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Bridge Hunter;
Historic Bridges; satellite information below)
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Flickr via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) Boston Public Library
High level bridge across Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio |
I did not realize there was a suspension bridge in Toledo until I saw this photo.
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Stu Nicholson posted
Toledo (Ohio) Union Station in the 1950s: the last modern station built by the New York Central. Much has changed since then. All but two sets of tracks are in use (way off to the left and closest to the station. All the rest are gone, along with the steam era water spouts. The mainline to the right is now Norfolk Southern. (Photo from Trains Magazine) |
I saved this satellite image when I noticed the big gap on the west side. This image must be from 2016 or 2017 because that is the date of the most recent rehabilitation. It was also rehabilitated in 1961. [Bridge Hunter]
Unfortunately, the street view is rather recent so I can't grab a view of the truss spans that used to be in the approach. Fortunately,
Historic Bridges did catch some photos with the old approach.
Judging from the street views, as part of the rehabilitation of the bridge, Middlegrounds Metro Park was made people friendly.
In the lower-right corner of the above extract, there appears to be the remnants of a roundhouse.
Or maybe not. The roundhouse on this topo is now
a storage lot for NS.
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| 1938 Toledo Quadrangle @ 1:31,680 |
In 2011 in Bridge Hunter, Nathan Holth, the author of the Historic Bridges site, commented:
This bridge is slated for "rehabilitation." I put rehabilitation in quotes because it includes the complete demolition and replacement of the two large deck truss spans that flank the suspension span. It also includes the removal of attractive v-lacing and lattice from the suspension towers and replacement with perforated cover plate (like 1960s truss bridges have).
Obviously, ODOT did not save the deck trusses. But they did save, by today's standards, the intricate iron work in the towers. So we have finally seen an example of a government agency responding to community input.
The work platform for the cables we see in the above street view was for a bigger $17.3m ODOT project that included installation of a dehumidfication system to slow down rust on its suspension cables and lights. ODOT budgeted $600,000 for basic, static lighting. Others raised an additional $300,000 so that the lights could be computer controlled to do light shows. They will be able to synchronize light shows between this bridge and the
Skyway Bridge. [
ToledoBlade]
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ToledoBlade
[The article contains a video of the lighting proposal provided by ODOT] |
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| Andrew Dean Detroit posted, cropped |
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| 1 of 6 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit with the comment: "Edwin H. Gott passing through the snow headed for layup in Toledo." |
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Eric Pieper posted
[Oct 27 strikes me as early for winter layup. If that is winter layup, then I guess icebreakers help a lot because now they run until mid-Jan.]
Eric Pieper posted |
When I used to motor to Cleveland, OH. in the 1990s, I crossed over this old bridge numerous times. I do not believe in toll roads or turnpikes, so my route was US 20 through northern Indiana, US 20A approaching Toledo, and changing to Ohio route 2 into Cleveland. OH route 2 is quite scenic, swift running, and does not have as many highway patrol cruisers looking for out-of-state license plates.
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