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B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463
Photos
Photo taken by brx0
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #334377
Description
This bridge is in place abandoned near the flats by the power house. Jackknife type which it really a heel trunnion type. This bascule bridge was built by the American Bridge Company of 1956 carries a single track, this span length is 255 foot and holds a record in it's raised position abandoned. At night this bridge lights up and fenced around kept as a landmark.Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned bridge over Cuyahoga River on former B&O Railroad line
- Location
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built 1956
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- Valley & Recreation Railroad
- Design
- Through truss bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 255.0 ft.
Total length: 231.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Also called
- Valley & Recreation RR Bridge
B&O Jackknife Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.49613, -81.70281 (decimal degrees)
41°29'46" N, 81°42'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/441337/4594072 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cleveland South
- Inventory number
- BH 57567 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 28, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
- February 28, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
- February 7, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
- January 19, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
- June 18, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
- June 4, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
- April 25, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 4, 2016: New video from Douglas Butler
- December 29, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- December 14, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- December 6, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- November 27, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- November 4, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 13, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
- August 5, 2015: New photos from Luke
- August 4, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- June 27, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- May 8, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 19, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 23, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 16, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 5, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- October 2, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 27, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 14, 2013: Updated by Don Morrison: Corrected coordinates
- August 13, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler
Related Bridges
- B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463 (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Don Morrison
- Luke
- Flickr - Imagery
- Flickr - Imagery
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Comments
B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463
Exactly the bridge is kept in the raised position as a landmark, notice the B&O rail bridge has a fence around the bridge, at night the lights I believe still light up.
B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463
from what you are saying doug,this bridge has been abandoned and as long as it isn't a threat to anybody it will probably stay as it is.
B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463
This bridge has been abandoned since the late 1980's.
B&O - Cuyahoga River Bridge #463
Is this bridge "abandoned" or has it been secured up-right and retained as picturesque industrial relic?
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would be a site to see for people who have never seen a bridge like this including me.