Dane County Regional Airport is nearer to its local town than the airport near the four-lane Interstate 687.
Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB,ICAO: KALB,FAA LID: ALB) is a public airport seven miles (11km) northwest of Albany, in Albany County, New York, United States. 
Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) (IATA: MSN,ICAO: KMSN,FAA LID: MSN) (Truax Field) is a civil-military airport located six miles northeast of downtown Madison, the capital of Wisconsin. 
 The highway would have connected I-90 in Albany to I-87 near Albany International Airport in Colonie. 
