Innerbelt rusting away
November 18th, 2008
The Innerbelt Bridge - which carries much of the North-South Traffic in Cleveland - has some serious problems.
The existing 49-year-old bridge, which carries 119,000 vehicles a day, is a key part of the nation’s highway network.
It joins I-90, the main interstate connecting New England and Chicago, to I-71 and I-77. It funnels tens of thousands of commuters to downtown Cleveland every day.
Before ODOT closed four of the eight lanes on the bridge last month, the L300 chord was functioning at 62 percent of its legally required strength, Hebebrand said.
Possible solutions include building a convention center underneath to hold the bridge up. (update 11/19/08: Ok, this last part was just my idea. Personally, I’m not driving on that bridge for a little while, but I’m a bit paranoid.)
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1. Kvatch | November 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Possible solutions include building a convention center underneath to hold the bridge up.
That’s their idea of a solution?! EEEEEKKKKK!
And I thought our DOT out here in CA was crazy for delaying the Eastern span of the SF/Oakland Bay Bridge for so long.
2. Jerry | November 19th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Ok, the Convention Center was my idea. The CC is an idea they have for building a new center with taxpayer bucks that will take advanatage of the rapidly shrinking convention markets. No business wants to invest in this idea, so they want taxpayers on the hook.
The real idea they have is to limit traffic on it. They claim it’s safe, but, er, I will be avoiding that bridge for a while.
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