northway

Last year, I had a story about construction on the bridges that carry the Northway over Albany Shaker Road in Colonie, in the Exit 4 area.

I was going to be a little funny and say something like - “When you’re making that long drive up the Northway from the Albany area to Saratoga Springs, you know that you might get a little hungry.

If you travel on Albany Shaker Road under the bridges of the Northway in Colonie, then you probably have noticed that the bridges look like they might be in rough shape.

On Saturday night, two New York State Department Of Transportation snow plows that were working on the Northway were hit by alleged drunk drivers.

We have all seen it once or twice. Someone driving on the Northway going 100 mph, and you think, what's the rush? Well, in this case "the rush" was woman in labor!

Traffic is closed on the Northway following a bus crash and police have confirmed one fatality in the accident. The bus was transporting the St. Michael's College Lacrosse team to a game in Long Island when the accident occurred.

These people at the Adirondack Corvette Club LOVE their cars.  The only thing they're not thrilled about is having them parked on the Twin Bridges due to road construction.  I tried to ease their pain (and now possibly yours) with a little "construction sing-along".  Enjoy!

From Flickr user Dougtone I drive the Northway up and back to work everyday, and I am baffled by one thing almost daily. The Northway is exactly 3 lanes wide North and Southbound, up to and including over the Twin Bridges. Why the hell can people maintain the speed limit up to and over them in the morning an afternoon commute ...

A project to replace the bridge carrying Route 9p over I-87 will be causing some delays on the Northway this week.  The original plans to close lanes on the Northway by Exit 14 will be delayed, however, a day due to the weather.  The work will involve closing all northbound lanes at four different points during the night.

I did a blog wondering why there is no exit 3 of the Northway. There were plans to build one, but now we know there won’t be.

I have always wondered why there was never an exit 3 on I-87, better know as the Adirondack Northway. As we drive up and down the Northway, we get to that part of the highway between Central Avenue and Albany-Shaker Road in Colonie.

If you're heading out, tonight, you should avoid the northway at exit 15 in Wilton.