25-449: (Redirected from Conshohocken Curve ) Curve in a road that has claimed lives because of numerous crashes This article is about dangerous sections of roads. For other uses, see Dead Man's Curve (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] A section of the 1915 Ridge Route in Lebec, California , abandoned when US 99 (later upgraded to I-5) was constructed over
50-486: A curve on County Road 492 ( 46°31′54″N 87°28′26″W / 46.5318°N 87.474°W / 46.5318; -87.474 ), where the first state highway center line in the United States was painted when the road was part of State Highway M-15. Union Square, Manhattan had a long history of traffic congestion extending back to the 1890s, when trolley lines were first installed. Two parallel trolley lines made
75-527: A double curve at the southwest corner of Broadway and Fourteenth Street. In spite of traffic wardens on duty, the trolleys regularly struck pedestrians crossing the tracks in the busy shopping district around the park. By 1930, the Fourteenth Street Association, a retail business association headed by its president, H. Prescott Beach, had successfully lobbied the New York transit authority to remove
100-862: A history of vehicular accidents always seems to be called Dead Man's Curve . ^ Algar, Selim (October 8, 2012). "Police: 4 Killed in Gruesome Long Island Accident: Driver Only Had Learner's Permit" . New York Post . Retrieved August 8, 2015 . The site is so frequently the scene of horrific accidents, first responders call it 'Dead Man's Curve'. ^ Garcia, Karen; Childs, Jeremy; Winton, Richard (October 30, 2023). "BMW driver accused of killing 4 Pepperdine students out on $ 4-million bond" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 28, 2023 . ^ Gathright, Alan (July 12, 2007). "Stretch of I-70 has deadly legacy" . Rocky Mountain News . Archived from
125-529: A lesser extent throughout the state. East of I-271 , SR 84 and SR 307 also closely parallel I-90. These routes are usually easily accessible from I-90's interchanges. The very first portion of I-90 in Ohio was built in 1935. This portion was a part of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, running from East 9th Street to East 55th Street. The year 1938 saw the addition of an eastward expansion to
150-502: A sharp east turn, nicknamed " Dead Man's Curve " for its frequent crashes. While there are plenty of large signs, flashing lights, and rumble strips alerting motorists to this turn, there have still been a large number of crashes resulting from inattentive motorists. There are plans to realign the freeway along a shallower curve within the next decade, as part of a larger project to improve the highway system in Cleveland. I-90 then follows
175-455: Is Known as 'Dead Man's Curve' " . Culture Trip . Retrieved 9 January 2020 . ^ Ritter, Jana. "Recent Fatal Crash Prompts Action To Fix 'Deadman's Curve' " . TruckDrivingJobs.com . Retrieved May 18, 2016 . ^ "Hours of Delays as Crash Stops Traffic on Schuylkill Expressway" . NBC10 Philadelphia . 23 June 2020 . Retrieved 2021-02-18 . Further reading [ edit ] Sweeney, Jim (2023). "What's
200-581: Is a nickname for a stretch of road that has claimed a number of lives. Dead Man's Curve may also refer to: Interstate 90 in Ohio Interstate ;90 ( I-90 ) runs east–west across the northern tier of the US state of Ohio . Much of it is along the Ohio Turnpike , but sections outside the turnpike pass through Cleveland and northeast into Pennsylvania . The entire free section of I-90 in Ohio
225-476: Is called the " AMVETS Highway". Selected stretches are named for various individuals. In Greater Cleveland , portions of I-90 carry various names, such as the Innerbelt Freeway, Cleveland Memorial Shoreway , Lakeland Freeway , and Euclid Spur. In the western half of Ohio, I-90 is jointly signed with the Ohio Turnpike / I-80 . The Ohio Turnpike/I-90 connector (designated exit 8A, now exit 142)
250-695: Is preceded by a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of a 6.5% grade downslope, which has been the site of numerous fatal runaway truck accidents. Between Albuquerque and Tijeras , State Road 333 (previously known as U.S. Route 66) makes a sudden curve near the I-40 overpass. This stretch of highway has earned its name because of the rocky cliffs on the south side of the highway, and frequent deer traffic contributes to its hazardousness. A curve on Historic Route 66 at Towanda , Illinois. In Marquette Township in Marquette County, Michigan , Dead Man's Curve referred to
275-647: The East Shoreway northeastward along the lakeshore toward Euclid , again cosigned with SR 2. I-90 separates from SR 2 in Euclid and passes through Lake County and Ashtabula County as it continues to travel northeast towards the Pennsylvania state line in Conneaut . US Route 20 (US 20) parallels I-90 throughout Ohio, as it does in all locations from Illinois eastward; US 6 also parallels I-90 to
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#1732844197175300-631: The Tejon Pass in order to make travel straighter and safer. [REDACTED] Dead Man's Curve on old U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico [REDACTED] Dead Man's Curve in Cleveland , Ohio Dead Man's Curve is an American nickname for a curve in a road that has claimed many lives because of numerous crashes. Examples [ edit ] A curve on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles memorialized in
325-3638: The Deal with Dead Man's Curve?". What's the Deal with Dead Man's Curve? And Other Really Good Questions About Cleveland . Gray & Company. ISBN 978-1-59851-131-4 . v t e Road hierarchy Types of road Limited-access Bicycle highway Freeway / Motorway Dual carriageway / Divided highway / Expressway Elevated highway By country Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Germany Greece Hong Kong India Ireland Italy Nepal Pakistan Poland Portugal Spain Taiwan United Kingdom United States Main roads Arterial road Collector road County highway Express–collector setup Farm-to-market road Highway Link road Two-lane expressway 2+1 road 2+2 road Parkway Ring road Super two Trunk road Highway systems by country Local roads Alley Avenue Back road Bicycle boulevard Boulevard Country lane Dead end Driveway Frontage road Green lane Main street Primitive road Road Side road Single carriageway Single-track road Street Sunken lane Other terms Concurrency Detour Road hierarchy Private highway Route number special route business route Street hierarchy Stroad Toll road Winter road Road junctions Interchanges ( grade-separated ) Cloverleaf Diamond Free-flow Directional T Diverging diamond Parclo Raindrop Roundabout Single-point urban (SPUI) Stack Three-level diamond Trumpet Intersections (at-grade) 3-way junction Bowtie Box junction Channelization Continuous flow Hook turn Jughandle Michigan left Offset T-intersection Protected intersection Quadrant roadway Right-in/right-out (RIRO) Roundabout Seagull intersection Split intersection Superstreet Texas U-turn Turnaround Surfaces Asphalt concrete Bioasphalt Brick Chipseal Cobblestone Concrete Reinforced concrete Corduroy Crocodile cracking Crushed stone Diamond grinding of pavement Dirt Full depth recycling Glassphalt Gravel Ice Macadam Pavement milling Permeable Plank Plastic Rubberized asphalt Sealcoat Sett Stamped asphalt Tarmac Texture Road safety factors Road and environment Aquaplaning Avalanche Black ice Bleeding Crosswind Dead Man's Curve Expansion joint Fog Ford Hairpin turn Level crossing Manhole cover Oil spill Oversize load Pothole Road debris Road slipperiness Road train Roadkill Rockfall Rut Speed bump Storm drain Traffic light Traffic sign Washboarding Washout Whiteout Snow squall Human factors Driver's education Driving under
350-485: The Federal-Aid Program . Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office. p. 127 . OCLC 3280344 . ^ "UNION SQUARE AND THE DEMISE OF 'DEAD MAN'S CURVE' " . Bowery Boys. 28 July 2010 . Retrieved January 15, 2017 . ^ "The "New Woman" Revised" . Publishing.cdlib.org . Retrieved February 9, 2019 . ^ Dorwart, Laura (29 May 2018). "Why This Cleveland Roadway
375-537: The Illuminating Company plant, which was within close proximity of Gordon Park. The interchange with East 9th Street was completed in 1940. 1941 saw an addition of the freeway, running between the former terminus at Gordon Park, to East 140th Street in Euclid. The westernmost part of I-90 in Ohio was built from 1952 to 1955, with the construction of the Ohio Turnpike. The Innerbelt Freeway was built in 1959 and
400-594: The Lakeland Freeway and I-271 was built in the mid-1960s. From the mid-1960s to 1978, the part of I-90 running from the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain County to the interchange with I-71 and what is now I-490 was built. The final section of that part of the road opened on November 4 of that year. Originally, I-90 was going to be parallel to, and north of, I-80/Ohio Turnpike from Lorain west to Toledo. Parts were built with an interim assignment of SR 2. Later, that plan
425-679: The above-ground rails, and move routes underground. The nearly 90° turn on Interstate 90 near downtown Cleveland , officially called the "Innerbelt Curve", where the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway connects to the Innerbelt Freeway at a modified trumpet interchange just south of Burke Lakefront Airport ( 41°31′02″N 81°40′31″W / 41.5173°N 81.6754°W / 41.5173; -81.6754 ). A dangerous curve on South Carolina Highway 9 about 10 miles (16 km) west of Chester, South Carolina , has been
450-505: The hit song " Dead Man's Curve " by Jan and Dean . The song's lyrics place the location of the "Dead Man's Curve" accident at the curve on westbound Sunset Boulevard just west of Doheny Drive in West Hollywood. Voice actor Mel Blanc was severely injured while driving here in 1961, and later sued the City of Los Angeles, prompting a reconstruction of the road. However, the earlier lyrics suggest
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500-639: The long straight starting at "Sunset and Vine" and going past "LaBrea, Schwab's (Pharmacy), and Crescent Heights" (Blvd) would suggest the first curve hit (at a high speed) would be the one at Marmont Lane, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) before Doheny. (As it is, the "drag" from Vine to Marmont is also 2.4 miles, but entirely straight.) A series of curves in the 21600 block of Pacific Coast Highway just east of Carbon Canyon Road in Malibu, California , which has been noted as hazardous. A sharp turn on eastbound Interstate 70 just west of exit 259 near Morrison, Colorado that
525-652: The original on July 14, 2007 . Retrieved July 13, 2007 . ^ "New Mexicans move to make roads more wildlife-friendly" . Hcn.org. 2 August 2004 . Retrieved October 5, 2014 . ^ Kulsea, Bill; Shawver, Tom (1980). Making Michigan Move: A History of Michigan Highways and the Michigan Department of Transportation . Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. p. 10. OCLC 8169232 . Retrieved January 18, 2021 – via Wikisource . ^ Federal Highway Administration (1977). America's Highways, 1776–1976: A History of
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#1732844197175550-716: The site of several fatal crashes. A curve on Schuylkill Expressway , a section of Interstate 76 , near Conshohocken, Pennsylvania known as the Conshohocken Curve by many people, has been the site of several fatal and nonfatal crashes. See also [ edit ] Hairpin curve Slaughter alley Kamikaze Curve References [ edit ] ^ Allen, Irving Lewis (1995). The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech . New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509265-1 – via Google Books . A bend in any road that has
575-718: Was abandoned, and the I-90/I-80 exit/connector was built instead; those existing parts retain the SR ;2 designation. The Innerbelt in Cleveland previously used a steel-gusset bridge of the same design as the I-35W Mississippi River bridge that failed in Minneapolis, Minnesota , in 2007. Construction of a new crossing, the George V. Voinovich Bridges, began in 2011. It includes two parallel bridges, one for each direction of traffic;
600-893: Was built in Lorain County in Amherst Township and Elyria Township in 1975. From the exit east, I-90/ State Route 2 (SR 2) travels east along the south shore of Lake Erie through Cuyahoga County to Downtown Cleveland . SR 2 separates from I-90 at Detroit Road in Rocky River . I-90 crosses the Cuyahoga River via the George V. Voinovich Bridges , which replaced the Innerbelt Bridge in 2013 (westbound) through 2016 (eastbound), into Downtown Cleveland and intersects I-77 . The innerbelt continues around Downtown Cleveland to
625-561: Was the main freeway that ran through Cleveland. I-90 opened between SR 528 in Madison and SR 7 in Conneaut on December 15, 1959, and between SR 44 in Concord Township and SR 528 in Madison on June 30, 1960. A part of I-90 running from East 140th Street to the Lakeland Freeway split was built in 1962, with the construction of the Lakeland Freeway. The part connecting
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