Interstate 90
About
I-90 is huge!! It is the largest interstate in the United States and stretches from coast to coast, at a whopping 3,020 miles of pavement.
The eastern end of I-90 terminates in East Boston right after it crosses the Boston Harbor, where it becomes Highway 1A. The western end of the massive interstate is its junction to Interstate 5, just southeast of downtown Seattle. It truly is a coast-to-coast interstate!
Attractions Near I-90
With so much road, there are a tremendous number of things to see and do close by if you find yourself on this northern US corridor. There are simply too many to mention, so here are a few highlights:
- New England Aquarium Boston, MA
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Boston, MA
- Freedom Trail Boston, MA
- New York State Museum Albany, NY
- Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology Syracuse, NY
- The Strong Museum Rochester, NY
- Buffalo Naval Park & Waterfront Buffalo, NY
- Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, NY
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
- Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
- Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Falls Park Sioux Falls, SD
- Mount Rushmore Rapid City, SD
- Yellowstone National Park Bozeman, MT
- Chihuly Garden and Glass Seattle, WA
History
Construction began in 1956 and ended in 1993. I-90 helped merge several routes including The Ohio Turnpike and Chicago Skyway.
States I-90 Travels Through
Did you know that I-90 is not only the longest interstate, but also the most northerly of the major east-to-west interstates? It runs through many of the United States' northern states, a number of which border Canada. Here are the states from east to west:
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Idaho
- Washington
I-90 Major Cities
The interstate passes through a large number of major cities as it makes its way along the rolling hills of the Alleghenies and the Great Lakes toward the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest.
If you should find yourself on I-90 in the dead of winter, there will surely be opportunities for a warm stay and a hot cup of coffee in each of them. Below is a list:
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Albany, New York
- Syracuse, New York
- Rochester, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Toledo, Ohio
- Chicago, Illinois
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Billings, Montana
- Spokane, Washington
- Seattle, Washington
Major Connections & Interchanges
- Boston, MA I-93 S to Plymouth, MA and Cape Cod, MA via Hwy 3 I-93 N to Concord, NH I-95 N to Portland, ME I-95 S to New York, NY
- Springfield, MA I-91 N to Sherbrooke, Canada I-91 S to I-95
- Albany, NY I-87 N to Montreal, Canada I-87 S to New York, NY
- Syracuse, NY I-81 S to Philadelphia, PA
- Erie, PA I-79 S to Pittsburgh, PA
- Clevleand, OH I-77 S to Charleston, WV I-71 S to Columbus, OH
- Toledo, OH I-75 N to Detroit, MI I-75 S to Cincinatti, OH
- Chicago, IL I-55 S to St Louis, MO I-94 W to Milwaukee, WI I-94 E to Lansing, MI I-65 S to Indianapolis
- Rockford, IL I-39 S to Bloomington, IL
- Madison, WI I-94 W to Madison, WI
- Albert Lea, MN I-35 N to Minneapolis, MN I-35 S to Kansas City, MO
- Sioux Fall, SD I-29 N to Fargo, ND I-29 S to Omaha, NE
- Buffalo, WY I-25 S to Cheyenne, WY
- Billings, MT I-94 W to Bismarck, ND
- Butte, MT I-15 N to Helena, MT I-15 S to Idaho Falls, ID
- Seattle, WA I-5 N to Vancouver, Canada I-5 S to Portland, OR
Map
Information
Miles: | 3,020 |
States: | MA, NY, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, SD, WY, MT, ID, WA |
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