The Eagle Avenue bridge is a lift bridge. A lift bridge is a type of bridge that has a section that could be lifted vertically. The bridge was made like this so that boats could pass under it, when it's lifted. The Eagle Avenue bridge is made of steel. The bridge began its construction in 1930 and was completed in 1931. F.L. Gorman is the company that developed the Eagle Avenue bridge. The project was sponsored by the city of Cleveland and also SAFETEA_LU.

Back when the Eagle Avenue bridge was first built, the total production cost was $364,000. If the amount that it took back then were to be converted to 2009 dollars, it would cost approximately $4,481,283.08. The exact amount of people who worked on Eagle Avenue bridge isn't known, but I estimate there being at least more than a hundred workers that were directly involved in the construction. In 1991, the Eagle Avenue bridge was rehabilitated. Although it was rehabilitated not too long ago, the bridge is currently closed to all traffic.

This bridge has been a vital tool to transport goods from one end of the Flats to another well at least until it was closed in recent years. The bridge help restaurants and clubs that needed east side goods and to help late night partiers take back roads for safer traveling and protection of civilians. In the years following its construction the bridge could be defined as sustainable. It could not be defined like that any longer though, because the bridge has been inspected multiple times and every time that it was inspected, it was always in poorer condition than it was the last time it was inspected.