Dead Man's Curve

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The Deadman curve is the nickname for the curve on the street that has claimed life due to multiple collisions. This term is commonly used in the United States.

To the north of Interstate 77 in Charlotte, there is an S-shaped curve when passing under the Brookshire Freeway (exit 11, signed as Interstate 277 east of the intersection, and the North Carolina Highway 16 in both directions). The reason for this is because there are two left exits and entrances: one driveway from north I-77 to north of NC 16, and the other road goes from end of I-277 to south of I-77.

Ohio

• Turns almost 90Ã,º on Interstate 90 near downtown Cleveland, officially called the "Innerbelt Curve", at the point where the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway connects to the Freeway Innerbelt at a modified trumpet junction just south of Burke Lakefront Airport. The advisory speed is 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), although the maximum speed limit is 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), as in the adjacent section of the Shoreway and Innerbelt. Locations: 41,5173 Â ° N 81,6754 Â ° W / 41 , 5173; -81.6754
Dead Man's Curve was built as part of the Innerbelt project in 1959. By then, Interstate 90 had been planned to continue westward at Shoreway, connecting with its current location through which it never built the Road Raya Parma. It soon became clear that the curve was too sharp for travel at a typical Interstate speed, and in 1965, the state lowered the speed limit from 50 mph (80 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h). Four years later, authorities completed the first series of safety retrofits, including curved banking and installing rumble strips and big signs. According to the Ohio Transportation Department (ODOT), the accident rate at Innerbelt (which includes the Dead Man's Curve) is two to three times the regional average for urban freeways, although its speed is reduced by the limit on the road. The Department has been investigating ways to improve security at stretching, including a total rearrangement of roads to reduce the curve level. By 2014 the proposed curve configuration as presented in the ODOT Innerbelt Plan is still planned to be built but not until the mid 2020s. According to the 2013 ODOT count, 64,720 vehicles travel round the corner every day.
• A sharp indentation on the 50 US Route (Columbia Parkway) east of Cincinnati
• Sharp turn 5 on Interstate 75 north of downtown Dayton

Oregon

• In Mount Hood Scenic Byway between Zigzag and Government Camp

See also Terwilliger curve

Pennsylvania

• The northern Interstate 476 terminal at Clarks Summit is 180 °, with a speed limit of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) adviser, made to access toll plazas prior to exchange with Interstate 81.
• On Route 22 of the US in Easton, there are some dangerous sharp turns that pass through the cemetery. (This is best known as the "Funeral Curve" for that reason.) Street lights are installed to help reduce accidents at night; Lightposts themselves are often the victims of collisions.
• The Conshohocken Curve is a point on the famous Schuylkill Expressway as a point of slowness due to the 90 degree turn. The point lies in mile markers around 331.

South Carolina

• A dangerous curve on South Carolina Highway 9 about 10 miles west of Chester, South Carolina, is responsible for several fatal accidents. The dead driver's family and Chester County officials have lobbied the South Carolina Transport Department to improve road safety.

Texas

• A sharp and abrupt turn on Route 175 AS (C. F. Hawn Freeway) at the intersection with SH 310 southeast of downtown Dallas. Following a fatal truck accident in 2008, the country installed additional beacons and also flashed chevrons to further draw the driver's attention to dangers. In 2010, the highway department was studying plans to eliminate this curve by extending C. F. Hawn Freeway westward to Interstate 45.



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See also

• Hairpin curve
• Slaughter alley



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References




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External links

• Video from Dead's Curve westbound Cleveland (0:44) on YouTube

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