Main Avenue Bridge
Main Avenue Bridge | |
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File:Main Ave Bridge.jpg
The underside of the bridge, as viewed from the Cuyahoga River, near the Flats
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | 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
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Main Avenue Viaduct
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Main Ave. Bridge". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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- ↑ "Memorial Shoreway". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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- ↑ "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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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Compare end of clip with Bing Maps Bird's Eye View of approximate location (choose eastward view).
- ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2013/09/clevelands_main_avenue_bridge.html
- ↑ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm
External links
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- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Transcription at The Cleveland Memory Project website.