Pennsylvania Route 290

For the previous highway designated as PA 290, see Pennsylvania Route 447.

PA Route 290
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	8.86 mi (14.3 km)
Existed:	2006 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-79 / PA 5 in Erie
	US 20 in Erie
East end:	PA 430 in Harborcreek Township
Location
Counties:	Erie
Highway system
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Pennsylvania Route 290 (designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as SR 290) is a 8.86-mile (14.26 km) long state highway located in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 5 in the neighborhood of Dock Junction. The eastern terminus is at Interstate 90 and Pennsylvania Route 430 southeast of downtown in Belleview Heights.

Route description

Northbound I-79 signpost shows Exit 183 includes PA 290

PA 290 officially begins at I-79 exit 183, less than a quarter of a mile from where I-79 terminates at the Bayfront Parkway. After exiting the off-ramps, PA 290 embarks on a concurrency with PA 5 eastward through downtown Erie on 12th Street, passing south of Louis J. Tullio Arena and Jerry Uht Ballpark in the heart of downtown. At the Bayfront Connector, an extension of the Bayfront Parkway that opened on June 17, 2005, PA 290 breaks from PA 5 and turns to the east onto the Connector.

As part of the Bayfront Connector, PA 290 interchanges with U.S. Route 20 a mile from PA 5 prior to following the Connector out of the city. Roughly a mile northwest of I-90, the Connector passes north of Penn State Behrend and merges into PA 430, creating a concurrency between PA 290 and PA 430. The two routes remain conjoined to I-90 exit 32, where PA 290 terminates on the southeast side of the interchange.

History

The highway was formed in order to create a high-speed loop for traffic between I-90 and I-79, which begins at the end of the Bayfront Parkway, as well as to help promote the 12th Street corridor as a viable alternate route to the congested Bayfront Parkway.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

The entire route is in Erie County.

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Erie	0.00	I-79 / PA 5 (12th Street) / LECT	Western terminus of concurrency with PA 5. Exit 183 (I-79).
	2.28	Peach Street	Northbound one-way street
	2.36	State Street
	3.51	PA 5 (Bayfront Connector / Bayfront Parkway) / LECT	Eastern terminus of concurrency with PA 5.
	4.56	US 20 (Broad Street)
	5.94	McClelland Avenue
	6.26	East 38th Street
Harborcreek Township	6.91	Shannon Road
	7.87	PA 430 (Station Road) / Jordan Road – Penn State Erie	Western terminus of concurrency with PA 430.
	8.66	Hannon Road / Knowledge Parkway – Penn State Erie
	8.86	I-90 / PA 430 (Station Road)	Eastern terminus of concurrency with PA 430. Exit 32 (I-90).
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened