Southern Interchange
Contract 2 will begin the conversion of the southern interchange of I-481/I-81 in the City of Syracuse. Together, contracts 1 and 2 are essential to maintaining a high-speed interstate connection with national and international north-south trade routes from Tennessee to the Canadian border.
Additional work in contract 2 includes the modification of the new I-81 (former I-481) interchange with State Routes 5 and 92 in DeWitt (Exit 3) and expanding the corridor between I-690 and Kirkville Road (Exit 5).
Construction began in the summer of 2023 and is anticipated to be complete by early 2026.
Open House Boards
Revisit the display boards shown at the project’s Contract 2 Open House and subsequent neighborhood and community meetings. These renderings are artistic representations of the intended design and do not necessarily reflect the final design.
Contract 2 Images
These renderings are artistic representations of the intended design and do not necessarily reflect the final design.
Documents
Photo Gallery
August 2024 construction of north roundabout on East Brighton Avenue in the Valley, which opened in a temporary alignment in early September 2024.
Placing steel beams on new East Brighton Avenue bridge in August 2024.
Relocated East Glen Avenue bridge looking south along future Business Loop 81 in September 2024.
Five of seven steel beams set on new East Glen Avenue bridge in October 2024.
Crews, in November 2024, setting up the deck machine for the future I-81 bridge over Manlius Center Road.
Realignment of existing I-81 northbound under the new, relocated East Glen Avenue bridge in November 2024.
December 2024 pier work on the future I-81 bridge over the CSX Railyard in the Town of DeWitt.
Wet curing of East Brighton Avenue bridge deck in December 2024.