Interstate 490 marker

Interstate 490

Troy Lee James Highway
I-490 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-90
Maintained by ODOT
Length2.43 mi[1][2] (3.91 km)
HistoryDesignated in 1973
Completed in 1990[3]
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-71 / I-90 in Cleveland
Major intersections I-77 in Cleveland
East end SR 10 in Cleveland
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesCuyahoga
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System
← I-480→ SR 500
← SR 289→ SR 290

Interstate 490 (I-490) is a 2.43-mile (3.91 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in Cleveland, Ohio. The western terminus is a junction with I-90 and I-71 on Cleveland's west side. After spanning the Cuyahoga River, I-490 reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with East 55th Street, just east of I-77.

Route description

Eastern terminus of I-490, meeting with I-77 and the now-opened Opportunity Corridor

I-490 begins at a partial stack interchange with I-90/I-71 in the Cleveland neighborhood of Tremont. This interchange does not provide access from westbound I-490 to eastbound I-90 as well as from westbound I-90 to eastbound I-490. The Interstate then meets 7th Street in an incomplete partial cloverleaf interchange. The freeway then crosses over industries, railroads, and the Cuyahoga River. After that, the freeway meets State Route 14 (SR 14) and, at a stack interchange, I-77/SR 10. While I-490 ends at this particular stack interchange, the roadway, which becomes at-grade after 55th Street, continues east as SR 10 (Opportunity Corridor) all the way toward University Circle.[4]

History

Incomplete I-490 in Cleveland, looking east from West 14th Street in July 1973

The original plans of the Cleveland and other city and federal highway authorities called for the highway—also known as the Clark Freeway[5] and, at various times and in various sections, as I-80N[6] and Interstate 290 (I-290)—to bisect the east side of the city and the eastern suburbs; the I-290 designation would then have continued north along I-271.[7] I-71 was to have continued along the innerbelt to Dead Man's Curve, while I-290 was to have used the portion of present I-90 westward to the Parma Freeway near West 65th Street.[6] Freeway revolts in the late 1960s prevented the Clark Freeway east of East 55th Street and the Parma Freeway from being built; specifically, a referendum in Shaker Heights barred the city from allowing the Clark Freeway to pass through the city and its Shaker Lakes.[8][9] The I-490 designation was applied to the Clark Freeway's altered proposed path in 1973,[10] but this alignment was also not built east of East 55th Street. Ultimately, I-90 was realigned to follow the Clark Freeway routing west of I-71 and the innerbelt, and the middle segment of the Clark Freeway between I-71 and I-77 opened in 1990.[3] The Opportunity Corridor expressway was constructed to follow the path of the canceled portion of I-490/Clark Freeway eastward from the end of the completed portion until it veers north toward the University Circle neighborhood.

In 2003, I-490 was dedicated to Troy Lee James, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[11]

In April 2011, the ramps between I-77 and I-90 to the west were removed, making I-490 the official route between those highways and between I-77 and I-71.[12]

Exit list

The entire route is in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County.

mi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
0.000.00—
 I-90 west – Toledo		Western terminus; I-90 exit 170C
0.200.321A

 I-71 south / SR 176 south – Columbus		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-71 exit 247B
0.921.481BWest 7th Street / Houston AvenueWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.722.772A SR 14 / SR 43 (Broadway)Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.883.03—
 I-77 / SR 10 west – Downtown Cleveland, Akron		Exit 161 on I-77; western terminus of SR 10 concurrency[13]
—
 SR 10 east (Opportunity Corridor)		Ramp connection to East 55th Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "Cuyahoga County Roadway Description Inventory Report - DESTAPE" (PDF). Ohio Department of Transportation. March 10, 2022 [2021]: 20. Retrieved February 8, 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Thoma, Pauline (September 12, 1990). "Ceremony gets I-490 on road; Long-awaited bridge opens for business". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  4. ↑ Google (December 26, 2022). "Overview map of I-490 (OH)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ Cuyahoga County, Ohio (August 1966). "Route Location Studies: Clark Freeway, East 55th Street to Outer Belt East Freeway (Report Number 8)". Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Ohio Department of Highways. "1957-1958 Biennial Report excerpt". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  7. ↑ Example: Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System (Map). Cartography by ODOH. Ohio Department of Highways. 1964. Archived from the original (MrSID) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ O'Malley, Michael (September 25, 2006). "Women saved Shaker Lakes from freeways". The Plain Dealer.
  9. ↑ Cleveland Heights Historical Society. "Feature Stories: When Bad Ideas Happen to Good Suburbs: The Clark, Lee and Heights Freeways". Retrieved February 26, 2008.
  10. ↑ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (November 10, 1973). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 1. Retrieved August 4, 2014 – via Wikisource.
  11. ↑ "§5516.05: Troy Lee James highway". Ohio Revised Code. March 19, 2003. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Two Interstate 77/90 Ramps to Close Permanently as Part of Innerbelt Work" (press release). Ohio Department of Transportation District 12, April 5, 2011. Retrieved on 2011-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing" (PDF). City of Cleveland. October 1, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.

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