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Abandoned W&LE - Cuyahoga River Bridge

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015

BH Photo #342616

Map 

Street Views 

Video 

Abandoned wheeling & lake Erie lift bridge

Abandoned in locked position also discussion of a former River Terminal rail Scherzer type

Douglas Butler

Play video on YouTube

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Wheeling & Lake Erie RR
Location
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Status
Derelict/abandoned Raised
History
Built 1956; abandoned in 2001
Builder
- Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri
Railroad
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (WLE)
Design
Pennsylvania through truss vertical lift
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.46972, -81.66913   (decimal degrees)
41°28'11" N, 81°40'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/444126/4591118 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cleveland South
Inventory number
BH 61134 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,160)
Auxiliary Counterweight Vertical Lift (8)
Built 1956 (285)
Built during 1950s (3,410)
Cleveland, Ohio (99)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio (167)
Have street view (23,722)
Movable (2,738)
Navigable waterway (2,066)
 Ohio (2,960)
Pennsylvania truss (416)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (13,179)
Truss (29,878)
Vertical lift (392)
Waddell & Harrington (43)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (55)

Update Log 

  • January 4, 2016: New video from Douglas Butler
  • November 27, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • August 5, 2015: New photos from Luke
  • August 4, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • February 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • February 15, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 31, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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