Cleveland Innerbelt

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Cleveland Innerbelt

• Viaduct Alignment Issues

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Questions for today

• Why the Innerbelt?
• Why the Viaduct?
• Why the northern vs. southern alignment for
  Viaduct?

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Why the Innerbelt?

• Unavoidable infrastructure decisions
• Bridges, pavements nearing 50th year
• 26 bridges need rehab or replacement
• Innerbelt carries 128,000 vehicles
• Central Interchange, Trench among Ohios highest
  crash locations
• Rebuild as is, or improve?

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Back to the Future
Region celebrated Viaducts Opening Would rue
its closing
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Crash Summary

• Two-mile section of I-90 comprising the Central
  Interchange and Innerbelt Trench ranks FIRST out
  of 139 freeway segments on ODOTs Freeway Hot
  Spot List.

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Crash Summary

• The Innerbelt has 787 crashes annually
• That equates to two crashes a day

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Why the Viaduct?

• Built in 1959
• Carries 128,000 vehicles
• Needs a new deck
• Requires long-term perspective of how to repair
  the Viaduct for Clevelands future

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The Viaduct
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Why a second bridge?
West End Slope at Pier 1
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Process to Date

• Began in 2000 with Inner Belt Scoping Committee
• Held more than 47 public or committee meetings
• Held hundreds of small-group meetings
• Studied 13 alternatives
• Spent 8 million to get to basic concept of
  project

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Citizens, ODOTGoals

• Intelligent renewal of infrastructure
• Preserve neighborhoods
• Help economy
• Not disrupt Cleveland during construction
• Protect the natural and human environment
• Promote safety

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Historic Sites

• Protecting the
• heritage and quality of the neighborhoods was
  deemed critical

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Project Scope

• New WB bridge
• Rehab Viaduct as EB bridge
• Improve Central interchange
• Improve Trench
• Add frontage roads

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TRAC Approved

• 700 million for Innerbelt including
• New Viaduct
• Improvements on I-77 south of Viaduct
• Improved Central Interchange
• Mid-Town safety, capacity improvements
• Rebuilt Innerbelt Curve

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TRAC Also Approved

• 50 million for West Shoreway
• 5.3 million to plan Opportunity Corridor
• 2.6 million for Cuyahoga Valley Intermodal
  Corridor
• 10.5 million for Quigley Connector
• Sen. Voinovich secured another 104 million for
  Viaduct

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Why the Northern Alignment?

• Primary concern of protecting Tremont
• Wanted alternative with least impact upon
  diverting traffic to residential streets during
  construction
• Least impact on motorists
• Cost

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West End
East End
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Tremont picture
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Tremont picture
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Tremont picture
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ExistingAlignment
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ModifiedSouthernAlignment
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ODOTsNorthernAlignment
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Why not the Southern Alignment?

• Push into Tremont on south
• Either take or impinge upon Greek Church of the
  Annunciation
• Take Sokolowskis
• Or, build on existing location and close
  Innerbelt for two years or more
• Closure equals neighborhood gridlock

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Central Interchange Impacts

• Extended closures of ramps into downtown
• Plans calls to depress, or sink them
• Would cut off I-77, 9th, 14th, 22nd ramps
• Plan to eliminate loops ramps to free land is
  impractical and unsafe

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Signature Bridge Concern

• All new major bridges are signature bridges
• ODOT is building four signature cable-stayed
  bridges right now

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Maumee River Crossing, Toledo
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Portsmouth, Ohio

• Portsmouth

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Ironton, Ohio
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Ironton at night
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Pomeroy Mason Bridge
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Dodge Island Bridge
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The Skyline is Important

• Consideration of setting, appearance will be key
• Citizen input is needed
• ODOT has had success in Toledo and elsewhere

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A city of bridges

• The new bridge will join a family of notable
  structures

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Conclusion

• ODOT recommends northern alignment
• Has less impact on Tremont
• Has less impact on region during construction
• Significantly cheaper
• ODOT will build a signature bridge, with
  community input

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Thank you

• Questions?