An innerbelt or outerbelt is a
ring road or collection of roadways which is or implies that it is inner or outer ring road in relation to another ring road. Use of these terms is most common and near-exclusive to routes in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
, mostly in the state of
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
.
Examples
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Akron, Ohio
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...
– Akron's innerbelt is designated as
Ohio State Route 59
State Route 59 (SR 59) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving the Akron metropolitan area. The western terminus of State Route 59 is in downtown Akron at a partial interchange with the Interstate 76/Interstate 77 c ...
, from its terminus at
Interstate 76
Interstate 76 may refer to:
Interstate Highways in the United States
* Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)
* Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey), running through Pennsylvania
Video gaming
* ''Interstate '76
''Interstate '76'' is a vehicular ...
(I-76) to its proposed end at
State Route 8.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
– Charlotte's innerbelt is composed of
I-277 orbiting to the east, south, and north of downtown and of
I-77 covering the west side.
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Chicago, Illinois
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– Chicago's outerbelt is a collection of bikeways and hiking trails which form a loop around Chicago's southern and central regions.
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Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland's innerbelt is formed by the confluence of
I-90 and the northern terminuses of
I-71
Interstate 71 (I-71) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes/Midwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 in Kentucky, I-64 and ...
and
I-77. This short stretch of highway ends at "
Dead Man's Curve
Dead Man's Curve is an American nickname for a curve in a road that has claimed lives because of numerous crashes.
Examples
* A curve on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles memorialized in the hit song "Dead Man's Curve" by Jan and Dean. The son ...
". Cleveland's innerbelt was planned as a closed loop. The highway is in the early stages of an extensive rebuild (the
record of decision (ROD) was issued on September 18, 2009). This rebuild includes replacement of the
Innerbelt Bridge
The Innerbelt Bridge was a truss arch bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying Interstate 90/ Innerbelt Freeway over the Cuyahoga River.
History
The bridge, completed in 1959, was in length and in width, built as the widest bridge in Ohio. The Inne ...
along its route by the
George V. Voinovich Bridges.
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Columbus, Ohio – In Columbus, the innerbelt is formed by
I-670 to the north, I-71 to the east,
I-70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a park and ride lot just east of I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the fifth-longest Interstate in the c ...
to the south, and
Ohio State Route 315
State Route 315, known locally as the Olentangy Freeway, running almost parallel to Olentangy River Road for most of its length, is a north–south highway in central Ohio, in the Columbus metropolitan area. It may be seen abbreviated as SR 315, ...
to the west. Columbus is the sole city in the United States to frequently refer to one of its highways (
Interstate 270) as The Outerbelt.
See also
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Interstate 695 (Massachusetts)
The Inner Belt in Boston was a planned six-lane, limited-access highway that would have run through parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville.
Original plan
The highway would have been called Interstate 695 and would have provided ...
, an innerbelt highway that was planned but not ultimately built
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Inner/Outer labeling
References
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Types of roads