Section 356. Thruway sections and connections; assuming jurisdiction

At any
  time  after  this title shall become effective the authority may adopt a
  resolution assuming jurisdiction for its corporate purposes  of  any  or
  all  of  the  thruway  sections  or connections below described and such
  connections  with  highways,  hereinafter  referred   to   as   "highway
  connections," as the authority may deem advisable in the interest of the
  public  to serve traffic needs, and the authority shall continue to have
  such jurisdiction so long as its corporate existence shall continue.
    Pending the adoption of such resolution, the commissioner  shall  have
  all  the  powers  herein  conferred  upon  the  authority  to construct,
  reconstruct, improve, maintain, and operate such  thruway  sections  and
  connections,  and highway connections, and to acquire in the name of the
  state real property therefor. Subject to such  deviations  therefrom  as
  the  authority may deem advisable in the interest of the public to serve
  traffic needs,  such  thruway  sections  and  connections  shall  be  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",  including  a  highway  connection
  between  "The  Governor  Malcolm  Wilson  Tappan Zee Bridge" and the New
  England section of the thruway presently known as interstate  route  two
  hundred   eighty-seven,  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, including a highway  connection
  which  runs from the Pennsylvania line at Port Jervis to the Connecticut
  border east of Brewster, presently known as interstate route 84,  except
  for  that portion of the highway connection between the interchange with
  the easternmost state highway on the west  shore  of  the  Hudson  river
  (currently  designated  state touring route 9W) and the interchange with
  the westernmost state highway on the east  shore  of  the  Hudson  river
  (currently  designated  state  touring route 9D) which is subject to the
  jurisdiction of the New York state bridge  authority,  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.
    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  vicinities  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  vicinities 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   eastern   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.
    The  thruway  constructed  along the routes designated in this section
  shall be known as "The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway".