Station_Road_Bridge

Station Road Bridge

Station Road Bridge

United States historic place

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.[1]

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The bridge was documented in the Historic American Engineering Record in 1985.[2]

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".[3]

The bridge is 128.6 feet (39.2 m) long with a single span covering 124 feet (38 m). It is 18.7 feet (5.7 m) wide carrying a roadway 14.95 feet (4.56 m) wide.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Index to Photographs: Station Road Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. May 1985. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Carol Poh Miller (April 26, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Station Road Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1978

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