§ 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
Mario M. Cuomo Bridge", including a highway connection between "The
Governor Mario M. Cuomo 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".