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Captial District, NY (Hudson and Mohawk River Valley's Confluence)
   
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Captial District, NY (Hudson and Mohawk River Valley's Confluence)

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EDIT: Two of the most difficult interchanges were created for this map by two of the best interchange creators in our game today...along with a Trumpet exchange for 787 @ Broadway in "Menands". Also, I purposefully left the map devoid of trees in order to allow everyone, including those with lower end computers, to be able to add whatever trees that they prefer as well as how many, without having to delete any first. :)

Soruvisu's I-90/I-87 Interchange: http://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=815103317

agusingnavy's I-90 at Hwy 9 - Albany, New York: http://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=815438739

I-787 at Broadway Feeder, Albany, New York by toruk_makto1: http://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=816245194

Arisandi's Albany,New York. 90/787 http://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=742034648


My hat's off to these folks for volunteering to help me out!


This is a map of the Upstate NY area known as the Capital District/Capital Region, where the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers meet. It includes the northern most part of Albany (along the I-90 corridor), All of Colonie, Menands, Troy, Green Island, Cohoes, parts of Waterford, Half Moon, Rennselaer and East/North(?) Greenbush.

All of the major highways are as accurately placed as I could possibly make them (using Google Maps with Terrain as my reference). Highways included are I-90 from the edge of Albany/Rennsealaer up past Colonie), 787 from The I-90 interchange until it turns into Cohoes Boulevard, the entirety of Alternate Route 7 from Troy to Latham, and I-87 from the 90 interchange in Colonie to north past the Mohawk River/Twin Bridges and into the Halfmoon area. The interchanges are NOT accurate. They are placeholders...I did attempt to find accurate interchanges, but didn't have the patience/time to find them all (I got close on a couple of them). I also included the interchanges for the major routes that connect to the highway system (Route 9 in Albany, 378 in Menands/Troy, Alternate rt 7 @ Hoosick St in Troy, Troy-Schenectady Rd interchange @ Exit 6 on I-87, etc..

I've spent quite a few hours on this...with 3 kids and a house, it wasn't easy...but I recently quit smoking and needed a distraction. I hope everyone who gives it a shot enjoys the map. I tried to make it as accurate as possible. Scale was tough to pull off (wish that I could have zoomed in more on the IRL map), but overall I'm happy with the results. No Mods were used in creating this map (ugh). :p
16 Comments
Churvin 16 Sep, 2021 @ 10:04am 
I want a Lake George Map! Amazing job, love recreating real areas! Google Maps is an amazing tool to help!
Chris Favreau  [author] 13 May, 2020 @ 7:06pm 
That's awesome to hear Hayes! I'm currently in Latham...grew up in Albany, Troy, Schenectady, etc...lol
Hayes2324 13 May, 2020 @ 7:28am 
I grew up Rensselaer this is awesome
Chris Favreau  [author] 26 Jun, 2019 @ 1:57pm 
it's more like 80 percent , honestly....
x_Motorhead_x 7 Apr, 2019 @ 8:22am 
The murder rate must be 75% on this map.
markgy54 22 Nov, 2018 @ 7:57pm 
Hey FavDaddy, Still tweaking South East side of Rochester. I have most thru roads laid out, State, County and Interstate roads at least. Train tracks in... but now I'm baffled by the canal. The map editor is a bit limiting in this area. I did find that Parallel Roads mod was pretty helpful with the tracks and interstates. I'll take a closer look at Capital District in a bit.
Chris Favreau  [author] 21 Nov, 2018 @ 6:50pm 
hey Markgy54, I hope that my map helped...I know that it isn't perfect, but I gave it a solid effort. The best part about my map, imo, is building the capital district how I wish it was built. I hope that it did inspire you and if not, maybe I can do something for you in the area that you;re looking to do some day in the future.
markgy54 14 Oct, 2018 @ 7:01pm 
Looking at other upstate maps too. Working on one for south east Rochester (Victor,Farmington,Fairport) area. stalled at the moment, need some inspiration. Wife is from Capital area.
Chris Favreau  [author] 17 Oct, 2017 @ 6:50am 
Thank you Ari! I appreciate that...and you're welcome for the mention. Your interchange was awesome and very helpful :)
Arisandi 22 Sep, 2017 @ 1:32pm 
I appreciate you mention me here... i take this map to my collections. its beutiful!