The above article, which appeared in the Lorain Journal on May 13, 1965 provides a very accurate description of the new limited access highway. As the article notes, "the highway, none of which is yet completed, is now known as relocated SR 254 and as SR 2. Only the section from Baumhart Rd to SR 57 is now under construction." (The SR 254 designation for the highway was apparently abandoned.)
The article very accurately describes the numbering of the new highway, something that many people are still confused about today. The article points out, "IR 90 will lead from Cleveland to the Ohio Turnpike, while SR 2 will continue on to the west. The two routes will divide south of Lorain.
"The section west from Baumhart Rd. to the now-completed Sandusky by-pass will not be finished until the early 1970's."
The building of I-90 and the relocated State Route 2 have been regular topics on this blog, with posts on "I-90 Public Hearing" (August 1964); "When I-90 Was Being Built" (August 1966); the elimination of the 'Vermilion Gap' (Jan. 1967); Amherst's "Bridge to Nowhere" over Route 2 (July 1967); the Lake Erie Expressway update (Sept. 1968); the Middle Ridge Road Exit (Feb. 1969); "Misleading SR 2 Markers (March 1969); the opening of I-90 from SR 611 to SR 83 (Nov. 1970); extending State Route 2 West From Baumhart Road (June 1971); the opening of SR 2 from Baumhart to SR 61 (August 1975).
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