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Jaite Paper Mill Bridge

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and Summit County, Ohio
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Photo Credit: Andrew Borgen, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/groups/559073@N25/pool/with/3314491471/

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Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on an abandoned railroad spur in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Location
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and Summit County, Ohio
Status
Abandoned
Future prospects
Could be used for a small rail trail in the area.
Design
Pin-connected Pratt through truss, single span.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.28463, -81.56707   (decimal degrees)
41°17'05" N, 81°34'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/452514/4570509 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Northfield
Inventory number
BH 43872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,394)
Available for reuse (161)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (70)
CSX Railroad (583)
Chessie System (1)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio (89)
Cuyahoga River (18)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (4)
Ohio (2,201)
 Owned by federal government (601)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Rail-to-trail (512)
Railroad (4,223)
Summit County, Ohio (19)
Through truss (9,254)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • March 17, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited name
  • August 2, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated prospects
  • January 10, 2010: Added by Joshua Collins

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Jaite Railroad Bridge
Posted August 19, 2012, by robert (swimmerbob [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Beautiful old truss built by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and currently owned by the Chessie System express-rail service (CSX). track and deck removed by CSX in 1978. would absolutely be a jewel in the rails to trails system. hopefully a lease can be worked out with the railroad. and why wasn't the Jaite Paper Company compound (helltown) preserved by our all-mighty National Park Service??

Jaite Railroad Bridge
Posted July 11, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Wow! A beautiful and perhaps extremely old railroad bridge. It has corrugated v-lacing (aka ribbon lacing), and other unusual connection details as well as attractive portal bracing.