Pleasant Valley and US-6 Bridges over Chagrin River near Cleveland, OH

Pleasant: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

US-6: (Satellite)

They are building a replacement for the US-6 bridge in 2025.

ODOT posted 0:49 video @ 0:00

I wonder what it cost to build the road into the canyon for that mobile crane.

Same video @ 0:15

The Pleasant Valley truss bridge is in the background of this screenshot.

Same video @ 0:35

Street View, Oct 2014

The Pleasant Valley Bridge is a pin-connected truss.

Street View, Nov 2020

It looks like the old US-6 bridge was a steel-girder bridge.

Street View, Nov 2020

HistoricBridges
"This bridge is an example of the Wrought Iron Bridge Company earlier design for a large span Whipple truss. It has been rehabilitated for continued vehicular use at the expense of historic integrity and alteration. Floorbeams, pins, and other elements are not original. Many rivets were replaced with high strength bolts. An interesting feature of the rehabilitation was that it was galvanized instead of painted. The silver/grey color created by galvanization is not offensive, and indeed its lighter color helps bring the truss bridge details out. The bridge is rare as an example of a Whipple truss, and also the last remaining highway truss in Lake County, Ohio."

HistoricBridges gives a rehabilitation date of 2009, but BridgeHunter says 2006.

"The wrought iron Whipple through truss (double intersection Pratt through truss) was constructed in 1881 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. The one-lane crossing was bypassed in 1951 and rehabilitated in 1979. The Pleasant Valley Drive Bridge was closed in 2001 and dismantled and refurbished in 2004. Fabricated replacement members were manufactured by the Ohio Bridge Corporation of high strength steel and all parts were zinc metalized. The bridge was reassembled on site in 2005 and 2006." [BridgeHunter]

Wayne Grodkiewicz provided five photos in his comment on BridgeHunter.

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US-6 closed Apr 1, 2025, and will be closed to at least Oct 2025. [willoughbyhills]

They are reusing the piers. [ODOT]

ODOT Cleveland posted three photos with the comment: "U.S. 6 bridge over the Chagrin River in Willoughby Hills is unrecognizable from when work started just two weeks ago."

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ODOT posted three photos with the comment: "Steel beams went into place on U.S. 6 bridge over the Chagrin River!"

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The detour route.

ODOT

I wonder what percentage is going to take Dodd Road instead of I-90.