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Main Avenue Bridge

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Carries
  
OH 2

Locale
  
Cleveland, Ohio

Longest span
  
120 m

Opened
  
1939

Width
  
25 m

Bridge type
  
Cantilever bridge

Crosses
  
Cuyahoga River

ID number
  
1800930

Address
  
Cleveland, OH 44113, USA

Total length
  
2,006 m

Location
  
Cleveland

Body of water
  
Cuyahoga River

Main Avenue Bridge

Design
  
Metal-Riveted Cantilever Deck Truss, Stationary

Similar
  
Main station, Syca/Main Street station, Cuyahoga River, Detroit–Superior Bridge, Innerbelt Bridge

The Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge (alternately Main Avenue Viaduct) is a cantilever truss bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying Ohio State Route 2/Cleveland Memorial Shoreway over the Cuyahoga River. The bridge, completed in 1939, is 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in length, and was the longest elevated structure in Ohio until the 2007 completion of the Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo. It was named for Harold H. Burton, 45th mayor of Cleveland, in late January 1986. The bridge replaced an 1869 bridge at the same site, and was built in conjunction with construction of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway.

The bridge received extensive renovations 1991–1992; it subsequently received major structural repairs in 2007 and again in 2012–2013, both instances necessitating rerouting of large vehicles.

The bridge is visible at the end of the "Cleveland Rocks" version of the opening credits of The Drew Carey Show.

In 2013, the Federal Highway Administration listed the Main Avenue Bridge as "structurally deficient" and "fracture critical".

References

Main Avenue Bridge Wikipedia