sentences:  I-81's first junction north of Syracuse is in the town of Cicero, where it connects to NY 31, another regionally important highway.North of here, US 11 begins to closely parallel I-81 once again, rejoining the highway's vicinity after following an erratic alignment through Syracuse.The two roads run across relatively flat and increasingly undeveloped land to Brewerton, a hamlet adjacent to where Oneida Lake empties into the Oneida River.