New York Construction Report staff writer
More than 2,800 lane miles of state and local highways were improved, and more than 3,100 bridges were replaced, rehabilitated or improved in2024, with a cost of more than $2.4 billion.
Paving and Major Bridge accomplishments broken down by region included:
- Capital District – 220 lane miles and 109 bridges
- Mohawk Valley – 176 lane miles and 195 bridges
- Central NY – 145 lane miles and 39 bridges
- Finger Lakes – 373 lane miles and 303 bridges
- Western NY – 278 lane miles and 749 bridges
- Southern Tier – 376 lane miles and 328 bridges
- North Country – 389 lane miles and 23 bridges
- Mid-Hudson – 243 lane miles and 512 bridges
- Long Island – 128 lane miles and nine bridges
- NYC – 54 lane miles and 904 bridges
New York State Department of Transportation crews filled more than 1.2 million potholes during the year and completed maintenance on an additional 1,802 bridges.
“The Thruway Authority is significantly reinvesting into its 70-year-old system to create a more modern and reliable transportation network while maintaining some of the lowest toll rates in the country,” said Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank G. Hoare. “Our focus is on upgrading our infrastructure to enhance safety and improve the travel experience for the hundreds of millions of drivers that use the Thruway each year.”
Also, the New York State Thruway Authority reinvested more than $321 million in toll dollars to reconstruct or rehabilitate more than 441 total lane miles of the Thruway system and reinvested more than $159 million to rebuild or rehabilitate 18 bridges. In addition to roadway resurfacing, there were also significant safety enhancements made including guiderail repairs, line striping, signage and drainage improvements.
The Authority’s approved 2025 budget includes $477.3 million for capital projects across the Thruway system in 2025, an increase of $34 million compared to the revised 2024 budget, and more than $2.7 billion over the next five years. The increased investment will lead to work on about 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 817 bridges.
“From Long Island to Buffalo and all points in between, we are making significant progress toward modernizing New York State’s transportation infrastructure to connect communities and provide transportation for all,” said New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez. “Thanks to the hard work of the NYSDOT team, we were able to significantly invest in our roads and bridges and we look forward to completing even more great projects in 2025.”
