1800s Aban: (Bridge Hunter; 3D Satellite, the middle bridge)
1918 CSX: (Bridge Hunter; 3D Satellite, the southern or upstream bridge)
These bridges are over the East Rocky River. The LS&MS also had to cross Rocky River, which is a little further west.
This photo is looking South or upstream. the NS/NYC/LS&MS open-spandrel bridge is in the foreground, the abandoned NYC/LS&MS stone-arch bridge is in the middle and the CSX/Big Four closed-spandrel bridge is in the background. The open-spandrel bridge replaced the stone arch bridge.
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| Todd Dillon Flickr via three Bridge Hunters |
The NS bridge is an open spandrel concrete arch bridge, and NS is letting spalling take a toll on it. On the right side of this photo is some of the remnants of the abandoned stone arch bridge.
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| Street View |
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| Bridges Now and Then posted The Rocky River Bridge, Rocky River, Ohio, 1909. (Historic Structures) Jeff Mullins: Lots of temporary works in this photo! How did they build the arch falsework…..by hand? No cranes in those days! Look at the man on the far river bank for scale. |
Stone arch bridges can survive an incredible amount of neglect. The arch to the west was probably deliberately torn down to make room for the trail+road.
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| Street View Craig Sanders Flickr caught this view in better light. |
The CSX/Big Four bridge is a closed-spandrel bridge.
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| Street View |
It is not too often that you see a road bridge that has been maintained much better than a railroad bridge.
This is the post that motivated researching the Rocky River.
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| Bobby Becker posted An eastbound NS train crosses the Rocky River in the Cleveland Metroparks December 2018. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Bobby's post It looks like it may have been taken from the Berea Falls Scenic Overlook. https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4... Bobby Becker: Dennis DeBruler. It was indeed. |
I learned that ownership of the LS&MS route changes in Cleveland between NS on the west side and CSX on the east side.
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