Interstate 290 (New York)

Interstate 290
Youngmann Memorial Highway
Map of Erie County in western New York with I-290 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT
Length:	10.24 mi (16.48 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
History:	Completed mid-1960s
Major junctions
West end:	I-190 / New York Thruway in Tonawanda
	I-990 in Amherst
East end:	I-90 / New York Thruway in Williamsville
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business New York Highways Interstate U.S. State Reference Parkways ← NY 289 NY 290 →

Interstate 290 (I-290) runs for 10 miles (16 km) near Buffalo, New York from I-90 to I-190. It connects Buffalo with its northern suburbs of Amherst and Tonawanda, and provides a route to Niagara Falls and Canada that bypasses the city of Buffalo. I-290 also connects to I-990, and through this connection, provides access to the Amherst Campus of the University at Buffalo. Its official name is the Youngmann Memorial Highway, but locally, it is colloquially referred to as "the two-ninety" and "the Youngmann". The route provides the fastest road link between Toronto (Canada's largest city) and the heavily populated Northeastern United States via I-90.

I-290 begins at a semi-directional T interchange with I-190 within view of the Niagara River in an industrial sector of the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda. The freeway heads east from I-190 into more residential areas of Tonawanda, where it meets New York State Route 384 (NY 384) at a three-quarter cloverleaf interchange. The two missing portions of the cloverleaf, both ramps leading to NY 384 from I-290 eastbound, are replaced by an exit to Elmwood Avenue located slightly west of the NY 384 exit. To the east of NY 384 (and adjacent to the southeasternmost point in the city of Tonawanda), I-290 interchanges with the Twin Cities Memorial Highway (NY 425).