A Cleveland homeowner told a local media outlet that wayward vehicles have damaged her front porch four times, wound up in her backyard on a few occasions and have taken out more than 40 guard rails. A neighbor reportedly lost three porches, a garage and numerous trees. Credit: Google Maps A Cleveland homeowner told a local media outlet that wayward vehicles have damaged her front porch four times, wound up in her backyard on a few occasions and have taken out more than 40 guard rails. A neighbor reportedly lost three porches, a garage and numerous trees. Credit: Google Maps

Not far from downtown Cleveland's center is a stretch of road that was initially designed to connect lake-side Edgewater Park with other park systems nestled in the city's suburbs. However, the design of a freeway exit ramp onto Cleveland's West Boulevard has turned a slice of the road into a place where cars crash into homes with the frequency of around once every six months, according to reports from local media outlets.

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