This bridge is a vertical lift bridge that connected transportation from the flats to go all the way out to the valley. The bridge was built in 1930 and was finished in 1931. It’s a steel bridge that made the city sustainable because it made it easier to travel. It was made of solid steel with a length of 296 feet and a vertical clearance of 29 feet. It was the first bridge built down in the flats of Cleveland and the 6th lift bridge built in the United States. The bridge was up for about 60 years, but in 1991 they closed it for modifications. They wanted to install different electrical equipment for the bridge. Then they bridge was discontinued in 2005.

   This bridge was very significant in the city of Cleveland. It really made traveling easier. When it comes to importing and exporting goods with the use of railroad transportation the Eagle Avenue Bridge made it easier as well. That was one of the reasons why the bridge was built. That’s the vision William C. Barrow when he wanted to design a bridge that could transfer traffic from the East side of the Lake Erie to the West side. And when a boat came through the lake he was able to lift the bridge vertical for a clear rite of passage.

     To this day the <st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Eagle Avenue</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street> is still looked upon as one of the great historic bridges of the history of the city of Cleveland. With the way it provided the on route for traffic to flow. The Eagle Avenue Bridge will go down in history as the vertical lift bridge that was the spark for lift bridges around the city of Cleveland. That’s what makes this bridge so important to this great city.