New York 85

Westbound NY 85 reassurance marker near Voorheesville.
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 03/11/2018)

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Western Terminus: Albany CR 353, Rensselaerville
Eastern Terminus: I-90, Albany
Length: 26.49 miles (42.65 km)
Orientation: East-West
Counties: Albany
Cities: Albany
Villages: None
Towns: Rensselaerville, Westerlo, Berne, New Scotland, Bethlehem
Name(s): Delaware Tpke., New Scotland Rd.
History:








 NY 85's original western end was originally at NY 81 in Oak Hill and followed Makley and Seifert Roads to Medusa and Albany CRs 351, 402, 404, and 401 to Westerlo, and NY 143 before picking up the current alignment. It was realigned in 1936 along Albany CRs 352, 360, 359, and 353, from Medusa to Rensselaerville and truncated to its current location in Rensselaerville two years later (The western extension shown on some maps as late as 1971).

At the east end, NY 85 was originally assigned along New Scotland Rd. and New Scotland Ave. into Albany before ending at US 20 at Washington Park. NY 85 was gradually shifted onto its current expressway and super-2 alignment from the 1960s through 2007.

Scan from the 1940 Sinclair Rand McNally New York state map
showing the 1936-38 western extension of NY 85.

Scan from the 1952 Sunoco Rand McNally New York state
map showing NY 85's original alignment into Albany.

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Mile Desc. EAST (Read Down) WEST (Read Up)
. . .
0.00 JCT
(WT)
.
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
6.51 JCT (WT)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
10.18 JCT WEST

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
. MP .
. MP .
12.20 JCT EAST

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 06/19/2023)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 03/11/2018)
14.43 JCT (ET)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 03/11/2018)
15.33 JCT (WT)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
18.89 JCT (ET)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
21.69 JCT (WT)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/19/2022)
(Douglas Kerr, 06/06/2009)
24.51 .

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 6/21/2022)
24.55 INT

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 6/21/2022)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
25.33 INT

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
25.37 INT

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
26.05 INT

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 10/27/2018)
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022)
26.49 INT
(ET)		 (Exit 4)

(Mark Sinsabaugh, 05/16/2022) 		.
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Looking east at the Slingerlands Bypass. The signal marks NY 85's intersection with Blessing Road and was replaced with a roundabout when the bypass was extended east to the NY 140 intersection in 2007.
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 04/08/2006)
The former western end of the Slingerlands Bypass at Maher Rd.
(Mark Sinsabaugh, 04/08/2006)

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Page Created: October 10, 2006 | Page Updated: June 24, 2023