Site Navigation Indiana Illinois Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio Wisconsin     Interstate 90 West - Cleveland Interstate 90 West Ohio 283 leaves a silent overlap with Interstate 90 & Ohio 2 westbound at the Exit 176 modified diamond interchange with East 72nd Street at Cleveland Lakefront State Park. E 72nd Street carries the state highway south to St. Clair Avenue west from Exit 176. Tieing into the interchange from the north is Marginal Road at the park marina area. Photo taken 08/11/06. Next along Interstate 90 & Ohio 2 west is the Exit 175 partial-cloverleaf interchange with North Marginal Road and East 55th Street. Marginal Road resumes its parallel route of the freeway and splits into a north and south component between Exit 175 and East 9th Street near Cleveland Browns Stadium. A Cleveland Lakefront State Park marina lies just north of Exit 175. Photo taken 08/11/06. Interstate 90 & Ohio 2 skim two inlets from Lake Erie on the one-half mile approach to Exit 175 (East 55th Street / Marginal Roads). Downtown Cleveland, anchored by Key Tower, rises to the southwest. Photo taken 08/11/06. One quarter mile east of the Exit 175 ramp departure to North Marginal Road and East 55th Street south. E 55th Street becomes part of Ohio 283 between St. Clair Avenue and junction U.S. 6 (Superior Avenue). Photo taken 08/11/06. Interstate 71 appears with Interstate 90 west on the Exit 175 sign bridge for East 55th Street and Marginal Roads. Ohio 2 splits at the next exit for the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway west to Cleveland Browns Stadium and The Flats. Interests to Burke Lakefront Airport should take parallel North Marginal Road or take Ohio 2 west to East 9th Street. Photo taken 08/11/06. Exit 174B consists of a tight trumpet interchange between Interstate 90 and Ohio 2 (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway) opposite Burke Lakefront Airport. A large diagrammatical overhead coupled with yellow flashers outlines the 35 mph turn Interstate 90 takes away from Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. This substandard movement is locally known as "Dead Man's Curve" and is a result from the 1959-design. Photo taken 08/12/06. Ohio 2 (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway) serves a bevy of downtown Cleveland area attractions including Cleveland Browns Stadium (obvious home of their NFL franchise), the Cleveland Convention Center, the Great Lakes Science Center, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame among others. Photo taken 08/12/06. Traffic slows at the Exit 174B partition of Interstate 90 west from Ohio 2 west (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway). Ohio 2 continues westward along the lake front area to The Flats and junction U.S. 6 & 20. This routing was originally planned for Interstate 90, but the freeway was never completed from Lake Avenue southwestward. More recently talks arose of removing the elevated highway north of downtown and replacing it with a surface boulevard. Photo taken 08/12/06. A large 35 mph advisory sign lies ahead of the southward turn at the Ohio 2 split. Interstate 90 dives below the adjacent streets and railroad lines between Cleveland Memorial Shoreway and East 14th Street. Much of the freeway through downtown Cleveland is signed with a 50 mph speed limit. Photo taken 08/12/06. Two lanes of Ohio 2 depart Interstate 90 west at Exit 174B. The freeway more or less defaults onto the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway with Interstate 90 taking a right-angled turn southward on the two-mile drive to junction Interstate 77 south. Had Interstate 90 been completed along the Shoreway, this north-south stretch would have carried Interstate 77. Ohio 2 encircles downtown to the north, providing direct access to the central business district from East 9th and 3rd Streets. Photo taken 08/11/06. Adding to the attention-getting measures taken by ODOT are flashing chevron arrows to the Exit 174B interchange. Similar signs are in place along the sharp curve of Interstate 295 north at its brief merge with Interstate 76 west near Camden, New Jersey. Photo taken 08/12/06. Drivers continuing southward along Interstate 90 through Dead Man's Curve must act quickly for Exit 173C to Superior Avenue (U.S. 6) and St. Clair Avenue. On-ramps add to the hurriedness from both Ohio 2 eastbound and East 26th Street. Photo taken 08/12/06. Traveling southward now, Interstate 90 passes under Lakeside Avenue, a large railroad overpass, and Hamilton Avenue on the one-quarter mile approach to Exit 173C. Exit 173C departs the freeway for parallel East 26th Street midway between its intersections with St. Clair Avenue and U.S. 6 (Superior Avenue). Photo taken 08/12/06. Exit 173C leaves Interstate 90 west at the St. Clair Avenue overpass. St. Clair Avenue bisects the Warehouse District northeast of downtown. U.S. 6 follows Superior Avenue westward to Public Square (junction U.S. 20, 42, 322, 422) within the heart of the Cleveland central business district. Photo taken 08/12/06. One of the many area warehouse complexes rise along the trenched Interstate 90 freeway at Exit 173C. An auxiliary sign ahead directs travelers to Exit 173A for Progressive Field (home of the Cleveland Indians), "The Q" Arena (home of the Cleveland Cavaliers), and Tower City. Photo taken 08/12/06. Exit 173B to Chester Avenue (U.S. 322) provides a direct route to Cleveland State University and the Playhouse Square Center westward toward downtown. U.S. 322 follows Chester Avenue westward from U.S. 20 (Euclid Avenue) to East 9th Street. Photo taken 08/12/06. Interstate 90 reassurance marker posted at the Payne Avenue overpass. Hazmats are prohibited along the freeway through central Cleveland. Trucks with banned materials should use Interstates 271 and 480 to bypass the city. Photo taken 08/12/06. Westbound Interstate 90 at the Exit 173B ramp departure to U.S. 322 (Chester Avenue) and Cleveland State University. U.S. 322 ends in downtown Cleveland along with U.S. 42 and 422 at Public Square. Photo taken 08/12/06. Drawing to within three quarters of a mile of the southbound beginning of Interstate 77 (Exit 172A) on Interstate 90 west. Departing the freeway next is Exit 173A to Prospect Avenue. Prospect Avenue parallels U.S. 20 (Euclid Avenue) into south downtown, providing a direct route to Q Arena and Progressive Field via East 9th Street and Huron Road. Photo taken 08/12/06. Interstate 90 begins curving westward again at the folded-cloverleaf interchange with Prospect Avenue (Exit 173A). The Exit 172A tri-level stack interchange with Interstate 77's northern terminus lies one half mile ahead. Prospect Avenue leads eastward to East 55th Street and westward to U.S. 6-20-42 (Superior Avenue) at Tower City. Photo taken 08/12/06. East 22nd Street and Cedar Avenue cross over Interstate 90 on quarter mile from the Interstate 77 southbound beginning (Exit 172A). Interstate 77 stems southward from central Cleveland to the suburbs of Independence, Seven Hills, and Brecksville on the trek to Akron. The Interstate overall joins Cleveland with Columbia, South Carolina, a distance of 610 miles. Photo taken 08/12/06. The East 21st Street on-ramp merges with the departing Exit 172A off-ramp to form the southbound beginning of Interstate 77 from Interstate 90 west. Interstate 77 heads southeast two miles to junction Interstate 490. Photo taken 08/12/06. Westbound Interstate 90 approaching Exit 170B, Interstate 71 Southbound, three-quarters of a mile. This viaduct continues south through the Interstate 71 interchange. Photo taken 05/25/02. Westbound Interstate 90 approaching Exit 170B, Interstate 71 Southbound, with signage for Exit 171 (West 14th Street). It certainly was a dreary day here in northeast Ohio. Photo taken 05/25/02. Westbound Interstate 90 approaching Exit 170B, Interstate 71 Southbound, next left. Interstate 90 will exit off itself here, which is something of a pattern in northeast Ohio. Photo taken 05/25/02. Westbound Interstate 90 at Exit 170B, Interstate 71. This marks the northern terminus of Interstate 71 in Cleveland. Although not mentioned, Interstate 490 also enters this interchange from the east. Photo taken 05/25/02. Page Updated April 1, 2008.