The dismantling of the I-90 Innerbelt bridge has started along with 51 other construction projects throughout the Cleveland area and North East, Ohio.
CLEVELAND - Cleveland's old Innerbelt Bridge is starting. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans on having a controlled explosive demolition of the steel skeleton.
When the bridge opened along Interstate 90 (I-90) in 1959 it was the widest bridge in Ohio, carrying four lanes in each direction, ODOT said. The bridge carried interstate traffic in both directions and was a classic steel "Pratt Deck Truss" with a cast-in-place concrete deck and steel parapets. It stood 128 feet tall, 116 feet wide and was 5,078 feet long.
The bridge will be replaced by the George V. Voinovich Bridges.
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