"Pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge over Maumee River on Wheeling & Lake Erie RR" [Lucas County index for BridgeHunter]
The bridge is "1,315.0 Feet (400.8 Meters)" long and has a main span of "345.0 Feet (105.2 Meters)." [HistoricBridges]
It is surrounded by industry on both shores so I can't get a decent street view of it.
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| Street View, Jul 2023 |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
This is the post that motivated researching this bridge because this is the bridge that is in the background.
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| Craig Hensley Photography posted Scenes from the Railroad The Ironville Rail and Transfer loop sits on a 70 acre lot along the Maumee River in Toledo, OH. With over 28,000 feet of rail which is serviced by in-house locomotives. Onsite there are liquid bulk transloading racks and pumps to move material directly from rail to truck and vice-versa. There is also a self-unloader receiving hopper and conveyor system that can receive bulk products directly from vessels at 2,000 NT per hour. Toledo, OH - Octobert 2023 |
Oct 29, 2026:
The Wheeling posted two photos with the comment: "The Wheeling is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a $43,550,000 grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) under the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program for The Wheeling’s once-in-a-century $65,000,000 rehabilitation of our Maumee River bridge in Toledo, OH. The Maumee Bridge was constructed in 1897 with a Cooper E-35 rating. The bridge has served us well for over a century to connect us to our railroad partners, including Ann Arbor Railroad (Watco), Canadian National Railway, and Norfolk Southern Railway, but has restricted the transportation of commodities to meet modern customer demands. The project will enhance the Maumee Bridge to modern Cooper E-80 rating, significantly increasing the bridge’s capacity and ensuring The Wheeling’s safe and competitive operation over the Maumee River’s navigable waters well into the future. The Wheeling’s Director of Engineering Services, Nicholas Strub, said of the project: “The Toledo Swing Bridge Project will be a landmark effort to modernize the capacity and safety of a critical piece of infrastructure on the Wheeling. This bridge has been a chokepoint in our rail operation. We thank the USDOT, the FRA, the Ohio Rail Development Commission, Senator Husted, and Congresswoman Kaptur for their support and advocacy to secure this grant."
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