Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge
General Information
| Other name(s): | Main Avenue Viaduct |
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| Completion: | 1939 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Structure: |
Cantilever truss bridge Deck truss bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2021 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA |
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| Coordinates: | 41° 29' 55.32" N 81° 42' 18.36" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 120 m | |
| total length | 2 010 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
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".
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Main Avenue Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2017): The Main Avenue Bridge, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In: (2017): Engineering History and Heritage Structures – Viewpoints and Approaches. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Zurich (Switzerland), ISBN 978-3-85748-154-3, pp. 179-184.
- Le pont de la Main Avenue, à Cleveland (Etats-Unis). In: Ossature métallique, v. 10 (January 1945), pp. 11-15.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20047776 - Published on:
19/08/2009 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
