U.S. Route 90 is an east–west United States highway. Despite the "0" in its route number, U.S. 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route; it has always ended at Van Horn, Texas. A short-lived northward extension to U.S. 62/180 near Pine Springs, Texas, lasted less than a year, and the signs on that segment were changed to Texas State Highway 54, running from Interstate Highway 10 at exit 140A and heading to its northern terminus at U.S. 62/180.
On August 29, 2005, a number of the highway's bridges in Mississippi and Louisiana were destroyed or damaged due to Hurricane Katrina, including the Bay St. Louis Bridge, the Biloxi Bridge, and the Fort Pike Bridge. U.S. 90 has seven exits on Interstate 10 in the State of Florida. It also includes part of the DeSoto Trail between Tallahassee and Lake City.
The highway's eastern terminus is in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, at an intersection with State Road A1A three blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. Its western terminus is in Van Horn, Texas at an intersection with Business Interstate 10 D, just north of Interstate 10 and just west of State Highway 54. This was its former junction with U.S. 80, but the western segments of U.S. 80 have been decommissioned in favor of Interstate 10 and Interstate 20.
Read more about U.S. Route 90: Route Description, Major Intersections, Bannered Routes
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