Route 90

From Indiana state line near Columbia to Pennsylvania state line 3 miles east of Conneaut. Part of Interstate 90, which runs from Seattle, Washington to Boston, Massachusetts.

Counties:

Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula

Length:

244 miles

General Direction:

East/West

Dual Certifications:

  • Superceded by route 80 from Indiana state line to 3 miles east of Amherst.
  • Supercedes route 2 from 3 miles east of Amherst to Rocky River.
  • Supercedes route 2 from 2 miles east of downtown Cleveland to Euclid.
  • Supercedes routes 2 and 283 from 4 miles east of downtown Cleveland to 3 miles west of Euclid.
  • Runs concurrently with the Ohio Turnpike from Indiana state line to 3 miles east of Amherst.

    Intersections:

    143: 80; 144: 2W; 145: 57; 148: 254; 151: 611; 153: 83; 159: 252; 161: 254; 162: 20,2E; 163: 237; 167: 10; 170: 490,42; 172: 77,422; 173: 6,20,322; 174: 2W; 176: 283W; 179: 283E; 185: 2E; 186: 20; 187: 84; 188: 271; 189: 91,640; 193: 306; 200: 44; 212: 528; 218: 534; 223: 45; 229: 11; 235: 84,193; 241: 7; 244: PA

    Freeway Sections:

  • From 3 miles east of Amherst to Pennsylvania state line.

    Toll Sections:

  • From Indiana state line to 3 miles east of Amherst.

    History of route 90:

  • Certified in 1962.
  • 2 miles east of downtown Cleveland to 4 miles east of downtown Cleveland was route 2 only before 1962.
  • 4 miles east of downtown Cleveland to 3 miles west of Euclid was routes 2 and 283 only before 1962.
  • Current route 44 to Pennsylvania state line was route 1 only before 1962.
  • Ohio Turnpike portion complete as an unnumbered highway in 1956.
  • Route 322 to route 2 complete as an unnumbered highway in 1960.
  • 2 miles east of downtown Cleveland to 4 miles east of downtown Cleveland dually certified with route 2 in 1962.
  • 4 miles east of downtown Cleveland to 3 miles west of Euclid dually certified with routes 2 and 283 in 1962.
  • Route 91 to current route 44 complete in 1962.
  • Route 306 to Pennsylvania state line dually certified with route 1 in 1962.
  • 1 mile west of route 422 to route 322 and Euclid to route 91 complete in 1963.
  • 3 miles west of Euclid to Euclid complete and dually certified with route 2 in 1963.
  • Route 14 to route 306 dually certified with route 1 in 1964.
  • Route 1 certification removed in 1966.
  • Route 71 to 1 mile west of route 422 complete in 1967.
  • Route 2, 3 miles east of Amherst to route 611 complete by 1969.
  • Route 611 to route 83 (route 76 in 1971) complete in 1971.
  • Ohio Turnpike to route 2, 3 miles east of Amherst and route 83 to 3 miles east of route 83 complete by 1976.
  • 3 miles east of route 83 to Rocky River complete in 1977.
  • Rocky River to 4 miles east of Rocky River complete in 1978.
  • 4 miles east of Rocky River to route 71 complete in 1980.
  • Entire route complete in 1980.

    Route 90 Before 1962:

  • From Pennsylvania state line, 1 mile south of Petersburg to 1 mile north of North Kingsville.
  • Originally routed from Pennsylvania state line to Youngstown along current route 617 from Pennsylvania state line to Petersburg, route 170 from Petersburg to 4 miles north of Poland, and an unnumbered road paralleling route 680 from 4 miles north of Poland to Youngstown.
  • Extended to North Kingsville along a previous unnumbered road and current route 193 in 1926.
  • Extended to 1 mile north of North Kingsville in 1940.
  • Pennsylvania state line to Petersburg certified as route 617 in 1962.
  • Petersburg to 1 mile north of North Kingsville certified as route 170 in 1962.
    Last updated by John Simpson on 8-15-98 at 16:28 EDT.