The New York State Thruway

The 496-mile long Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll superhighway system in the United States.  The mainline provides a 426-mile connection between the state’s two largest cities, New York City and Buffalo, before extending westward to the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley.

Additional Thruway sections directly connect with the Connecticut Turnpike, Massachusetts Turnpike , New Jersey's Garden State Parkway and other major expressways that lead to New England, Canada, the Midwest and the South.  Approximately 75 percent - or 46 of New York State's 62 counties - as well as the 13 largest cities in the State are located within the Thruway corridor.

Contact the New York State Thruway Authority for information about distances, tolls and regulations.  For up-to-the minute real-time traffic reports, click here.