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Re: Clevelanders to Vote on New Innerbelt Bridge
August 8, 2010
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Sort of.  At least they're putting the finalists up for input!

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August 9, 2010
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Thanks for putting that up, Nate.  I voted for bridge A.  The bridge is right in my neighborhood and I see it almost every day, so I want one that's going to look nice.  I can't believe they even considered option B...that's ugly as hell.  Option C is nice at the one end, and dull and boring all the rest of the way.  The form took a while to fill out as I added comments to every one of mine.  Looking through some of the comments it appears that no one likes option B, but the cynic in me bets that's what we end up with.  An LA slab.

August 10, 2010
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I really don't care what it looks like as long as Semi's are allowed to go over the new one, this detour crap is a waste of time, fuel, and money.

August 10, 2010
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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. wrote:Looking through some of the comments it appears that no one likes option B, but the cynic in me bets that's what we end up with.  An LA slab.

You're probably right.  When money's tight, aesthetics is trumped by utilitarian every time!  I really don't like any of them, though I would agree with you in the choice of A.  For me, though, it's not so much that that's the one I like as it's the one I least dislike!  One would think more variety would exist if there is a judging competition.

August 15, 2010
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to be frank, adding a arc suspension bridge would look rather weird to cross that area of the flats. Maybe one of those steel girder bridges where I-75/71 crosses the Ohio river. Something more industrial looking. If not that, a simply Express Way Slab would work.  Hell, i jus want to be able to cross that place with more than 3 lanes of traffic. This is the crap ODOT shoulda been lookin into years ago and not jus vote'in on a flippin design in 2010!!

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September 9, 2010
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I'm hoping for A, since my dad's company is the one representing that bridge.  If the contract goes to him, he can actually live in Ohio again, for the first time in nearly 5 years (hasn't been any work in Ohio since mid-2006).  He drives back and forth, every weekend, to to be with my mom, but spends his weekdays in a hotel in Indianapolis. 

September 9, 2010
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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE...My dad called and said bridge A won the contract, so my dad gets to come home

September 9, 2010
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Bridge A won???  AWESOME!!!  Gotta look this story up now!

September 13, 2010
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New Inner Belt Bridge in Cleveland will be built year earlier than expected; ODOT picks construction and design team

The new Inner Belt Bridge will open a year earlier than expected and cost $163 million less than estimated.

That's the commitment by Walsh Construction of Chicago, which along with design firm HNTB of Kansas City are the apparent winners of the contract to build the span across the Cuyahoga Valley.

Walsh, which received the most public support for its open, lacy steel design, received the highest scores on its proposal and submitted a bid of $287.4 million to build the five-lane span just north of the current Inner Belt Bridge.

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