Section 349-A. State thruway routes

State thruway routes are hereby set
  forth and generally described as follows:
    1.  Southern  Westchester  connection.  Beginning  at  the   northerly
  terminus of the Major Deegan expressway in the vicinity of Jerome avenue
  at  the  New  York  city  corporate  line, thence extending in a general
  northerly direction through the city of  Yonkers  to  connect  with  the
  southerly  end  of  the  Hudson  section  at  a point in the vicinity of
  Tuckahoe road to be determined by the commissioner.  No  fees  or  other
  charges may be imposed for vehicular use of this connection.
    2.  The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
  Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road,  thence  in  a  general
  northerly  and  westerly  direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
  south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The  Governor
  Malcolm  Wilson  Tappan  Zee  Bridge",  thence  in  a  general  westerly
  direction to intersect with existing route  number  seventeen  or  to  a
  connection  with  that  route,  including a thruway connection from that
  portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally southerly  to
  a  point  to  be  determined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey
  boundary line.
    3. The Catskill section. Beginning at the northerly end of the  Hudson
  section,  extending  in a general northerly direction in the vicinity of
  Central Valley, Highland  Mills,  Woodbury  Falls,  Vails  Gate,  thence
  through   or  passing  Newburgh  on  the  west,  thence  northerly  past
  Plattekill and New Paltz, thence passing through or  near  the  city  of
  Kingston  and  continuing  northerly  to  the  west  of  Saugerties  and
  Catskill, continuing northerly passing in the vicinity of West Coxsackie
  and Ravena, thence northerly passing the Feura Bush  railroad  yards  in
  the  vicinity  of  either their easterly or westerly extremities, thence
  continuing northerly passing to the west or through the westerly part of
  the city of Albany, and intersecting United States route  number  twenty
  in the vicinity of McKownville.
    4.  The  Mohawk section. Starting at the northerly end of the Catskill
  section on  United  States  route  number  twenty  in  the  vicinity  of
  McKownville,  continuing in a northwesterly direction toward the city of
  Schenectady, and  thence  around  the  southerly  side  of  Schenectady,
  continuing  through  or  along  the  Mohawk Valley by-passing or passing
  through the city of Utica, thence westerly passing in  the  vicinity  of
  Whitesboro  and  continuing  to  the north of the city of Oneida, thence
  westerly to the south of the Cicero swamp to a point  on  United  States
  route number eleven north of the village of Liverpool.
    Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any general, special or local law,
  the commissioner of transportation is authorized and empowered to  enter
  into  an agreement with any railroad corporation or corporations for the
  relocation or removal of a portion of the railway with appurtenances and
  facilities, as he may deem necessary to accommodate the construction and
  use of the  Mohawk  section  in  Schenectady,  Montgomery  and  Herkimer
  counties.  Each  such  railroad corporation, subject to the rules of the
  commissioner of transportation, or the  commissioner  of  transportation
  may  let the necessary contracts therefor. The agreement may direct that
  the work be done by contract  or  by  direct  employment  of  labor  and
  purchase  of  material,  or  partly  by  contract  and  partly by direct
  employment of labor and purchase of material. The  entire  cost  of  the
  work,  as  herein  provided, shall be included in the cost of the Mohawk
  section.
    5. The Ontario section. Starting at the westerly  end  of  the  Mohawk
  section  at  a  point  on United States route number eleven north of the
  village of Liverpool, thence westerly north of Onondaga lake, thence  in
  a westerly direction passing in the vicinity of Warners, Memphis, Jordan

  and Weedsport, crossing the New York Central and West Shore railroads in
  the vicinity of the village of Port Byron, thence southwesterly crossing
  the  Seneca  river in the vicinity of May's Point, thence westerly north
  of the villages of Seneca Falls and Waterloo and passing in the vicinity
  of West Junius, Phelps, Clifton Springs and Manchester, passing north of
  Victor  and in the vicinity of Fisher and Severance, continuing westerly
  to a point in the vicinity of the city of Batavia, thence westerly to  a
  point in the vicinity of Williamsville, including a spur to Main street,
  in  the  vicinity  of  Kensington  avenue in the town of Amherst, thence
  southerly generally parallel to and west of Union road to a point  south
  of the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks, thence southwesterly to a point at
  the  junction  of  the  Erie and Niagara sections in the vicinity of the
  crossing of Dingens street and the Lehigh Valley railroad in the town of
  Cheektowaga.
    6. The Erie section. Starting at its junction with the Niagara section
  at a point in the vicinity of the crossing of  Dingens  street  and  the
  Lehigh  Valley  railroad  in  the  town of Cheektowaga, thence southerly
  generally paralleling the Lehigh Valley railroad to Cazenovia creek  and
  extending southerly and southwesterly to a point north of the village of
  Hamburg,  thence  in a southwesterly direction generally paralleling the
  existing Southwestern boulevard to a point near the village  of  Irving,
  thence  bypassing  the  village  of  Silver  Creek  to the south, thence
  extending in a general southwesterly direction to the Pennsylvania state
  line on a location lying in the vicinity of United States  route  number
  twenty and state touring route number five.
    7.  The  New  England  section.  Beginning  at  or  near  the point of
  intersection of the Bronx  and  Pelham  parkway  and  the  extension  of
  Bruckner  boulevard in New York city, extending in a generally northerly
  direction to a point on or near east two hundred  twenty-second  street,
  thence   generally   in   an   easterly   direction   to  the  New  York
  city-Westchester county line north of Pelham Bay park, thence  generally
  in a northeasterly direction through the town of Pelham, the city of New
  Rochelle, the town of Mamaroneck, the village of Mamaroneck, the town of
  Harrison,  the  city  of  Rye,  the  town of Rye and the village of Port
  Chester, to a point on the New York-Connecticut state line.
    8. The Niagara section. Starting at the junction of the Erie  and  the
  Ontario  sections  at a point in the vicinity of the crossing of Dingens
  street and the Lehigh Valley railroad in the town of Cheektowaga, thence
  generally in a westerly direction to Erie street in the city of Buffalo,
  thence continuing in a general northwesterly  direction  to  the  Front,
  thence  through  the Front and north between Niagara street and the ship
  canal to the right of way of the abandoned Erie canal near the  northern
  end  of  such  ship  canal,  thence  generally  along such right of way,
  deviating therefrom to make a connection with the easterly  approach  of
  the  South  Grand  Island  bridge,  thence  across  the  Niagara  river,
  utilizing the existing South Grand Island bridge or constructing another
  bridge parallel to such bridge, or both, thence  along  or  parallel  to
  existing Grand Island boulevard, across the Niagara river, utilizing the
  existing  North  Grand  Island  bridge,  or  constructing another bridge
  parallel to such bridge, or both.
    9. The Berkshire section.  Starting  at  a  point  or  points  on  the
  Catskill  section  northeast  of  Becker's Corners, thence easterly to a
  point on the west bank of the Hudson river, which point  shall  be  more
  than  fifteen  miles north of the Rip Van Winkle bridge, thence across a
  bridge to be constructed by the authority and which  crossing  shall  be
  known  as  "The  Castleton-on-Hudson  Bridge"; and thence generally in a
  southeasterly direction and passing in the vicinity of  the  hamlets  of

  Brookview,  North  Chatham,  Old Chatham, and East Chatham to a point on
  the New York-Massachusetts boundary line near the hamlet of State Line.