Cleveland Memorial Shoreway

Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
Lake Erie Circle Tour
Route information
Existed	1930s–present
Component highways	LECT entire route SR 2 from Detroit-Shoreway to Bratenahl / North Colinwood line US 6 / US 20 from Detroit-Shoreway to Ohio City I-90 from Downtown to Bratenahl / North Colinwood line SR 283 from Glenville to Bratenahl
Major junctions
West end	US 6 / US 20 / SR 2 / LECT in Detroit-Shoreway
East end	SR 283 / LECT in Bratenahl
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Cuyahoga
Highway system
Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic

The Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, often shortened to "the Shoreway", is a limited-access freeway in Cleveland and Bratenahl, Ohio. It closely follows the shore of Lake Erie and connects the east and west sides of Cleveland via the Main Avenue Bridge over the Cuyahoga River. The entire length of the Shoreway is part of the Lake Erie Circle Tour (LECT) and all but the very eastern end of the Shoreway is part of State Route 2. The Shoreway also carries parts of Interstate 90 and State Route 283 on its eastern side, and parts of U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 20 on its western side. The Cleveland neighborhood of Detroit-Shoreway is named after the two roads that form the northern border, the Shoreway and Detroit Avenue.

The Shoreway was originally constructed in 1936 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and was extended in both directions during the 1930s and 1940s, finally completed and widened in 1953. Later in the 1950s, it was connected with additional freeways. It was named in honor of the city's war veterans during World War II. Between 2014 and 2018, the West Shoreway, the portion of the Shoreway from the Cuyahoga River westward, was reconstructed and, in 2016, was named the "Governor Richard F. Celeste Shoreway";^[1] since the reconstruction, this section is also called Edgewater Parkway.^[2]