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Description

The bascule bridge is next to an abandoned lift bridge of a Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad near ISG former LTV Steel mill on Clark Avenue. Used also by the ISG Cleveland Works Railroad.

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)

Update Log

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