An Innerbelt Freeway is a set of freeway facilities arranged in a loop

Loop route

A loop route is a highway or other major road that extends out from a typically longer, more important parents road to enter and circle a large city. A loop can function as a bypass for through traffic and also to service outlying suburbs....

 that serves the interior of a major city, primarily as a traffic reliever for downtown commuters. In comparison, an "Outerbelt Freeway" or "Beltway" typically refers to freeway facilities serving the perimeter of a central city and/or its suburbs.

Cities with Innerbelts

• Akron, Ohio
  Akron, Ohio
  Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
  
   - Akron's Innerbelt is designated as Ohio State Route 59, from its terminus at I-76 to its proposed end at State Route 8.
• Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
  
   - Charlotte's Innerbelt is composed of Interstate 277
  Interstate 277 (North Carolina)
  Interstate 277 is a loop in central Charlotte, North Carolina. The southern terminus is located on the southwest side of downtown. I-277 loops around the downtown area and reconnects with I-77/U.S. 21 north of uptown...
  
   orbiting to the east, south, and north of downtown and of Interstate 77
  Interstate 77
  Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...
  
   covering the west side.
• Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
  
   - Cleveland's Innerbelt is formed by the confluence of Interstate 90
  Interstate 90 in Ohio
  In the U.S. state of Ohio, Interstate 90 runs east–west across the northern tier. Much of it is along the Ohio Turnpike, but sections outside the turnpike pass through Cleveland and northeast into Pennsylvania.-Route description:...
  
   and the northern termini of Interstates 71
  Interstate 71
  Interstate 71 is an Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes/Midwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 in Louisville, Kentucky. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 in Cleveland,...
  
   and 77
  Interstate 77
  Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...
  
  . This short stretch of highway ends at "Dead Man's Curve
  Dead Man's Curve
  "Dead Man's Curve" is the unofficial but commonly used name given to hazardous curves on Interstate Highways and other roads in the United States that have claimed lives because of accidents.-Cleveland Innerbelt:...
  
  ". Cleveland's Innerbelt was planned as a closed loop.

The highway is in the early stages of an extensive rebuild (the Record of Decision

Record of Decision

A Record of Decision in the United States is the formal decision document which is recorded for the public.- Federal Register :The ROD is announced in a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register and is printed and made available to the public on the CRMP website.-USEPA :In the USEPA, the...

 was issued on September 18, 2009). This rebuild includes replacement of the Innerbelt Bridge

Innerbelt Bridge

The Innerbelt Bridge is a truss arch bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying Interstate 90/Innerbelt Freeway over the Cuyahoga River.-History:The bridge, completed in 1959, is in length and in width, built as the widest bridge in Ohio...

 along its route.

• Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
  
   - In Columbus, the Innerbelt is formed by Interstate 670
  Interstate 670 (Ohio)
  Interstate 670 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Ohio that passes through downtown Columbus, connecting I-70 west of downtown with I-270 and US 62 near the eastern suburb of Gahanna. I-670 provides access to Port Columbus International Airport, and intersects SR 315 and I-71 downtown...
  
   to the North, Interstate 71
  Interstate 71
  Interstate 71 is an Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes/Midwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 in Louisville, Kentucky. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 in Cleveland,...
  
   to the East, Interstate 70
  Interstate 70
  Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride near Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Interstate Highway project in the United States. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 east of the Rocky...
  
   to the South, and Ohio State Route 315 to the West (Interstate 270
  Interstate 270 (Ohio)
  Interstate 270 is the beltway loop freeway in the Columbus metropolitan area, commonly known locally as "The Outerbelt," or the "Jack Nicklaus Freeway." The "western" terminus of I-270, at least in terms of the zero-milepost, is at the junction with I-71 east of Grove City, Ohio...
  
  serves as the Outerbelt).