Carter Road Bridge

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Carter Road Lift Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in July 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

BH Photo #267784

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Posted by Geoffrey Moreland

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WRITTEN HISTORICAL & DESCRIPTIVE DATA, Historic American Engineering Record National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior. 1986

Carter road bridge

Lowing and raising back for ship and lower

Douglas Butler

Overview: Vertical lift through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Carter Road in Cleveland
Location: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1940 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co.
Builder: - Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Design: Vertical lift Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 220.2 ft.
Total length: 559.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.49434, -81.69795 (decimal degrees)
41°29'40" N, 81°41'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/441742/4593871 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Cleveland South
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 3,176
Inventory numbers: ODOT 1869264 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
BH 27432 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

January 5, 2018: Document added by Geoffrey Moreland
July 29, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
February 9, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
January 18, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
January 4, 2016: New video from Douglas Butler
December 3, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
October 5, 2013: Updated by C Hanchey: Added categories "HAER documented", "Ohio Department of Transportation Historic Bridge List "
April 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
January 3, 2010: New photos from Bill Eichelberger