List of crossings of the Cuyahoga River explained

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Cuyahoga River from its mouth at Lake Erie upstream to its source at Burton, Ohio. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as various other crossings of the river.

All locations are in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Crossings

Mouth at 41.5036°N -81.7122°W, elevation: 571feet at Lake Erie
in Cleveland.

RM ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	ID# ^[4]	Crossing	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates
		Cuyahoga River Bridge 1^[5]	Norfolk Southern^[6]	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County	1954-1957^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]	41.5°N -81.709°W
	1800035	Main Avenue Bridge			1938-1939^[11]	41.4987°N -81.7052°W
		Main Avenue bridge (closed)	former Main Avenue
		Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge 463 (closed)	former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge near Riverbed Street and Sycamore Street		1957^[12]	41.4959°N -81.7027°W
		Superior Viaduct drawspan (closed)	former Superior Avenue-Detroit Avenue		1875-1878^[13]
	1869345	Center Street Bridge	Center Street		1900	41.4943°N -81.7033°W
	1800930	Detroit-Superior Bridge			1912-1917^[14]	41.4938°N -81.7037°W
		Cuyahoga Viaduct	GCRTA Red Line		1929	41.4883°N -81.7015°W
	1833758	Columbus Road Bridge	Cuyahoga CR-356 Columbus Road		1870;^[15] rebuilt 1895; 1939-1940; and 2013-2014^[16]	41.4883°N -81.7004°W
		Flats Industrial Railroad Bridge	Flats Industrial Railroad		1953^[17]	41.4921°N -81.6996°W
		Old River Road railroad lift bridge	unused railroad			41.4943°N -81.698°W
		Old River Road Bridge	Old River Road			41.4943°N -81.698°W
	1869264	Carter Road Bridge	Carter Road		1939	41.4933°N -81.6922°W
		Eagle Avenue Bridge	Eagle Avenue		1931; bridge abandoned in raised position 2005 and connecting roadway removed;^[18] expected demolition 2024-2025^[19]	41.4933°N -81.6934°W
	1801503	Hope Memorial Bridge			1927-1932^[20]	41.4894°N -81.6936°W
		New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad Viaduct	Norfolk Southern		1882; rebuilt 1907; river span replaced 1957	41.4867°N -81.6917°W
		George V. Voinovich Bridge westbound span			2011-2013	41.4861°N -81.69°W
		George V. Voinovich Bridge eastbound span			2014-2016	41.4863°N -81.6903°W
	1869728	West 3rd Street Bridge	W. 3rd Street		1903; rebuilt 1940	41.4881°N -81.6856°W
		Erie-Lackawanna rail bridge (closed)	former Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
		Jefferson Avenue bridge (closed)	former Jefferson Avenue			41.4823°N -81.6762°W
		Quigley-Rockefeller rail draw bridge	Near intersection of Quigley Road and W. 3rd Street		1906	41.4793°N -81.6744°W
	1811991	Interstate 490 bridge			1990	41.4785°N -81.6736°W
		CW conveyor belt		Newburgh Heights, Cuyahoga County		41.4717°N -81.669°W
		CW pipeline bridge				41.4712°N -81.6689°W
		N.S. Railway bridge No. 3 (L).W. & L.E.R.R.	Cleveland Works Railway Operation			41.4707°N -81.6688°W
		Clark Avenue-Pershing bridge (closed)	former Rt. 329 Clark Avenue		1917
		Newburg and South Shore rail lift bridge	Newburg and South Shore Railroad			41.4698°N -81.669°W
		CWRO steel mill rail bridge	Cleveland Works Railway Operation			41.4648°N -81.6769°W
		CW steel mill conveyor bridge				41.4648°N -81.6773°W
		CWRO steel mill rail bridge	Cleveland Works Railway Operation			41.4648°N -81.6774°W
		private road bridge (Cleveland Works Steel Mill)	Cuyahoga Works Steel Mill private road			41.4644°N -81.6783°W
		CW pipeline bridge				41.4627°N -81.6808°W
		CWRO rail bridge	Cleveland Works Railway Operation			41.4543°N -81.6839°W
	1832344	Harvard-Denison bridge	Rt. 37 Denison Avenue-Harvard Avenue		1910; rebuilt 1977^[21]	41.4493°N -81.6816°W
		CWRO rail bridge	Cleveland Works Railway Operation			41.4492°N -81.6811°W
	1830651	Harvard Avenue bridge	Cuyahoga CR-43		1955	41.4473°N -81.6846°W
		NEORSD Big Creek Interceptor pipeline bridge		Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga County		41.4272°N -81.6662°W
		CSXT rail bridge	CSXT			41.427°N -81.6658°W
		BP/Sohio pipeline bridge	BP/Sohio pipeline			41.4265°N -81.6649°W
		NEORSD rail bridge		Cuyahoga Heights, Cuyahoga County		41.4183°N -81.648°W
	1806173	Interstate 77 bridge		Independence, Cuyahoga	1976	41.4181°N -81.6433°W
		Brecksville Road bridge				41.4179°N -81.6417°W
		rail bridge		Valley View, Cuyahoga County		41.4179°N -81.6414°W
	1802585	Granger Road bridge			1939	41.4141°N -81.6379°W
	1812521 and 1812548	Valley View Bridge North span		Garfield Heights, Valley View and Independence; Cuyahoga County	1972-1978	41.4086°N -81.6338°W
		Valley View Bridge Middle span			2018-2020	41.4086°N -81.6338°W
	1812521 and 1812548	Valley View Bridge South span			1972-1978	41.4086°N -81.6338°W
		Old Rockside Road bridge	Old Rockside Road	Independence, Cuyahoga County		41.3946°N -81.6293°W
13.1	1830279	Rockside Road bridge	Cuyahoga CR-53		1964	41.3937°N -81.6292°W
		Hemlock Trail	all-purpose bicycle/pedestrian trail		2019	41.382529 N, 81.623145 W
		Stone Road bridge (closed)	former Stone Road
15.6	1832107	Hillside Road bridge	Cuyahoga CR-145 Hillside Road		1923	41.3733°N -81.6148°W
		CVSR-Canal trail bridge	all-purpose bicycle/pedestrian trail			41.3731°N -81.6149°W
16.36^[22]		former Riverview Road-Tinkers Creek Road bridge (closed)	former Riverview Road-Tinkers Creek Road
	1830449	East Pleasant Valley Road bridge	Cuyahoga CR-39 East Pleasant Valley Road		1958	41.3596°N -81.5997°W
		CVSR maintenance yard access road bridge	Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad maintenance yard access road
20^[23]	7706871	Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge^[24]		Sagamore Hills, Summit County	1931	41.3214°N -81.5872°W
20.71 ^[25]		Ohio and Erie Canal diversion dam			1825-1827	41.3208°N -81.5875°W^[26]
		Station Road-Bridle Trail bridge			1882	41.3193°N -81.5876°W
	7751001	Buckeye Towpath Connector bridge	Rt. 111 Highland-Vaughn Road		1967	41.2888°N -81.565°W
		unsequenced bridge				41.3566°N -81.5977°W
		Jaite paper mill rail bridge	former Valley Rail, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad			41.2847°N -81.5671°W
26.5-29.2	7733194	Boston Mills Road bridge	Rt. 32	Boston Township, Summit County	1999	41.2629°N -81.5601°W
	7709005 and 7709064	Interstate 271 bridge North span			1968	41.2612°N -81.5573°W
	7709005 and 7709064	Interstate 271 bridge South span			1968	41.2612°N -81.5573°W
	7729618 and 7729642	Interstate 80 / Ohio Turnpike bridge North span			2001 and 2003	41.2559°N -81.556°W
	7729618 and 7729642	Interstate 80 / Ohio Turnpike bridge South span			2001 and 2003	41.2559°N -81.556°W
		CVSR bridge	Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad	Peninsula, Summit County		41.2501°N -81.5497°W
		Peninsula Aqueduct (closed)	former Ohio and Erie Canal		1825-1827
		Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail Peninsula bridge	All-purpose bicycle/pedestrian trail			41.2425°N -81.5501°W
	7709935	West Streetsboro Road bridge			1956	41.2413°N -81.5498°W
		CVSR bridge	Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad			41.2331°N -81.551°W
33.2-33.3	7745206	Bolanz Road bridge	Rt. 81 Bolanz Road	Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County	1982	41.2008°N -81.5685°W
	7745249	Ira Road bridge	Rt. 46 Ira Road		1996	41.1815°N -81.5834°W
37.2	7745060	West Bath Road bridge	Rt. 48 Bath Road	Akron, Summit County	1959	41.1623°N -81.5744°W
		CVNP pedestrian bridge				41.1529°N -81.568°W
39.7-40.25^[27]	7730160	North Portage Path bridge	Rt. 29 Portage Path	Akron, Summit County	1931	41.1358°N -81.5476°W
		Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail connector (Akron)	all-purpose bicycle/pedestrial trail			41.1328°N -81.5389°W
		Valley View Golf Club (Akron)	pedestrian bridge			41.1244°N -81.5314°W
	7730411	Cuyahoga Street bridge	Rt. 28		1997	41.1171°N -81.5251°W
43.9	7730306	State Road/North Main Street bridge		Akron-Cuyahoga Falls border, Summit County	1948	41.1227°N -81.5094°W
45.8		Gorge Metropolitan Park Dam			1912	41.1231°N -81.4972°W^[28]
	7730322	Front Street bridge			1981	41.1183°N -81.4934°W
		Prospect scenic overlook		Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County		41.1305°N -81.4826°W
	7763905	Broad Boulevard bridge	Broad Boulevard		2004	41.1336°N -81.4821°W
	7700636	Portage Trail bridge	Portage Trail		1970	41.1362°N -81.4815°W
49.9 ^[29]		Cuyahoga Falls Low Head Dam				41.1372°N -81.4814°W^[30]
	7700644	Ohio Routes 8 & 59 bridge			1974	41.1402°N -81.478°W
		CA&C railroad bridge				41.145°N -81.473°W
		former Bailey Road pedestrian bridge	Bailey Road pedestrian trail			41.145°N -81.4726°W
	7763891	Hudson Drive bridge	Hudson Drive		2002	41.1458°N -81.4716°W
	7763867	Oak Park Boulevard bridge	Oakpark Boulevard		1997	41.1482°N -81.4677°W
		pedestrian bridge	pedestrian trail			41.1478°N -81.4496°W
48.7-49.7	7707142	North Main Street bridge		Munroe Falls, Summit County	1963	41.1423°N -81.4388°W
	6736440	Middlebury Road bridge	Middlebury Road	Kent, Portage County	1960	41.1379°N -81.3908°W
		The Portage Bike and Hike Trail	all-purpose bicycle/pedestrial trail		2012^[31]	41.1429°N -81.3729°W
		W&LE Railway Cleveland Subdivision	W&LE			41.1438°N -81.3713°W
		Kent sewage pipe				41.1453°N -81.3698°W
		B&O-W&LE connection (railroad bridge, now removed)				41.1477°N -81.3689°W
	6760007	Fred Fuller Park-Kramer Fields (cemetery) bridge	Fred Fuller Park Drive		1948	41.1497°N -81.3672°W
	6737498	Stow Street-West Summit bridge	Stow Street and West Summit Street		1966	41.1505°N -81.3624°W
	6701132	Redmond Greer Memorial Bridge			1975	41.1512°N -81.3616°W
54.8		Kent Dam				41.1533°N -81.3597°W^[32]
	6737080	West Main Street bridge	West Main Street (Kent)		1931	41.1538°N -81.3595°W
		Fairchild Avenue bridge	Fairchild Avenue		2009-2013^[33]	41.1583°N -81.3593°W
	6737390	Crain Avenue bridge (removed)	Crain Avenue		1965-2012	41.1589°N -81.3591°W
		The Portage Bike and Hike Trail	all-purpose bicycle/pedestrial trail		2013	41.1589°N -81.3591°W
	6760120	River Bend Boulevard bridge	River Bend Boulevard		1998	41.1686°N -81.3464°W
		Former Lake Erie & Pittsburgh Railway		Franklin Township, Portage County		41.1792°N -81.3351°W
		Ravenna Road bridge	Ravenna Road			41.1805°N -81.3355°W
		Norfolk Southern Railway Cleveland Line	Norfolk Southern			41.1808°N -81.3352°W
57.97 ^[34]		Lake Rockwell Dam	Lake Rockwell			41.1828°N -81.3308°W^[35]
	6700586	Cleveland-East Liverpool Road bridge		Streetsboro, Portage County	1985	41.2097°N -81.3039°W
	6704417	Richfield-Hudson Road bridge		Shalersville Township, Portage County	1959	41.2451°N -81.286°W
	6729495	Interstate 80 bridge			1954	41.2481°N -81.2838°W
	6735290	Coit Road bridge	Portage CR-210 Coit Road		1940	41.2488°N -81.2691°W
	6734979	Infirmary Road bridge	Portage CR-164 Infirmary Road		1996	41.2689°N -81.2462°W
		Main Street-Line and Orchard Street road bridge	access road	Mantua, Portage County		41.2776°N -81.2269°W
	6701620	Main Street bridge			1935	41.2787°N -81.2245°W
		former High-Prospect bridge	pedestrian trail			41.282°N -81.2209°W
	6733972	East High Street bridge	High Street		1940	41.284°N -81.2166°W
	6733662	Pioneer Trail bridge	Portage CR-254	Mantua Township, Portage County	1991	41.3008°N -81.203°W
	6703364	Twinsburg Warren Road			1950	41.3105°N -81.1948°W
		Allyn Road bridge (closed)	former Allyn Road	?		41.3385°N -81.1674°W (closed)
	6734316	Winchell Road bridge	Portage CR-264/278	Hiram, Portage County	1993	41.3409°N -81.1669°W
	2801779	Main Market Road bridge		Welshfield, Geauga County	1963	41.3867°N -81.1577°W

Source at 41.4403°N -81.1515°W, elevation: 1093feet
confluence of East Branch Cuyahoga River and West Branch Cuyahoga River
near Pond Road and Rapids Road in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio.

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Book: Bluestone. Daniel M.. Cleveland: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. Washington, D.C.. Historic American Engineering Record, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1978. 2027/uiug.30112024125988.

For further reading

• Web site: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Bridges. Case Western Reserve University.

External links

• Bridges of Northeastern Ohio

Notes and References

1. Web site: 3745-1-26 Cuyahoga river. . . RM:
   • 5.6 N&SS Newburgh and South Shore railroad bridge
   • 44.6 Edison Dam
   • 57.97 Lake Rockwell mouth
   • 62 Lake Rockwell source
   • 83.9 Troy-Burton Township line, Geauga County
2. RM 33.08 Furnace Run, Web site: CUYAHOGA RIVER – FURNACE RUN TRIBUTARY WATERSHED . CRCPO . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090627161123/http://www.crcpo.org/FurnaceRun/FurnaceRun.html . June 27, 2009 .
3. River Mile, Landmark: Web site: Lower Cuyahoga River Watershed TMDLs, Appendix D. Aquatic Life Use Attainment Status for Stations Sampled in the Cuyahoga River Basin July-September, 1999-2000 . Ohio EPA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912182539/http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/Cuyahoga_lower_final_appD.pdf . September 12, 2008 .
   • 6.2/ Ust. Nav. Channel
   • 7.2 B/7.1 Dst. Big Creek
   • 8.0 B/8.3 Dst. Southerly WWTP
   • 11.0 B/11.0 Ust. Southerly WWTP, Dst Mill Cr.
   • 42.6 w/42.8 Ust. Little Cuyahoga River
   • – /46.0 Dst. Cuyahoga Falls
   • 55.7 B Dst. Lake Rockwell
   • 64.5 w/64.2 Ust. Lake Rockwell
   • 83.7 w Dst. West Branch Cuy. River

   Upper Watershed:

   • 87.3 w/87.3 Dst. Tare Creek (wetland)
   • 90.6 w/90.7 Dst. East Branch Reservoir
   • 96.2 H/96.2 Ust. East Branch Reservoir
   • 97.7 /97.7 Dst. Pioneer Lake
4. ID# refers to the National Bridge Inventory #.
5. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Bridges. Case Western Reserve University.
6. News: Bona. Eric. Bridges of the Crooked River: Norfolk Southern vertical lift railroad bridge. The Plain Dealer. December 1, 2015. August 14, 2017.
7. News: Picture Brightens for Railroads in '57. The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1957. 23. none.
8. News: Bridge Job Progresses. The Plain Dealer. December 9, 1956. 23.
9. News: Move Bridge Today. The Plain Dealer. March 5, 1957. 18.
10. News: Cuyahoga River Seen in Good Condition. The Plain Dealer. March 28, 1957. 19.
11. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Main Avenue Bridge. Case Western Reserve University.
12. News: Bascule Bridge Comes Close to Record. Engineering News-Record. February 28, 1957. 23.
13. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Superior Viaduct. Case Western Reserve University.
14. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Veterans Memorial Bridge. Case Western Reserve University.
15. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Columbus Street Bridge. Case Western Reserve University.
16. News: Tom . Breckenridge . Columbus Road Bridge to Close Soon in Cleveland's Flats; Replica Span Being Built . . March 30, 2013 . March 30, 2013 .
17. Web site: Movable Bridges over the Cuyahoga River. Cleveland Memory, Cleveland State University Library.
18. News: Courtney. Astolfi. Eagle Avenue bridge, Cleveland's first vertical lift-bridge, slated for demolition. The Plain Dealer. November 21, 2023. August 3, 2024.
19. News: Sean. McDonnell. Demolition work on historic Cleveland bridge slated to start in August. The Plain Dealer. July 30, 2024. August 1, 2024. subscription.
20. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Hope Memorial Bridge. Case Western Reserve University.
21. Web site: Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 1918, OTHER IMPORTANT BRIDGES IN CLEVELAND, By Stanley L. McMichael. Cleveland Memory, Cleveland State University Library.
22. Web site: Tinkers Creek Watershed . Tinkers Creek Watershed .
23. Web site: Cuyahoga River Area of Concern . .
24. [Library of Congress]
25. Web site: Lower Cuyahoga River Watershed TMDLs Figure 2. Schematic of the Lower Cuyahoga River Watershed . Ohio EPA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912182540/http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/Cuyahoga_lower_final_report.pdf . September 12, 2008 .
26. [Ohio and Erie Canal]
27. Web site: Cuyahoga River, Ohio Restoration Study. Third Interim Preliminary Feasibility Report on Erosion and Sedimentation. Volume I. Main Report. . .
28. manually adjusted in Google
29. Web site: Middle Cuyahoga TMDL, Figure 2. Schematic of the Middle Cuyahoga River . Ohio EPA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912182525/http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/MidCuyFinalTMDL.pdf . September 12, 2008 .
30. manually adjusted in Google
31. Web site: Portage Hike and Bike Trail – Tannery Segment; City of Kent, Ohio. City of Kent, Ohio.
32. Kent dam manually plotted from Google Maps
33. Web site: Fairchild Avenue Bridge; City of Kent, Ohio. City of Kent, Ohio. September 3, 2013. December 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101216015411/http://kentohio.org/private/Fairchild.asp. dead.
34. Web site: Upper Cuyahoga River Watershed TMDLs Figure 2. Schematic Representation of the Upper Cuyahoga Watershed . Ohio EPA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090512221443/http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/upCuy_final_090304.pdf . May 12, 2009 .
35. manually adjusted in Google