Project Includes Pavement Repairs, Steel Repairs, Safety Upgrades

Project Expected to be Complete in Fall 2025

The New York State Thruway Authority today announced the start of a $1.4 million project to rehabilitate the Interchange 31 ramp bridge over Genesee Street (milepost 233.27) in Oneida County. The bridge was built in 1953 and carries approximately 4,000 vehicles per day.

“The Thruway Authority is investing in aging infrastructure, modernizing our roadway and enhancing the safety and reliability of the Thruway,” Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank G. Hoare, Esq. said. “These projects continue to make the Thruway one of the safest superhighways in the nation with some of the lowest toll rates in the country.”

Rehabilitating bridges on the Thruway system keeps the structures safe and in operational condition while extending their service lives. As part of this project, the bridge will have an extended service life of approximately 10 years.

The project includes steel repairs, concrete repairs to the bridge deck underside, fascia and abutment backwalls, resurfacing of the bridge deck with a waterproofing overlay, and installing new bridge joints.

Additional safety upgrades include new guiderail and median barrier, new delineators and signs and reflective striping.

Due to the construction, motorists seeking to travel south on North Genesee Street will be detoured to North Genesee Street, then to Riverside Drive and back onto North Genesee Street traveling south.

Vector Construction Corp. is the project contractor following a competitive bidding process. The project is expected to be complete in Fall 2025. The work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change.

Motorists are urged to be alert and follow the posted in work zone speed limits. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. 

For up-to-date travel information, motorists are encouraged to download the mobile app  which is available to download for free on iPhone and Android devices. The app provides motorists direct access to real-time traffic and navigation assistance while on the go. Travelers can also visit the Thruway Authority's interactive  Traveler Map  which features live traffic cameras. Motorists can also sign up for TRANSalert  e-mails, which provide the latest traffic conditions along the Thruway.

About the Thruway Authority
The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, built in the early 1950s, is one of the oldest components of the National Interstate Highway System and one of the longest toll roads in the nation. The maintenance and operation of the Thruway system is funded primarily by tolls. The Thruway Authority does not receive any dedicated federal, state or local tax dollars and is paid for by those who drive the Thruway, including one-third of drivers from out of state.

In 2024, the Thruway Authority processed more than 400 million toll transactions and motorists drove 8.2 billion miles on the Thruway. The Authority’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan invests $2.7 billion into infrastructure and equipment, an increased commitment of $742 million or 38 percent since the approval of a multi-year toll adjustment plan in 2023. The increased investment will lead to work on approximately 61 percent of the Thruway’s more than 2,800 pavement lane miles as well as the replacement or rehabilitation of 20 percent of the Thruway’s 819 bridges.

The Thruway is one of the safest roadways in the country with a fatality rate far below the nationwide index, and toll rates are among the lowest in the country compared to similar toll roads. The Thruway’s base passenger vehicle toll rate is less than $0.05 per mile, compared to the Ohio Turnpike ($0.06 per mile), the New Jersey Turnpike (up to $0.39 per mile) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike ($0.16 per mile).

The lives of Thruway Authority employees, roadway workers and emergency personnel depend on all of those who travel the highway. Motorists should stay alert and pay attention while driving, slow down in work zones and move over when they see a vehicle on the side of the road. The state’s Move Over Law, which was expanded in March 2024, requires drivers to slow down and move over for all vehicles stopped along the roadway. Safety is a shared responsibility.

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