 For its first few miles in Saratoga County , I @-@ 87 runs across lightly developed parts of the towns of Halfmoon and Clifton Park . Near exit 9 , however , the freeway passes through the commercial center of Clifton Park as it connects to NY 146 . Clifton Park Center , one of several shopping plazas at the junction , is situated southwest of the exit . Past exit 9 , the commercial development subsides as I @-@ 87 traverses another area dominated by housing tracts . Just north of the exit , the freeway passes a rest area for northbound traffic . The freeway continues on , passing to the west of the centers of Round Lake at exit 11 and Malta at exit 12 . After Malta , I @-@ 87 turns slightly to the northeast and begins to loosely parallel the northwestern edge of Saratoga Lake as it crosses Kayaderosseras Creek and enters Saratoga Springs . 
