A FLT CREW ACCIDENTALLY LANDS ON RWY AT CLE.

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WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 6C AT CLE IN THE MORNING. THE ATIS SAID RWY 6R WAS CLOSED. WHEN WE RETURNED IN THE AFTERNOON TO CLE; THE ATIS SAID RWY 6C WAS CLOSED AND RWY 6L&R OPEN. ON A HIGH DOWNWIND; THE APCH CTLR CLRED US FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 6L. THE PF INITIATED A RAPID DSCNT IN ORDER TO LAND. I BEGAN THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST AND CALLING SINK RATES; ALTS; AND SPD. RWY 6L AND ITS PARALLEL TXWY ARE NEW; AND WITH SNOW ON THE GND; THE FRESH CONCRETE IS DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE OLD RWY 6L; WHICH IS NOW RWY 6C; AND RWY 6R STAND OUT QUITE WELL. THE PF INADVERTENTLY LINED UP WITH RWY 6C INSTEAD OF RWY 6L. I WAS BUSY LOOKING AT THE INSTS INSIDE THE COCKPIT. WHEN I DID LOOK OUTSIDE; THE TOP OF THE 'C' IN RWY 6C WAS COVERED WITH SAND; MAKING IT APPEAR AS AN 'L.' WHEN WE WERE APPROX 100 FT ABOVE THE RWY; I REALIZED WHAT APPEARED TO BE RWY 6L WAS ACTUALLY RWY 6C; DUE TO ITS CLOSE PROX TO RWY 6R. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO TELL THE PF TO INITIATE A GAR. AFTER LNDG AND TAXIING IN; WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT TWR ON THE PHONE. WE'VE BEEN BASED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YRS AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RWY 6R&L. THE PF AND I HAVE NEVER LANDED ON THE NEW RWY 6L; WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SIT. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT WHEN THE NEW RWY 6L IS OPEN; THE CITY CLOSES RWY 6C AND VICE VERSA; EVEN THOUGH THE RWY IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. THERE WERE NO X'S ON THE CLOSED RWY WHEN WE LANDED; BUT A FEW DAYS LATER; WHEN RWY 6L WAS CLOSED; THERE WERE LIGHTED YELLOW X'S ON BOTH ENDS.