Lake Shore Drive dates to the late 1800s and horse-drawn carriages. The bascule bridge and the S-Curve design work was in the late 1920s, with construction fin

Lake Shore Drive dates to the late 1800s and horse-drawn carriages. The bascule bridge and the S-Curve design work was in the late 1920s, with construction finishing in the late 1930s. Speed limits for cars were 20-30 MPH, so it was perfectly safe at the time. If you want to look at a curve that was wholly inappropriate for the time, look at the 90 degree curve on Interstate 90 in Cleveland. Built in 1960, it is a 30-35 MPH curve. And, unlike Lake Shore Drive, they still haven’t fixed it. You can drive it today, and see all the tire rubber and other impact marks on the concrete wall - it gets hit constantly: > (January 8) Cleveland Fire crews have responded to 28 crashes since Jan. 6 at the same location on I-90’s notorious Dead Man's Curve. > There were four crashes before noon Wednesday, including a pileup involving seven vehicles. > “Going to the same location 10 times in a shift will get people's attention,” Lt. Mike Norman, a spokesperson for the Cleveland Fire Department, said. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/odot-engineers-close-lane-at-dead-mans-curve-to-investigate-uptick-in-crashes https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/odot-engineer...