This weekend I rode along with a good friend of mine to visit friends in Binghamton, NY, which was exciting for me because I've never been farther into upstate New York than Albany, and it meant I got to clinch I-88 and over a hundred miles of NY 17, which is being upgraded into I-86 at the moment.
Before I get to Future I-86 though, I found this peculiar signal on Vestal Pkwy (NY 434) just west of the interchange with NY 201. The left turns on the cross street had identical signals. I assume the signal functions just like a doghouse, since the single lens off to the side contains a right turn arrow, but I never once saw it lit through several cycles.
Now on to NY 17.
A new bridge under construction east of Monticello, near exit 108. The new bridge is significantly higher than the old one, which lends some interesting construction views driving by.
Continuing east towards Middletown, the road seems ready to become I-86. Fresh pavement, interstate-standard shoulders, and consistent covered-up I-86 shields, complete with a greened-out I-86 shield on I-84:
