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'Interstate 190' (abbreviated 'I-190') runs 28.34 miles (45.61 km) from I-90 near Buffalo, New York to Lewiston, New York via Niagara Falls. Parts of this highway were built on former Lehigh Valley Railroad and Erie Canal rights-of-way. It may also be referred to by locals as 'The One-Ninety', 'The Thruway', or the 'Niagara Expressway'. Officially, I-190 from I-90 north to New York State Route 384 is named the 'Niagara Thruway' and is a component of the New York State Thruway system. The remainder to Lewiston is the Niagara Expressway (maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation).
I-190 is the only three-digit Interstate Highway to reach the Canada-United States border and is currently the only three-digit interstate signed as such to touch any international border (though it will eventually be joined by Interstate 905 in California). Interstate 110 in Texas, the only other existing three-digit interstate to touch an international border, is unsigned along its length. I-190 continues across the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge and into Ontario as Highway 405, a short freeway spur to the Queen Elizabeth Way. The interstate also has an interchange leading to the Peace Bridge, which also crosses the international border and becomes Queen Elizabeth Way on the Canadian side.
In 1957, the route was assigned the number 'Interstate 90N', as intercity routes were numbered before the three-digit Interstates were assigned to the shorter intracity routes. It was soon renumbered to I-190, possibly with the final numbering in 1959.
In the early 1990s, the maintenance fees for I-84 in downstate New York were transferred to the New York State Thruway Authority and the monies for that purpose came from tolls on I-190 in downtown Buffalo. On Monday, October 30, 2006, the Thruway Authority voted to return maintenance costs to the New York State Department of Transportation and the tolls in Buffalo are planned to be removed. Collection of the toll stopped that day. The I-190 tolls are considered to be one of the principal causes of highway congestion in Buffalo. Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates John Faso and Eliot Spitzer had previously pledged to end the thruway tolls.
On October 30, 2006, the Thruway Authority eliminated the tolls on the Buffalo section of the I-190. The tolls further north on the Grand Island Bridges still remain.

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Exit list

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Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Erie	Cheektowaga	0.00		I-90/Thruway - Buffalo Airport, Albany (east), Erie, PA (west)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		0.53	Buffalo toll barriers have been demolished
	Buffalo	0.70	1	Dingens Street/South Ogden Street
		1.56	2	NY 354 (Clinton Street) - US 62 (Bailey Avenue)
		2.22	3	NY 16 (Seneca Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		3.14	4	Smith Street/Fillmore Avenue
		3.79	5	Hamburg Street	Northbound only.
		4.13		Louisiana Street	Southbound only.
		4.99	6	Elm Street/Seneca Street
		5.10	7	NY 5 (Skyway)	No northbound exit.
		5.20		Church Street	No southbound exit.
		5.86	8	NY 266 (Niagara Street)
		6.58	9	Porter Avenue - Peace Bridge/Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada	Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 3 begins beyond Peace Bridge.
		8.00	Black Rock toll barrier (southbound). Toll is no longer collected and the booths ARE BEING demolished.
		8.15	10	West Ferry Street	Exit was part of the original design but never constructed.
		8.69	11	NY 198 - Scajaquada Expressway	Western terminus of NY 198.
		9.18	12	Amherst Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		9.44	13	Austin Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		9.88	14	Ontario Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		10.50		Vulcan Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
	Tonawanda	12.36	15	NY 325 (Sheridan Drive) - NY 324 - Kenmore Avenue
		13.33	16	I-290 - I-90 - Tonawanda/Rochester
		14.20	17	NY 266 (River Road)/ NY 324 - Tonawandas (N. Tonawanda and Tonawanda)
		Southern terminus of I-190/ NY 324 concurrency.
		14.26	Tonawanda toll barrier (northbound). 75¢ cash or 68¢ E-ZPass.
		South Grand Island Bridge over the Niagara River.
	Grand Island	Northern terminus of I-190/ NY 324 concurrency.
		15.35	18A	NY 324 (Grand Island Boulevard)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		15.46	18B	Beaver Island State Park	Southbound: exit 18.
		17.27	19	Whitehaven Road
		19.32	20B	NY 324 (Grand Island Boulevard) - Long Road	Northbound: exit 20.
		Southern terminus of I-190/ NY 324 concurrency.
		19.69	20A	West River Parkway	No northbound exit.
		20.22	Niagara toll barrier (southbound). 75¢ cash or 68¢ E-ZPass.
		North Grand Island Bridge over the Niagara River.
Niagara	Niagara Falls	21.10	21	Robert Moses State Parkway - Niagara Reservation State Park	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		Northern terminus of I-190/ NY 324 concurrency. NY 324 terminates at the exit ramps to/from NY 384.
		21.20	21	NY 384 (Buffalo Avenue)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		21.24	Northern extent of the Niagara Thruway. I-190 north of this point is the Niagara Expressway.
			21A	LaSalle Expressway - Tonawandas
		22.29	22	US 62 (Niagara Falls Boulevard) - Business District, Airport
	Niagara	23.85	23	NY 182 (Packard Road/Porter Road)
		25.98	24	NY 31 (Witmer Road)
	Lewiston	27.69	25A	NY 265 - Lewiston	No southbound exit.
			25B	NY 104/Robert Moses State Parkway - Lewiston
		28.34	Lewiston-Queenston Bridge over the Niagara River. United States-Canada border. I-190 becomes Highway 405 in Ontario.

See also

★ LaSalle Expressway

★ Robert Moses State Parkway

References

1. Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2