1856 NYC: (
Archived Bridge Hunter;
Bridge Hunter)
The 1856 bridge was a stone bridge.
This is the full image from which the above was cropped.
This is a better view of the covered bridge for the road that goes under the bridge abutment. I presume this road was the predecessor for US-20
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| Public Domain via BridgeHunter_1856 |
Actually, that road also continued East, so the road to the East was probably the original route. A 1960 topo map doesn't show OH-2, but a 1970 map does show it in purple. Purple means that it was a change in the map.
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| 1904/1962 Chardon Quad @ 62,500 |
The replacement NYC bridge has much longer arches and is an open spandrel.
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| Public Domain via BridgeHunter_1906 |
This view of the NYC bridge is from US-20, and we can see the OH-2 bridge under the arch. OH-2 appears to be a steel-girder bridge.
And here we see US-20 from OH-2. It is also a steel-girder bridge.
Brian Jules
posted five photos with the comment: "Painsville, Ohio with the 1908 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway bridge.(currently CSX) Concrete open spandrel arch bridge spans the Grand River at 350ft long and 100 ft tall. Small additional pedestrian tunnel on the eastern side. I grew up in Berea playing in the spandrels of the same style bridge and I’m sure it’s the same builder but this bridge is massive!"
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Michael Cefaratti commented on Brian's post
Love my town of Painesville, Ohio |
US-20 was closed and then opened with one lane for several months in 2023 to replace the deck.
More photos of the three bridges and the tunnel are available at
johngwalter.
