Clevelan inner belt truck ban

GraZZy · Nov 20, 2008

Beware of the cleveland innerbelt. they started ticketing today any truck over I believe 4000 lbs. Must find alternate routes around downtown or backroads into downtown.

Local police are reported to be issuing warnings. Ohio DOT is not, they are hitting you with $500 fines. Do not take a wrong turn and wind up with a huge fine.

LDB · Nov 20, 2008

Guess I'll be tearing the Cleveland page out of the atlas.

fastman_1 · Nov 20, 2008

The Detour is not that bad, 77-490 just adds about 5 min. to the drive.

LDB · Nov 20, 2008

What is considered the inner belt as far as interstate number or route number or whatever? I don't really wind up around Cleveland much at all and don't know anything by that name.

leebarnes987 · Nov 20, 2008

Inner Belt is I-90 thru Cleveland. Wt. limit is 16,000 lbs.

P51bombay · Nov 20, 2008

How can they restrict an Interstate route? And why?

LDB · Nov 20, 2008

Kind of makes getting to Erie from Toledo a noticeably longer trip.

moose · Nov 20, 2008

P51bombay said:
How can they restrict an Interstate route? And why?

Like I-35E in St. Paul ,
thats how...

or Down town Atlanta...
once they got the foot in the door...

Moose.

P51bombay · Nov 20, 2008

umm............ok but having never been there it means nothing to me. It was my understanding that FHWA requires states to allow trucks access to the NN and a reasonable distance from it for food, fuel, etc.

themagicoen · Nov 20, 2008

Oh I second the 35E... don't forget the 45mph speed limit also!

fastman_1 · Nov 20, 2008

Bridge is in Pi** poor Condition first the Close 2 lanes, now the are gonna open a Third Lane But before the do that, they have to get the Big Trucks to use the Detour. and really the Detour adds 5 mins to the drive. And the inner belt is I-90 and the Bridge is where it runs into I-71

pelicn · Nov 21, 2008

That's ok I hated that 90 degree turn anyway

fastman_1 · Nov 21, 2008

Yep they call it Dead Mans Curve for a reason.

arrbsthw · Nov 21, 2008

P51bombay said:
How can they restrict an Interstate route? And why?

Through Atlanta you can not use I-75 if you have more
than 6 wheels. You have to use I-285.

leebarnes987 · Nov 21, 2008

you still have to go thru "dead man's curve" it's east of the detour.

fastman_1 · Nov 21, 2008

Yea we know that still a bad curve, that some drunk designed.

FIS53 · Nov 22, 2008

Sure about that 4000lb part? That means they would have to restrict vans and pickup trucks as a half ton p/u is rated 6600lbs and a full size gm van is rated near 8900lbs (3500).
That would cause a problem for a lot of people.
Rob

Scuba · Nov 22, 2008

My understanding is the tickets for driving through atlanta do not hold up in court because it is part of the federal highway system. But the thing is you have to show up to get it tossed out or hire a lawyer