Route Description
I-990 begins at a semi-directional T interchange (exit 4) with I-290 (the Youngmann Expressway) in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. The ramp from I-290 parallels the Youngmann over Sweet Home Road (unsigned NY 952T). After leaving the interchange, I-990, known as the Lockport Expressway, proceeds northward along the western edge of the SUNY University at Buffalo campus as a four-lane divided expressway. After the campus, the highway enters exit 1, which connects to the Audubon Parkway via a two-lane connector to the campus. I-990 bends northeast and into a partial cloverleaf interchange (exit 2), which connects to Sweet Home Road.
Now crossing northeast through Amherst, the interstate parallels and crosses over Dodge Road (County Route 45 or CR 45) just west of the junction with North Forest Road (CR 294). I-990 expands to six lanes just as it enters exit 3, which connects to Dodge Road and the northern end of the Audubon Parkway. I-990 continues eastward on a parallel of Dodge Road, crossing into the hamlet of Getzville, where the expressway crosses over NY 270 (Campbell Boulevard). Just after the NY 270 crossing, I-990 bends northward once again, entering exit 4, a diamond interchange with North French Road (CR 299).
I-990 bends northeast once again through Amherst, turning eastward across Hopkins Road (CR 87), just before entering the stub end of the interstate, which is designated as exit 5, connecting to NY 263 (Millersport Highway) at an at-grade intersection. A ramp is present on the northbound lanes that would have continued east as an extension of I-990.
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