Dead Man's Curve is the unofficial but commonly used name given to hazardous curves on Interstate and other highways in the United States that have claimed lives due to accidents. Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ...

One such curve is a nearly 90-degree turn on Interstate 90 near downtown Cleveland, Ohio, at the point where the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway connects to the Innerbelt Freeway just south of Burke Lakefront Airport^[1]. The advisory speed is 35 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour), although the legal speed limit is 50 mph (80 km/h), as on adjacent sections of the Shoreway and Innerbelt. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... Nickname: Motto: Progress & Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1814 (village)   1836 (city) Government  - Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area [1]  - City  82. ... The Cleveland Memorial Shoreway (often shortened to simply The Shoreway) is a controlled-access freeway in Cleveland, Ohio. ... An Innerbelt Freeway is a facility that serves the innercity as a primary as a traffic reliver for downtown commuters. ... Burke Lakefront Airport -- see Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. ...

Dead Man's Curve was constructed as part of the Innerbelt project in 1959. It soon became apparent that the curve was too sharp for travel at typical Interstate speeds, and in 1965, the state lowered the speed limit from 50 mph to 35 mph. Four years later, authorities completed the first set of safety retrofits, which included banking the curve and installing rumble strips and large signs. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Rumble strips are strips of painted, ridged road surfaces to warn drivers when they stray from their lanes. ...

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), the crash rate on the Innerbelt (which includes Dead Man's Curve) is two to three times the regional average for urban freeways, despite the reduced speed limits on the roadway. The department is investigating ways of enhancing safety on the stretch, including reducing the degree of the curve. According to a 2003 ODOT count, 95,090 vehicles travel on the curve every day. Ohio Department of Transportation Seal The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with exception of the Ohio Turnpike. ...

The most famous "Dead Man's Curve," immortalized by the pop duo Jan and Dean, is on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, near the Bel Air estates just north of UCLA's Drake Stadium^[2]. Dead Mans Curve is a 1964 hit song by Jan and Dean detailing a teen drag race gone awry. ... Jan & Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (3 April 1941 – 26 March 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born 10 March 1940). ... Sunset Boulevard (officially known as West Sunset Boulevard, except in Beverly Hills) is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Bel-Air is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

Other highways have sections known as "Dead Man's Curve":

• Interstate 83 (Jones Falls Expressway) in Baltimore, MD,^[3] although it is not referred to as such.
• A series of curves on Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway, known locally as the "Surekill Deathway") in Philadelphia.^[4]
• Interstate 20 just east of the Birmingham, Alabama airport, at its junction with Interstate 59; engineers were forced to build a sudden curve into the highway to avoid a cemetery.^[5]
• A sharp bend in US 50 (Columbia Parkway) east of Cincinnati, where the east-west highway abruptly turns north.^[6]
• A sharp turn on eastbound Interstate 70 near Morrison, Colorado that is proceeded by a seven mile stretch of a 6.5% grade hill that has been the site of numerous fatal runaway truck accidents.^[7][8]

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Notes

1. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Cleveland
2. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Los Angeles (Sunset Blvd)
3. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Baltimore
4. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Philadelphia
5. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Birmingham
6. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Cincinnati
7. ^ Google Maps view of curve in Colorado
8. ^ Gathright, Alan (2007-07-12), "Stretch of I-70 has deadly legacy", Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved on 2007-07-13

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External links

• Pictures of downtown Cleveland roads, including Dead Man's Curve
• Cleveland Innerbelt Plan (Ohio Department of Transportation)
• "Dead Man's Curve could be worse — in fact, it was," by James Sweeney, The Plain Dealer April 22, 2001.
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History — Innerbelt Freeway
• ODOT traffic counts
• Maps and aerial photos for 41°31′02″N 81°40′31″W / 41.517318, -81.675378Coordinates: 41°31′02″N 81°40′31″W / 41.517318, -81.675378
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  • Topographic maps from TopoZone or TerraServer-USA
• Urban Legend site