Interstate 690
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Interstate 690 (abbreviated I-690) is a 14.19 mile-long urban Interstate Highway in the Syracuse, New York area. It "dips down" to the southeast from Interstate 90 near Baldwinsville, New York, continues to travel east through Syracuse, and then terminates in East Syracuse into Interstate 481. From this point it has been planned for decades to extend the highway eastward to Manlius or even Chittenango, but these plans have never become a reality. This extension would have actually been numbered as NY 290. The intention is easy to see because of the awkward onramps at this intersection. NY 690 extends to the west of I-690, however the exit numbers do not continue as the interchange with the Thruway is labelled as Exit 1.
I-690 follows an old railroad bed through a portion of downtown Syracuse and actually cuts through an old train station. While traveling westbound, there are remnants of the old railroad station loading area with cement statues of people waiting for trains.