Interstate 990

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Interstate 990
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Lockport Expressway

Length:

6.35 mi^[1] (10.22 km)

Formed:

Mid-1980s^[2]

South end:

I-290 in Amherst, NY

North end:

NY 263 near Lockport, NY

NY 962J

NY 990L

Interstate 990 (abbreviated I-990) is a short Interstate Highway located entirely in the town of Amherst, New York. I-990 runs in a roughly north-south direction for 6.35 miles through the southwest and central part of Amherst, northeast of Buffalo. The northern terminus of I-990 is at New York State Route 263 (Millersport Highway) south of Lockport, while the southern terminus is at Interstate 290. I-990 serves as a connection between the greater Buffalo, New York area, the University at Buffalo and the central and northeastern portions of the town of Amherst. It is sometimes called the Lockport Expressway although plans to connect the highway with the city of Lockport have been on hold due to lack of funding.

Like Interstate 590 in nearby Rochester, I-990 does not physically meet its parent interstate of I-90. I-990 is the highest numbered Interstate in actual use.

1 Major cities
2 Miscellanea
- 2.1 Legal definition
3 Exit list
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Major cities

Amherst
Lockport (via NY 263 and NY 78)

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Legal definition

The route of I-990 is defined as Interstate Route Connection 591 in New York Highway Law § 340-a.

[edit] Exit list

Approaching I-990 on I-290 westbound.

County	Location	Mile^[3]	#	Destinations	Notes
Erie	Amherst	0.00		I-290	Southern terminus. Stack interchange.
		1.26	1	Audubon Parkway - University at Buffalo	Northbound exit, southbound entrance.
		1.96	2A-B	Sweet Home Road	2A and 2B are combined into a single northbound exit 2.
		2.98	3	Audubon Parkway - University at Buffalo
		4.56	4	North French Road
		6.35	5	NY 263 - Lockport	Northern terminus. Northbound I-990 has a small stub past the ramp to NY 263.

At this point, the freeway terminates at New York State Route 263 (Millersport Highway) but aerial photos make it look like it may have been designed to go further. The northbound side has a slight stub after the ramp for NY 263.

[edit] See also

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 90
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Illinois - Massachusetts - New York - South Dakota
	Illinois - Massachusetts - New York	Ohio
	New York
	New York - Ohio
	New York
	New York
	New York
	New York
	New York