Cleveland Memorial Shoreway

Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
Lake Erie Circle Tour
Route information
Existed1930s–present
Component
highways
Major junctions
West end US 6 / US 20 / SR 2 / LECT in Detroit-Shoreway
East end SR 283 / LECT in Bratenahl
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesCuyahoga
Highway system
  • Ohio State Highway System

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]

  1. ^ Ohio Revised Code 5534.53
  2. ^ Bullard, Stan (2019-02-03). "Prime West Shoreway Property is in Play". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved 2020-06-07.