Interstate 90 in Ohio

This article is about the section of Interstate 90 in Ohio. For the entire route, see Interstate 90.

Interstate 90 (I-90) runs east–west across the northern tier of the US state of Ohio. Much of it is along the Ohio Turnpike, but sections outside the turnpike pass through Cleveland and northeast into Pennsylvania.

Interstate 90
I-90 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by OTIC and ODOT
Length	244.75 mi[1] (393.89 km)
Existed	1956–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	I-80 Toll / I-90 Toll / Indiana Toll Road at Indiana state line
Major intersections	I-75 in Rossford I-280 / SR 420 in Lake Township I-80 Toll / Ohio Turnpike in Elyria Township I-71 / I-490 / SR 176 in Cleveland I-77 in Cleveland I-271 in Willoughby Hills SR 44 in Concord Township SR 11 near Ashtabula
East end	I-90 at Pennsylvania state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 89 → SR 90

The entire free section of I-90 in Ohio is called the "AMVETS Highway".^[2] Selected stretches are named for various individuals.^[3][4] In Greater Cleveland, portions of I-90 carry various names, such as the Innerbelt Freeway, Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Lakeland Freeway, and Euclid Spur.

Route description

The George V. Voinovich Bridges in Downtown Cleveland, 2022

In the western half of Ohio, I-90 is jointly signed with the Ohio Turnpike/I-80. The Ohio Turnpike/I-90 connector (designated exit 8A, now exit 142) was built in Lorain County in Amherst Township and Elyria Township in 1975.^[5]

From the exit east, I-90/State Route 2 (SR 2) travels east along the south shore of Lake Erie through Cuyahoga County to Downtown Cleveland. SR 2 separates from I-90 at Detroit Road in Rocky River. I-90 crosses the Cuyahoga River via the George V. Voinovich Bridges, which replaced the Innerbelt Bridge in 2013 (westbound)^[6] through 2016 (eastbound), into Downtown Cleveland and intersects I-77. The innerbelt continues around Downtown Cleveland to a sharp east turn, nicknamed "Dead Man's Curve" for its frequent crashes.^[7][8] While there are plenty of large signs, flashing lights, and rumble strips alerting motorists to this turn, there have still been a large number of crashes resulting from inattentive motorists. There are plans to realign the freeway along a shallower curve within the next decade, as part of a larger project to improve the highway system in Cleveland.^[9]

I-90 then follows the East Shoreway northeastward along the lakeshore toward Euclid, again cosigned with SR 2. I-90 separates from SR 2 in Euclid and passes through Lake County and Ashtabula County as it continues to travel northeast towards the Pennsylvania state line in Conneaut.

US Route 20 (US 20) parallels I-90 throughout Ohio, as it does in all locations from Illinois eastward; US 6 also parallels I-90 to a lesser extent throughout the state. East of I-271, SR 84 and SR 307 also closely parallel I-90. These routes are usually easily accessible from I-90's interchanges.

History

The very first portion of I-90 in Ohio was built in 1935. This portion was a part of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, running from East 9th Street to East 55th Street.^{[citation needed]} The year 1938 saw the addition of an eastward expansion to the Illuminating Company plant, which was within close proximity of Gordon Park. The interchange with East 9th Street was completed in 1940.^{[citation needed]} 1941 saw an addition of the freeway, running between the former terminus at Gordon Park, to East 140th Street in Euclid.^{[citation needed]} The westernmost part of I-90 in Ohio was built from 1952 to 1955, with the construction of the Ohio Turnpike.^{[citation needed]} The Innerbelt Freeway was built in 1959 and was the main freeway that ran through Cleveland.^{[citation needed]} I-90 opened between SR 528 in Madison and SR 7 in Conneaut on December 15, 1959,^[10] and between SR 44 in Concord Township and SR 528 in Madison on June 30, 1960.^[11] A part of I-90 running from East 140th Street to the Lakeland Freeway split was built in 1962, with the construction of the Lakeland Freeway. The part connecting the Lakeland Freeway and I-271 was built in the mid-1960s. From the mid-1960s to 1978, the part of I-90 running from the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain County to the interchange with I-71 and what is now I-490 was built. The final section of that part of the road opened on November 4 of that year.^[12]

Originally, I-90 was going to be parallel to, and north of, I-80/Ohio Turnpike from Lorain west to Toledo. Parts were built with an interim assignment of SR 2. Later, that plan was abandoned, and the I-90/I-80 exit/connector was built instead; those existing parts retain the SR 2 designation.^{[citation needed]}

The Innerbelt in Cleveland previously used a steel-gusset bridge of the same design as the I-35W Mississippi River bridge that failed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2007. Construction of a new crossing, the George V. Voinovich Bridges, began in 2011.^[13] It includes two parallel bridges, one for each direction of traffic; the westbound bridge opened in 2013, while the eastbound bridge opened in 2016 on the site of the Innerbelt Bridge.^[14][15]

Exit list

County	Location[16][17]	mi[18][19]	km	Old exit	New exit[18]	Destinations	Notes
Williams	Northwest Township	0.00	0.00			I-80 Toll west / I-90 Toll west / Indiana Toll Road west – Chicago	Continuation into Indiana
		1.67– 2.47	2.69– 3.98	—	—	SR 49 – Edon, Edgerton	Diamond interchange with no ramp tolls, opened December 29, 1992[20]
		4.0	6.4	Westgate Toll Barrier
	Holiday City	13.18– 13.50	21.21– 21.73	2	13	SR 15 – Bryan, Montpelier
	Brady Township	20.8	33.5	Indian Meadow Service Plaza (westbound) Tiffin River Service Plaza (eastbound)
Fulton	Franklin Township	25.50– 25.90	41.04– 41.68	2A	25	SR 66 – Archbold, Fayette	Opened November 13, 1998[21]
	Dover Township	34.64– 35.20	55.75– 56.65	3	34	SR 108 – Wauseon
	Pike Township	39.48– 40.05	63.54– 64.45	3B	39	SR 109 – Delta, Lyons	Opened December 20, 1996[22]
Lucas	Swanton Township	49.0	78.9	Oak Openings Service Plaza (westbound) Fallen Timbers Service Plaza (eastbound) Demolished[lower-alpha 1]
				Swanton Toll Barrier (western end of ticket system)
	Monclova Township	52.50– 52.82	84.49– 85.01	3A	52	SR 2 – Swanton, Toledo Airport	Opened November 21, 1991[24]
	Maumee	59.42– 59.73	95.63– 96.13	4	59	US 20 to I-475 / US 23 – Maumee, Toledo, Ann Arbor
Wood	Rossford	64.71– 65.14	104.14– 104.83	4A	64	I-75 – Toledo, Dayton	Opened December 4, 1991; I-75 exit 195[25]
	Lake Township	71.60– 72.15	115.23– 116.11	5	71	I-280 north / SR 420 south – Toledo, Detroit, Stony Ridge	I-280 exit 1A; southern terminus of I-280; northern terminus of SR 420
Ottawa	Harris Township	76.9	123.8	Blue Heron Service Plaza (westbound) Wyandot Service Plaza (eastbound)
		81.48– 82.00	131.13– 131.97	5A	81	SR 51 – Elmore, Woodville, Gibsonburg	Opened February 6, 1997[26]
Sandusky	Sandusky Township	91.46– 91.84	147.19– 147.80	6	91	SR 53 – Fremont, Port Clinton
	Riley Township	100.0	160.9	Erie Islands Service Plaza (westbound) Commodore Perry Service Plaza (eastbound)
Erie	Groton Township	109.92– 110.58	176.90– 177.96	6A	110	SR 4 – Sandusky, Bucyrus	Opened December 15, 1994[27]
	Milan Township	118.23– 118.85	190.27– 191.27	7	118	US 250 – Sandusky, Norwalk
Lorain	Brownhelm Township	135.62– 136.00	218.26– 218.87	7A	135	To SR 2 / Baumhart Road – Vermilion	Opened December 13, 1995[28] SR 2 not signed on eastbound side
	Amherst Township	139.5	224.5	Middle Ridge Service Plaza (westbound) Vermillion Valley Service Plaza (eastbound)
		140.35– 141.01	225.87– 226.93	7B	140	SR 58 – Amherst, Oberlin	Opened November 30, 2004[29]
	Elyria Township	141.96– 142.59	228.46– 229.48		—	I-80 east / Ohio Turnpike east – Youngstown	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of I-80/Ohio Tpk. concurrency; I-80/Ohio Tpk. exit 142
		144.44	232.45		144	SR 2 west – Lorain, Sandusky	West end of SR 2 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; last free exit westbound
	Elyria	145.45– 146.03	234.08– 235.01		145	SR 57 to I-80 / Ohio Turnpike – Elyria, Lorain
	Sheffield	147.91– 148.31	238.04– 238.68		148	SR 254 – Sheffield, Avon
	Avon	151.13– 151.52	243.22– 243.85		151	SR 611 – Avon, Sheffield
		152.83– 153.17	245.96– 246.50		153	SR 83 – Avon Lake, Avon, North Ridgeville
		154.51– 154.98	248.66– 249.42		155	Nagel Road – Avon Lake, North Ridgeville, Avon	Opened December 20, 2012[30]
Cuyahoga	Westlake	155.44– 156.06	250.16– 251.15		156	Crocker Road, Bassett Road – Bay Village, Westlake, North Olmsted
		158.10– 158.70	254.44– 255.40		159	SR 252 (Columbia Road)
		159.34– 159.65	256.43– 256.93		160	Clague Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Rocky River	160.58	258.43		161	SR 2 east / SR 254 (Detroit Road)	East end of SR 2 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		161.84	260.46		162	Hilliard Boulevard – Rocky River	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Lakewood	162.66– 163.18	261.78– 262.61		164	McKinley Avenue – Lakewood
	Cleveland	163.47– 164.21	263.08– 264.27		165A	Warren Road	Signed as exit 165 eastbound
		164.50	264.74		165B	Bunts Road / West 140th Street	Eastbound exit is via exit 165
		165.21– 165.67	265.88– 266.62		166	West 117th Street
		165.93	267.04		167	To SR 10 (Lorain Avenue) / West Boulevand	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		166.63	268.16		167A	West 98th Street / West Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		167.21	269.10		167B	SR 10 (Lorain Avenue)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		168.06– 168.52	270.47– 271.21		169	West 44th Street / West 41st Street
		168.83– 168.96	271.71– 271.91		170A	US 42 (West 25th Street)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		169.21– 169.28	272.32– 272.43		—	I-490 east to I-77	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of I-490
		169.35– 169.84	272.54– 273.33		170B	I-71 south / SR 176 south – Columbus, Level 1 Trauma Center	Left exit westbound, left entrance eastbound; SR 176 not signed southbound; northern terminus of I-71
		170.13	273.80		171	West 14th Street / Abbey Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		170.61– 170.99	274.57– 275.18			US 422 (Ontario Street) to SR 14 / Orange Avenue (SR 8 / SR 43 / SR 87)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; unsigned for SR 8, SR 43, and SR 87
		171.11	275.37		172A	East 9th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		171.35– 171.43	275.76– 275.89			I-77 south – Akron	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastbound exit and westbound entrance permanently closed in April 2011; northern terminus of I-77
		171.41	275.86		172B	East 22nd Street	Closed, now part of I-77 interchange (exit 163B); was eastbound exit only
		171.62	276.20		172C	Carnegie Avenue	Eastbound exit only
		171.85– 171.92	276.57– 276.68		173A	Prospect Avenue	No eastbound exit
		171.96– 172.28	276.74– 277.26		173B	Chester Avenue (US 322)	Unsigned for US 322
		172.33– 172.67	277.34– 277.89		173C	Superior Avenue (US 6) / St. Clair Avenue	Unsigned for US 6
		172.87	278.21		174A	Lakeside Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		172.96– 173.41	278.35– 279.08		174B	SR 2 / LECT west – Lakewood, Downtown Cleveland	Western terminus of concurrency with SR 2; sharp turn 35 mph (56 km/h) in both directions
		174.33– 174.91	280.56– 281.49		175	East 55th Street / Marginal Roads
		175.31– 175.68	282.13– 282.73		176	SR 283 west (East 72nd Street)	Western terminus of concurrency with SR 283
		175.71– 176.06	282.78– 283.34		177	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive / University Circle
	Bratenahl	177.31– 177.75	285.35– 286.06		178	Eddy Road – Bratenahl
		178.52	287.30		179	SR 283 / LECT east (Lake Shore Boulevard)	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 283; Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Cleveland	178.75– 179.37	287.67– 288.67		180	East 140th Street / East 152nd Street	Signed as exits 180A (140th Street) and 180B (152nd Street) eastbound
		179.63– 179.76	289.09– 289.30		181	East 156th Street	No eastbound exit; no trucks permitted
		180.77– 181.50	290.92– 292.10		182A	East 185th Street
		181.19– 182.30	291.60– 293.38		182B	East 200th Street
	Euclid	181.69– 182.96	292.40– 294.45		183	East 222nd Street
		183.35– 183.71	295.07– 295.65		184	SR 175 (East 260th Street) / Babbitt Road	Signed as exits 184A (Babbitt Rd.) and 184B (E. 260th) eastbound
		184.11– 184.55	296.30– 297.00		185	SR 2 east – Painesville	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 2
Cuyahoga–Lake county line	Euclid–Wickliffe line	184.84– 185.36	297.47– 298.31		186	US 20 (Euclid Avenue)
Lake	Wickliffe	185.63– 185.98	298.74– 299.31		187	SR 84 (Bishop Road)
	Willoughby Hills	187.18– 187.77	301.24– 302.19		188	I-271 south – Columbus, East Suburbs	Left exit westbound; northern terminus of I-271
		188.22– 188.67	302.91– 303.63		189	SR 91 – Willoughby Hills, Willoughby
		188.97	304.12		190	I-271 south (Express Lanes) – Columbus	To I-271 Express Lanes only; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Willoughby	192.45– 192.91	309.72– 310.46		193	SR 306 – Mentor, Kirtland
	Mentor	194.25– 194.72	312.62– 313.37		195	SR 615 (Center Street) – Kirtland Hills, Mentor	Interchange opened November 24, 2003[31]
	Concord Township	199.50– 199.86	321.06– 321.64		200	SR 44 – Chardon, Painesville
	Leroy Township	204.06– 204.37	328.40– 328.90		205	Vrooman Road
	Madison	211.71– 212.01	340.71– 341.20		212	SR 528 – Madison, Thompson
Ashtabula	Harpersfield Township	217.05– 217.30	349.31– 349.71		218	SR 534 – Geneva
	Austinburg Township	222.05– 222.39	357.35– 357.90		223	SR 45 – Ashtabula, Warren	Austinburg; Rock Creek; Jefferson via SR 307
	Plymouth Township	227.55– 228.06	366.21– 367.03		228	SR 11 to SR 46 – Youngstown, Ashtabula	Jefferson via SR 46
	Kingsville Township	234.14– 234.51	376.81– 377.41		235	SR 84 / SR 193 – North Kingsville	Youngstown
	Conneaut	239.81– 240.20	385.94– 386.56		241	SR 7 – Andover, Conneaut	Youngstown
		242.91	390.93			I-90 east – Erie	Continuation into Pennsylvania
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access        Tolled

Related highways

Interstate 490 is a spur route in Cleveland that connects I-90 and I-71 to I-77 and the Opportunity Corridor, functioning as an inner bypass of downtown.

See also

• Ohio portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• Interstate 90 Grand River bridges

Notes

1. Demolished in 2011; no plans to rebuild^[23]

References

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2. Ohio Revised Code 5533.35
3. "Chapter 5533: Memorial Highways". Ohio Revised Code. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
4. "Chapter 5534: Memorial Highways". Ohio Revised Code. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
5. Office of Technical Services. "Official Transportation Map archive". Ohio Department of Transportation.
6. District 12 (November 23, 2013). "Interstate 90 Now Open: All Traffic on New Innerbelt Bridge!" (Press release). Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 31, 2014.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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9. "Cleveland Urban Core Projects". Ohio Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
10. "27 Miles of North–South Freeway To Open Tuesday". The Telegraph. Painesville, OH. December 14, 1959. p. 1.
11. "Ceremonies Mark Freeway Opening". The Telegraph. Painesville, OH. July 1, 1960. p. 1.
12. "Final 2.5 mile stretch of I-90 to open here". The Plain Dealer. November 2, 1978. Retrieved July 18, 2022.^{[full citation needed]}
13. Breckenridge, Tom (March 30, 2011). "Inner Belt Bridge Construction Begins as Massive Supports are Hammered into Bedrock". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
14. Grant, Alison (January 13, 2014). "Old Inner Belt Bridge Steel Skeleton to Be Blown Up in Controlled Demolition". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
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17. DeLorme (2007). Street Atlas USA (Map). DeLorme.
18. Ohio Turnpike Commission (n.d.). "Interchanges". Ohio Turnpike Commission. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
19. "Data Download - ODOT TIMS (Road Inventory shapefile)". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
20. Lewis, Herb (December 30, 1992). "Turnpike Exchange near Edon Is Officially Opened". The Bryan Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
21. Patch, David (November 10, 1998). "Archbold Turnpike Exit to Open". The Blade. Toledo, OH. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
22. "Fulton County Turnpike Gate To Open Friday". The Blade. Toledo, OH. December 17, 1996. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
23. Ohio Turnpike Commission (n.d.). "Service Plazas". Ohio Turnpike Commission. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
24. Harvey, Hank (November 22, 1991). "Interchange Opens to Jobs, Growth". The Blade. Toledo, OH. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
25. Harvey, Hank (December 5, 1991). "Perrysburg I-75 Link to Turnpike Opens". The Blade. Toledo, OH. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
26. Patch, David (February 7, 1997). "Turnpike's Gate 5A Opens, Widens Elmore Area Access". The Blade. Toledo, OH. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
27. McEaneney, Dennis (December 2, 1994). "Gate 13A Joins Pike". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
28. Kavanaugh, Molly (December 14, 1995). "New Turnpike Interchange Opens at Baumhart Road". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
29. "Turnpike Ramp at SR 58 To Open Today After 11 Years". The Morning Journal. Lorain, OH. November 30, 2004. Retrieved June 16, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
30. Henry, Jason (December 21, 2012). "Avon Gets Connected; Traffic Flows Freely at Completed Nagel Road Interchange". The Morning Journal. Lorain, OH. Retrieved December 21, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
31. Seward, Jennifer (November 25, 2003). "615 Ramp Now Open". The News-Herald. Willoughby, OH. Retrieved September 14, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

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