Station Road Bridge Explained

Station Road Bridge
Location:East of Brecksville, Ohio at the Cuyahoga River
Coordinates:41.3194°N -81.5875°W
Built:1882
Architecture:Pratt Whipple Truss
Added:March 7, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79000312

The Station Road Bridge, near Brecksville, Ohio, was built in 1882. It spans the Cuyahoga River between Cuyahoga County and Summit County, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The bridge was documented in the Historic American Engineering Record in 1985.[1]

It was built by the Massillon Bridge Company. It is a Pratt Whipple truss bridge, described as "a metal through truss of the double-intersection Pratt (Whipple) type. The essential features of the type are inclined end posts and diagonal (tension) members that extend across two panels. The bridge features an ornamental plate at the top chord at each approach which reads "Massillon Bridge Company / 82 / Builders, Massillon, Ohio".

The bridge is 128.6feet long with a single span covering 124feet. It is 18.7feet wide carrying a roadway 14.95feet wide.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Index to Photographs: Station Road Bridge . May 1985 . Historic American Engineering Record . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . June 18, 2020.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79000312}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Station Road Bridge ]. National Park Service. Carol Poh Miller . April 26, 1978 . June 14, 2018. With