prior to becoming NY 7B in the 1990s,[23][24] it was designated NY 990K, an unsignedreference route.[25]
The entire route is inBroome County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Crane | 0.00 | 0.00 | Southern terminus of NY 369 | ||
| Sanitaria Springs | 3.74 | 6.02 | To exit 4 on I-88 / NY 7 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
| Location | Unadilla–Oneonta |
|---|---|
| Existed | 1930–January 1, 1970 |
Theoriginal NY 7B was an alternate route of NY 7 fromUnadilla toOneonta that was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering. It overlappedNY 28 from North Franklin to Oneonta.[41][42] On November 27, 1969, theNew York State Department of Transportation Commissioner T. W. Parker announced that NY 7B would be renumbered to NY 357. This new designation would also truncate NY 7B off the overlap with NY 28 to Oneonta and simplify signage for drivers to understand in the city of Oneonta. This would also open the door for signage to be added forfuture Interstate 88. On January 1, 1970, the North Franklin–Oneonta portion was removed and the Unadilla–North Franklin portion of NY 7B was renumbered toNY 357. If the weather permitted, the official signage would be replaced in the spring of 1970.[43][44]
| Location | Niskayuna–Colonie |
|---|---|
| Existed | c. 1961–late 1960s |
NY 7C was a loop off of NY 7 east ofSchenectady in theCapital District. The majority of the route was located inSchenectady County; however, the easternmost 40 yards (37 m) of the route was located inAlbany County. It began at NY 7 inNiskayuna and proceeded east along Rosendale Road intoColonie, where it ended at NY 7. The route was assignedc. 1961[18][19] and removed in the late 1960s.[20][44] Ownership and maintenance of NY 7C's former routing in Schenectady County was transferred from the state ofNew York to the county on April 1, 1980, as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[45] This portion of the route is now designated as County Route 158.[46]
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