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RTA - CSX Overpass

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Overview
Baltimore through truss bridge over CSX and McCurdy Avenue on GCRTA (formerly Shaker Heights Rapid Transit)
Location
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Steel Truss)
- Walsh Construction Co. of Davenport, Iowa (Concrete)
- Wilbur J. Watson & Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Design)
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Cleveland Short Line Railroad
- Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Rapid Transit
- Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (SHRT)
Design
Baltimore through truss
Also called
SHRT - NYC Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.48284, -81.62257   (decimal degrees)
41°28'58" N, 81°37'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/448025/4592545 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Shaker Heights
Inventory number
BH 58365 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,763)
Arch (12,863)
Baltimore through truss (357)
Baltimore truss (399)
Built 1915 (1,280)
Built during 1910s (10,235)
CSX Railroad (1,857)
Cleveland Short Line Railroad (2)
Cleveland, Ohio (148)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,342)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio (257)
Deck arch (12,080)
Girder (11,641)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (8)
 Have street view (30,403)
New York Central Railroad (1,078)
Ohio (5,051)
Open (41,427)
Plate girder (9,152)
Railroad (16,990)
Rapid Transit (115)
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (4)
Skewed (5,108)
Through girder (4,376)
Through truss (19,026)
Truss (38,307)
Walsh Construction Co. of Davenport, Iowa (13)
Wilbur J. Watson & Co. (16)

Update Log 

  • February 18, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • October 10, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks

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