Rating:
61170
{98}%
1 vote
West 3rd Street Bridge (Older)
Photos
West 3rd Street Bridge (Old)
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
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BH Photo #284684
Description
At one time Cleveland has past numberous movable bridges across the Cuyahoga River, most were swing span bridges however were replaced with bascule and lift span bridges. In the Cleveland's past has maybe or so 29 bridges and was reduce to 18 bridges, today Cleveland has 15 movable bridge structures.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on West 3rd Street
- Location
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Status
- Destroyed by collision
- History
- Built 1888; Destroyed by collision 1913
- Railroads
- - Cleveland Railway
- Streetcar
- Design
- Through truss swing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.48826, -81.68571 (decimal degrees)
41°29'18" N, 81°41'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/442758/4593188 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cleveland South
- Inventory number
- BH 61170 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 7, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 10, 2016: New photo from Luke
- June 2, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler