Interstate 990
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| Lockport Expressway | ||||
 Map of western New York with I-990 highlighted in red |
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| Maintained by NYSDOT | ||||
| Length: | 6.43 mi[3] (10.35 km) | |||
| Existed: | early 1980s[1][2] – present | |||
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| South end: |  I-290 in Amherst |
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| North end: |  NY 263 in Amherst |
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Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System Numbered highways in New York
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→Interstate 990 (I-990) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway located entirely within the town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, in the United States. It runs in a roughly north–south direction for 6.43 miles (10.35 km) through the southwestern and central parts of Amherst from I-290 north of Buffalo to New York State Route 263 (NY 263; named Millersport Highway) south of Lockport. It is the highest numbered Interstate Highway in the United States. I-990 serves as a connection between Buffalo, the University at Buffalo, and Lockport (via NY 263 and NY 78).
Like I-590 in nearby Rochester, I-990 does not physically meet I-90, its parent Interstate Highway; instead, the highway makes the connection by way of a "sibling" highway (I-290). The first portion of I-990, from I-290 to Sweet Home Road, opened to traffic in the early 1980s. I-990 was extended north to North French Road later in the decade, then to NY 263 in 1990.
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[edit] Route description
I-990 begins at a semi-directional T interchange with I-290 in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. It heads northward, paralleling the western edge of the University at Buffalo campus. I-990 northbound provides access to the university at exit 1, which links to Audubon Parkway; a connection to the campus from I-990 southbound is available at exit 2 with Sweet Home Road (unsigned NY 952T). Past Sweet Home Road, I-990 curves to the east and meets the northern end of Audubon Parkway at exit 3.
I-990 continues on, paralleling Dodge Road (County Route 45 or CR 45) to the hamlet of Getzville, where the expressway passes over NY 270. East of the overpass, I-990 veers northward and interchanges with North French Road (CR 299) at exit 4. North of exit 4, I-990 roughly parallels the routing of NY 263 (Millersport Highway) for 1 mile (1.6 km) before turning eastward toward the route. Just before exit 5, I-990's junction with NY 263, all traffic on I-990 is diverted onto the exit ramps leading NY 263 and I-990 itself ends at Millersport Highway. A small stub of highway exists east of the exit gore on I-990 northbound.
[edit] History
Plans to construct a limited-access highway between Buffalo and Lockport were formulated as early as the 1970s. Under the 1971 Regional Highway Plan for the Buffalo–Niagara Falls area, the highway would begin at I-290 and head generally northeasterly to NY 31 east of Lockport. In between, it would intersect the proposed Outer Belt Expressway as well as NY 78 (Transit Road).[4]
The Outer Belt proposal was mostly dropped; however, construction began in the early 1980s on the portion of the Lockport Expressway from I-290 to Sweet Home Road. The highway was opened to traffic as I-990 by 1985. An extension of the highway to North French Road was built during the mid-1980s[1][2] and completed by 1990 as part of I-990.[5] A second extension of the freeway to NY 263 (Millersport Highway) southwest of Lockport was opened to traffic on December 21, 1990,[6] and added to I-990 on October 22, 1993.[7]
[edit] Exit list
The entire route is in Amherst, Erie County.
| Mile[3] | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| 0.00 | I-290 |
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| 1.34 | 1 | Audubon Parkway – University at Buffalo | Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| 2.02 | 2 | Sweet Home Road (NY 952T) | Signed as 2A (south) and 2B (north) southbound |
| 3.07 | 3 | Audubon Parkway – University at Buffalo | |
| 4.62 | 4 | North French Road (CR 299) | |
| 6.43 | 5 | NY 263 (Millersport Highway) |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ a b State of New York (1981). I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ a b Rand McNally and Company (1985). New York (Map). ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 291. https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/Traffic%20Volume%20Report%202008.pdf. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ City of Niagara Falls (1971). Regional Highway Plan for Buffalo and Niagara Falls (Map). http://www.gribblenation.net/nypics/planned/buffalo/buffalo.jpg. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
- ^ DeLorme Mapping (1990). Upstate New York City Street Maps (Map). 1" = 1/2 mile. Cartography by DeLorme Mapping (1st ed.). p. 2, section D1. ISBN 0-89933-300-1.
- ^ McCarthy, Robert J. (December 20, 1990). "New Link In Lockport Route To Open 4-Lane Highway To Buffalo Only 2 Miles Shy Of Goal". The Buffalo News.
- ^ "Report of the Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering to the Standing Committee on Highways". American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. October 23, 1993. p. 7. http://cms.transportation.org/sites/route/docs/1993-USRN_Cmte.PDF. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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