RT - Cuyahoga River Bascule Bridge

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #263724

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Description 

Facts 

Overview

Bridge over Cuyahoga River on Cleveland Works Railroad

Location

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Status

Still in heavy use

History

Built 1913

Builders

- Corrigan, McKinney & Co.
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- ISG Cleveland Works Railway (CWRO)
- River Terminal Railway (RT)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WLE)

Design

Warren through truss Scherzer Rolling lift bridge

Dimensions

Total length: 148.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.47064, -81.66894   (decimal degrees)
41°28'14" N, 81°40'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/444143/4591221 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Cleveland South

Inventory number

BH 57539 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• June 30, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
• March 3, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
• September 22, 2019: New photos from Jann Mayer
• July 16, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 1, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
• December 17, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
• May 10, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
• November 9, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
• July 5, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
• March 22, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• February 28, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• February 9, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 19, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• May 20, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
• January 29, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• January 26, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 22, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 4, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• December 29, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• December 6, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
• December 5, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• November 27, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• November 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• September 6, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• August 17, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• August 5, 2015: New photo from Luke
• August 5, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• August 4, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• December 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• November 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• October 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• September 8, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• September 3, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• August 15, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• June 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• June 14, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
• June 9, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
• August 29, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
• August 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "ISG Cleveland Works Railway", "Piedmont & Northern Railway", "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad", "Railroad", "Cuyahoga River", "Navigable waterway"
• August 12, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• Abandoned W&LE - Cuyahoga River Bridge (Upstream)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• Cyer Gray Foundry Bascule Lift Bridge - Imagery
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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