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11 unusual facts about Interstate 90


Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania

By 1961, Interstate 90 and a local interchange were constructed in the township.

Fort Hunter, Albany County, New York

Generally Fort Hunter is the area from Schenectady County south to US Route 20, and east to the Thruway (Interstate 90).

Harmony Riley

Harmony Riley is also a road on the 43rd mile marker of Interstate 90 (I-90).

Illinois Route 62

Illinois 62 is called Algonquin Road for its entire length, and is a northern parallel to Interstate 90.

Interstate 10 in Florida

It is also the eastern end of the Interstate Highway known as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway, one of three coast to coast interstates, along with I-80 and I-90.

O'Hare, Chicago

Due to its proximity to O'Hare International Airport as well as major roads such as Interstates 90, 190, and 294, and Illinois Routes 72 and 171, the O'Hare neighborhood is a major business center.

Ontario Highway 3

A quick link from Chicago, Toledo, and Detroit to Buffalo and Western New York, Highway 3 was shorter and more direct than any American route (including Interstate 90), because Lake Erie dips south along Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.

Recoilless rifle

The Washington State Department of Transportation uses a 105 mm recoilless rifle for avalanche control on Interstate 90.

Roseland, Indiana

Roseland is located at the Notre Dame/South Bend exit of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/90), making it a good location for many restaurants, hotels and gasoline stations.

Tri-State Highway

The original designations for the expressway were Interstate 80, 90, and 294, as well as a portion of U.S. Route 6.

Wenatchee Mountains

According to Peakbagger.com the Wenatchee Mountains are defined as bounded by U.S. Route 2 from Stevens Pass to Wenatchee on the Columbia River, then down the Columbia River to Interstate 90, then west along the highway to the vicinity of Cle Elum and Roslyn, then north along Cle Elum Lake and the Cle Elum River and north to Stevens Pass.


1981 Idaho Vandals football team

En route to Seattle on Saturday, May 16th, he was one of four occupants in a vehicle westbound on Interstate 90, west of Ellensburg.

Brandon, South Dakota

Interstate 90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, is located along the city's northern border with Corson and serves as a major east–west route through the city.

Indiana State Road 49

Then SR 49 leaves Valparaiso heading north toward Chesterton having an interchange with U.S. Route 6, Interstate 80/Interstate 90/Indiana Toll Road, Interstate 94, U.S. Route 20, and U.S. Route 12.

Interstate 271

The highway runs from a junction with I-71 in Medina Township to I-90 in Willoughby Hills, intersecting I-480 (and running jointly with it for a short stretch).

Interstate 90 floating bridge

Interstate 90 floating bridge is the common name for the twin floating bridges that carry Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island.

Interstate 94

Given this fact, I-94 is notable for being the only east–west interstate highway to form a direct connection into Canada connecting points from Seattle via I-90 to Toronto via Ontario Highway 402.

Kellogg High School

The KHS campus is northwest of central Kellogg, a half-mile (0.8 km) north of Interstate 90 at exit 49 (Bunker Ave.), which extends to the north as Jacobs Gulch Road.

Media in Erie, Pennsylvania

Canada's CityTV (from its Woodstock, Ontario transmitter CITY-TV-2), A (via CFPL-TV) and CBC Television (via CBLT-TV's repeater, CBLN) from London, Ontario can be viewed in portions of downtown Erie and areas north of Interstate 90.

Minnesota State Highway 253

Minnesota State Highway 253 is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Faribault County Road 2 in the town of Bricelyn and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Brush Creek Township.

Minnesota State Highway 254

Minnesota State Highway 254 is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Faribault County Road 17 in the town of Frost and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Emerald Township, 8 miles east of Blue Earth.

Minnesota State Highway 262

Minnesota State Highway 262 was a short highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its interchange with Interstate 90 in Pleasant Prairie Township; six miles east of Fairmont; and continued north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Martin County Road 53 in the town of Granada.

Minnesota State Highway 263

Minnesota State Highway 263 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Martin County Road 8 in Ceylon and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 near Welcome, nine miles west of Fairmont.

Minnesota State Highway 264

Minnesota State Highway 264 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Nobles County Road 21 (2nd Avenue) in Round Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 and Jackson County Road 1, six miles east of Worthington.

Minnesota State Highway 43

A major project in the 1980s to rebuild Highway 43 from Interstate 90 to Winona as an expressway ran out of money.

Minnesota State Highway 76

Highway 76 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Caledonia, Houston, and Interstate 90.

Priest Lake

The name would not stick though and in 1865 Captain John Mullan, a U.S. Army Captain who was traveling through the area under orders to build the "Mullan Trail" from Walla Walla, Washington to Fort Benton, Montana after the discovery of silver in the central Idaho mountains along what today is the route of Interstate 90, would rename the lake Kaniksu.

Silver Valley, Idaho

The narrow valley, about 40 miles (64 km) in length, comprises a number of small towns along the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River and Interstate 90 between Fourth of July Pass to the west and Lookout Pass on the Montana border.

Suncadia, Washington

It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountains between Roslyn, Cle Elum, and the Mountains to Sound Greenway section of Interstate 90.