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Center Street Bridge

The Center Street Bridge

Built 1900

Is a swing through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Center Street in Cleveland

The Center Street Bridge is a bridge that is in Cleveland, Ohio inside of Cuyahoga County. The bridge swings to let ships pass down the Cuyahoga River. This bridge is a swing Pratt Truss Bridge. It is called a rim-bearing bobtail, Swing Bridge. The Center Street Bridge has a swing span of 245 feet long and a girder span of 62 feet long. The materials that were used to build this bridge were steel. It was built in 1900-1901 and rehabilitated in 1950. The King Bridge Company was the Co. that made the bridge, but the architects that designed the bridge was James Ritchie (chief engineer) and James T. Pardee (bridge engineer.)

The Center Street Bridge was rehabilitated in 1950. They had replaced a new floor system, track base, and turning machinery.

The bridge affected the community by the workers bring loud building the bridge. The Center Street Bridge helped the community because it lets cars transport to other places instead of them having to go all the way around in a different route. This bridge can be described as sustainable because it helps people and it is for the future generation of other citizens. The definition of sustainability is meeting the needs of a non-sustainable community and making it better.

Author: LONDON A ARTIS
Last modified: 7/23/2009 6:02 AM (EST)