Dead Man's Curve - Other Sharp Curves

Other Sharp Curves

Other roads and highways have sections known as Dead Man's Curve:

• A sharp turn in the shape of a "U" on SR 76 in San Diego County, California, near Red Gate Road. This curve has claimed the lives of many motorcyclists.
• A stretch of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California was immortalized by Jan and Dean in the song "Dead Man's Curve." It is located near the Bel Air estates just north of UCLA's Drake Stadium. The curve was removed shortly after an accident involving voice actor Mel Blanc.
• Interstate 83 (Jones Falls Expressway) in Baltimore, MD,
• Interstate 20 just east of the Birmingham, Alabama airport, at its junction with Interstate 59; engineers were forced to build a curve into the highway to avoid a cemetery.
• Interstate 59 about 10 miles north of Gadsden, Alabama. The s-shaped curve had to be built to avoid running straight up in to a steep mountain.
• A sharp turn in a series of sharp bends on Kali Oka Road, located in Saraland, Alabama just south of a Crybaby Bridge.
• A sharp bend in U.S. Route 50 (Columbia Parkway) east of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• A sharp turn on eastbound Interstate 70 near Morrison, Colorado that is preceded by a seven mile (11 km) stretch of a 6.5% grade hill, which has been the site of numerous fatal runaway truck accidents.
• A treacherously sharp turn at the end of Kapaa Quary Road, a dimly lit utility road in Kailua, Oahu HI. It has already claimed eight fatalities and is considered one of Oahu's haunted roads. http://www.hauntedhawaii.net/ghost_hunting___3.170.html#Ghost%20Hunting%20-%203 http://www1.honolulu.gov/refs/nco/nb31/08/31febmin.htm
• A treacherous stretch of Interstate 75 in Northern Kentucky originally known as "Death Hill" and now known as "Cut-in-the-Hill".
• A sharp, sudden turn on U.S. Route 175 (C. F. Hawn Freeway) at the interchange with SH 310 southeast of downtown Dallas, Texas. After a fatal truck accident in 2008, TxDOT installed additional beacons and also flashing chevrons to further draw motorists' attention to the hazard at this location. As of 2010, TxDOT is studying plans to eliminate this curve by extending the C. F. Hawn Freeway westward to Interstate 45.
• Sharp turn on Interstate 75 just north of downtown Dayton, Ohio.
• Sharp turn on Missouri State Route 34 just east of Garwood, Missouri in Reynolds County.
• A sharp 90-degree turn on New York State Route 17 in Binghamton, New York, near the junction of the highway with Interstate 81 and Interstate 88, also goes by the name Kamikaze Curve. The tight curve, which hugs Prospect Mountain along the Chenango River, is slated for improvements as part of NY 17's upgrade to Interstate 86.

• A temporary S-shape curve on the Eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (part of Interstate 80). Since its installation on September 8, 2009, to divert traffic as part of the replacement project, 43 accidents have occurred, including 1 fatal crash.
• On the Mount Hood Scenic Byway between Zigzag and Government Camp
• The northern terminus of Interstate 476 in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania is a 180-degree turn, with an advisory speed limit of 20 mph, created in order to access a toll plaza before interchanging with Interstate 81.
• In Marquette Township, Marquette County, Michigan, Dead Man's Curve referred to a curve on County Road 492 (previously a part of M-15) where the first centerline in the United States was painted.46°31′54″N 87°28′26″W / 46.5318°N 87.474°W / 46.5318; -87.474
• On U.S. Route 22 in Easton, Pennsylvania, there are several dangerous sharp turns that go past a graveyard. (This is most commonly known as "Cemetery Curve" for that reason.) Streetlights were installed to help cut down on nighttime crashes; the lightposts are themselves frequent victims of collisions.
• In northern Bossier Parish, Louisiana, a sharp curve on Louisiana 157 (Hickory Drive) just inside the city limits of Plain Dealing, Louisiana south of the town cemetery.
• In Indianapolis, Indiana, a curve on Interstate 70 west bound at mile marker 83.1 When originally opened, it had a negative bank on the right shoulder and several truckers lost control and impacted the following bridge abutment, losing their lives. The new stretch was closed, re-engineered with a positive bank and rain slots along the boundary, and reopened with a 40MPH speed limit.
• In Massachusetts, Route 2 descends from the Berkshires into a notorious hairpin switchback called Dead Man's Curve, on the North Adams-Florida town line. Map at .