 Off the Thruway , I @-@ 87 and I @-@ 90 overlap for a half @-@ mile along I @-@ 90 's toll @-@ free path through the Albany area . The brief concurrency ends at exit 1 of the Adirondack Northway in Guilderland , a junction also numbered as exit 1 on I @-@ 90 . Here , I @-@ 87 turns to head north toward the Canadian border at Champlain while I @-@ 90 continues east toward downtown Albany and Rensselaer County . South of this point , the Northway feeds into a 0 @.@ 86 @-@ mile ( 1 @.@ 38 km ) expressway spur known locally as Fuller Road Alternate , which links I @-@ 87 and I @-@ 90 to US 20 . Fuller Road Alternate is designated as NY 910F , an unsigned reference route , by the New York State Department of Transportation ( NYSDOT ) . In 2004 , NYSDOT ceremonially designated the entire 176 @-@ mile ( 283 km ) Northway as the Adirondack Veterans Memorial Highway . 
