.svg) Interstate 781 | ||||
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| Paul Cerjan Memorial Highway | ||||
 Map of I-781 highlighted in red and NY 971Q in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of I-81 | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 4.3 mi[1] (6.9 km) | |||
| Existed | April 13, 2009[2]–present | |||
| History | Completed December 6, 2012[3] | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-81 in Pamelia | |||
 US 11 in Le Ray | ||||
| East end | Fort Drum main gate in Le Ray | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Jefferson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 781 (I-781) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway north of Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. The route extends for 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from an interchange with I-81 in Pamelia to the main entrance of Fort Drum in Le Ray. It also has one intermediate interchange with US Route 11 (US 11) just west of Fort Drum. I-781 is four lanes wide and serves as the principal travel corridor into and out of the post. The freeway is ceremoniously designated as the Paul Cerjan Memorial Highway in honor of Paul G. Cerjan, a late US Army lieutenant general who oversaw a $1.2-billion (equivalent to $3.73 billion in 2023[4]) expansion of Fort Drum in the 1980s.
The original designation for I-781 was New York State Route 781 (NY 781). On April 13, 2009, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) designated NY 781 as a future Interstate Highway corridor and as "Future I-781". The I-781 designation officially took effect when the highway was completed and opened to traffic on December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. December 31, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
- ^ "I-781 application and other related documents" (PDF). American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.[permanent dead link]
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