Main Avenue Bridge

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File:Mainbr.jpg
View of the bridge from the Flats in 1999
Main Avenue Bridge
File:Main Ave Bridge.jpg
The underside of the bridge, as viewed from the Cuyahoga River, near the Flats
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Carries OH 2 OH 2
Crosses Cuyahoga River
Locale Cleveland, Ohio
ID number 1800930
Characteristics
Design Metal-Riveted Cantilever Deck Truss, Stationary[1]
Total length 6,580 feet (2,010 m)
8,000 feet (2,400 m) including ramps [1]
Width 82 feet (25 m)
Longest span 120 m
Clearance above 100 feet (30 m) (over river)
Clearance below 96 feet (29 m)
History
Construction end 1939
Opened 1939

The Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge (alternately Main Avenue Viaduct[2]) is a cantilever truss bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying Ohio State Route 2/Cleveland Memorial Shoreway over the Cuyahoga River.[3] The bridge, completed in 1939, is 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in length, and was the longest elevated structure in Ohio[4] until the 2007 completion of the Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo. It was named for Harold H. Burton, 45th mayor of Cleveland, in late January 1986.[5] The bridge replaced an 1869 bridge at the same site,[4] and was built in conjunction with construction of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway.[6]

The bridge received extensive renovations 1991–1992;[4][7] it subsequently received major structural repairs in 2007[8] and again in 2012–2013, both instances necessitating rerouting of large vehicles.[9][10][11]

The bridge is visible at the end of the "Cleveland Rocks" version of the opening credits of The Drew Carey Show.[12]

In 2013, the Federal Highway Administration listed the Main Avenue Bridge as "structurally deficient" and "fracture critical". [13][14]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Main Avenue Viaduct
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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Main Ave. Bridge". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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  6. "Memorial Shoreway". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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  9. "ODOT to Begin Repair Project on Main Avenue Bridge (press release)". Ohio Department of Transportation District 12. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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  11. "ODOT to Reopen Main Avenue Bridge to Heavy Truck Traffic (press release)". Ohio Department of Transportation District 12. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
  12. Compare end of clip with Bing Maps Bird's Eye View of approximate location (choose eastward view).
  13. http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2013/09/clevelands_main_avenue_bridge.html
  14. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm

External links

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Transcription at The Cleveland Memory Project website.