{"id":26,"date":"2006-09-05T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/archives\/26"},"modified":"2018-01-13T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T21:36:49","slug":"cleveland-part-3-i-490","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/cleveland-part-3-i-490\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Part 3, I-490"},"content":{"rendered":"

I-490 is a very short east\/west freeway (just 2.43 miles long) south of downtown Cleveland, it connects I-90 with I-77. Each end features a multi-level stack and the eastern end is a stub, making this one of the more interesting tiny three-digit interstates out there. As always, click each image for a bigger one.<\/p>\n

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The eastern end of I-490 at 55th St. The freeway was to have extended eastward.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The beginning of westbound I-490. Two lanes come in from northbound 55th St, and one from southbound – leaving the fourth lane to simply appear after the merge point. The freeway was originally planned in the late 70s as a connector route and opened in September of 1990.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The first westbound interchange occurs with I-77, if you go north here I-77 will almost immediately end at I-90, the innerbelt, in downtown Cleveland. Plans were bandied about several years ago to extend I-490 eastward as originally planned and then northward to I-90 as the “University Circle Freeway”, thus freeing up stresses on Cleveland’s innerbelt. I’m not sure if the plan has been fully dropped or not – maybe a reader can speak up?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The I-77 stack is 4 levels and symmetrical, I-490 goes down to two lanes on the lowest level.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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7th St is the only interchange between I-490 and a surface street. The interstate here is 4 or 5 lanes westbound, and offers great views of the industrial river valley below and the Cleveland skyline, albeit through a fence.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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I-490 westbound ends at the junction of I-71 and I-90. This is a nearly symmetrical stack, you can’t go northbound\/eastbound on I-90.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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