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Location	Cleveland, Ohio
Project Borrower/Sponsor	Ohio Department of Transportation
Program Areas
Mode	Bridge
Description	The project consists of the construction of a new eastbound Innerbelt Bridge over Cuyahoga River in to the City of Cleveland. A new westbound bridge is currently under construction as a separate project. Demolition of the existing Innerbelt Bridge, which is over 60 years old and has exceeded its useful life, will begin once the new westbound bridge, which will accommodate all traffic until the eastbound bridge opens. Each new bridge will carry five lanes of traffic increasing capacity by 25 percent.
Cost	$302.1 million (ODOT construction and inspection cost estimate)
Funding Sources	TBD
Project Delivery/Contract Method	DBF (design-build-finance)
Private Partner	TBD
Project Advisors/Consultants	TBD
Lenders	TBD
Duration/Status	RFQ issued November 20, 2012 Final RFP expected March 2012 Construction expected to start November 2013 Expected completion late 2016
Financial Status	In procurement Financial close expected November 2013
Innovations	The westbound bridge of the Innerbelt bridge was procured as a design-build project funded by ODOT. ODOT chose to pursue the eastbound bridge as a design-build-finance, a first in Ohio, in part because of a three-year gap in funding between the completion of the westbound bridge and the start of construction on the eastbound bridge. Using a DBF structure will allow them to complete the project two years earlier than anticipated.
Related Links/Articles	ODOT Eastbound Innerbelt Project Website ODOT Division of Innovative Delivery - DBF Procurement ODOT Alternative Delivery Analysis Memo - August 2012
Contacts	Michael Wawszkiewicz ODOT Division of Innovative Delivery (614) 285-8804 michael.wawszkiewicz@dot.state.oh.us