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NSR - Cuyahoga River Bridge
Photos
Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland
Movable Bridges
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
BH Photo #263438
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Cuyahoga River on Newburg & South Shore Railroad
- Location
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Status
- Demolished in 1994
- History
- Built 1906 Removed in 1994
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Newburg & South Shore Railroad (NSR)
- Design
- Rolling Lift Bridge
- Dimensions
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Span length: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.47949, -81.67492 (decimal degrees)
41°28'46" N, 81°40'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/443651/4592207 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cleveland South
- Inventory number
- BH 57649 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 19, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 26, 2020: New photo from Clark Vance
- January 25, 2020: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad"
- September 22, 2019: New photos from Jann Mayer
- September 19, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 11, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- January 23, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 12, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- June 9, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 17, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler
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Two railroads (B&O, NKP in 1953) crossed paths just south of here and had separate bridges as they continued north/east. At some point during all the consolidation that took place in the last 50 years they probably decided it would be cheaper to share one bridge rather than maintain two.