Willow Avenue Bridge (1964)

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015

BH Photo #342627

Map 

Street Views 

Video 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on River Road/Willow Avenue/Whiskey Island Drive

Location

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1964; Replaced through-truss swing bridge.

Builders

- Engles Steel Construction Co. (Builder)
- Trygve Hoff & Associates of Cleveland, Ohio (Designer)

Design

Through truss vertical lift

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 310.0 ft.
Total length: 350.0 ft.
Deck width: 26.0 ft.

Also called

Whiskey Island Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.49753, -81.71057   (decimal degrees)
41°29'51" N, 81°42'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/440691/4594233 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Cleveland South

Inventory number

BH 61151 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 16, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
• September 27, 2019: New photos from Jann Mayer
• May 22, 2019: New photos from Geoffrey Moreland
• July 29, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• May 23, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
• January 5, 2016: New video from Douglas Butler
• December 30, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• December 29, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• November 27, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• August 5, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added properly-cited creative commons imagery
• August 4, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• June 15, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• May 4, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• June 1, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• Willow Avenue Bridge (1898) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• Truss & Rivets
• Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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