Lord those pictures bring back memorys of my teens walking across that bridge after it was closed to traffic.I think the 1st picture was takken from the top of the parking garage on the west side also the locals used to and some of us still call it the spring street bridge.You can,t tell from the pictures but it was painted a somewhat bright green
Drove or walked across the bridge every day on the way to Ashtabula High in the 60s. Don't know when they started putting asphalt on the roadbed but it had to be replaced a lot because they were putting the asphalt on top of 4x4s ? The boards would shift, cracking the asphalt. Walking or bicycling across on the side walk was quite a trip. If you went fast enough the spaces between the boards did a kaleidoscope effect and it was almost as though you were walking on air looking down at the river and the Gulf. Not a good place for high heels. Also not quite such a treat in the winter with the wind blowing off the Lake at 20˚F
A lot of us used the support towers for a great jungle gym because there was easy access around the sides at the west end of the bridge. Great picture collection!