RWY INCURSION AT CLE; OH; WITH ACR INADVERTENTLY OFF FREQ.

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BEFORE ENG START; WE RECEIVED THE LATEST ATIS INFO WHICH INDICATED RWY 5L&R WERE BEING USED FOR TKOF. AFTER ENG START; THE FO CALLED FOR TAXI CLRNC. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAXI FOR A RWY 23 DEP. DURING TAXI OUT; THE FO LEFT GND CTL FREQ TO TALK TO CLRNC DELIVERY AND PICK UP THE NEW ATIS INFO. I WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER B737 WHEN I WAS TOLD TO 'CONTACT TWR' (NO FREQ SPECIFIED). SINCE THE FO WAS OFF FREQ AND I WAS TAXIING THE ACFT; I WAS UNABLE TO GIVE AS MUCH ATTN TO THE ACT OF CHANGING THE FREQ AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED. AS A RESULT; I DID NOT TUNE THE TWR FREQ CORRECTLY; AND I WAS NOT IN COM WITH THE TWR FOR ABOUT 1-2 MINS. DURING THAT TIME; I CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE B737 IN FRONT OF ME; WHICH TAXIED ONTO RWY 28 TO A POS SHORT OF RWY 23L. THIS IS THE TAXI RTE USED PROBABLY 95% OF THE TIME RWY 23 DEPS ARE BEING CONDUCTED. THE ACFT I WAS FOLLOWING TOOK OFF; AND I HELD SHORT OF RWY 23L ON RWY 28. WHAT I DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT RWY 28 WAS BEING USED AS THE LNDG RWY. THIS RESULTED IN A DANGEROUS SIT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ACFT ON FINAL FOR RWY 28; WHICH HAD TO GO AROUND BECAUSE I WAS ON RWY 28. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RWY INCURSIONS AT CLEVELAND IN THE PAST; AND THERE WILL BE MORE IN THE FUTURE AS LONG AS THE PROCS AND PHYSICAL LAYOUT REMAIN THE SAME. THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT PRESENTS PROBS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE RWYS AND TXWYS CONVERGE AND INTERSECT AND THE CONFUSING WAY THE TXWYS ARE LABELED. THE PROC OF CONSISTENTLY USING A RWY FOR A TXWY ALSO PRESENTS THE POTENTIAL FOR REAL PROBS.