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The bridge has been abandoned for many years. It was constructed by the Lima-Toledo Traction company, an early 1900s interurban trolley line that ran primarily adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio steam railroad from Toledo to Lima and from there south to Springfield on a connecting interurban line, the Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana.
At one time, the Interurban Bridge, which crosses the river at the park, was the largest bridge that was filled with earth and reinforced by concrete. [3] Today the bridge, which formerly served as part of a commuter rail line, is in ruins. In 2001, the rock and bridge an Ohio Historical Society Bicentennial Marker was dedicated to them for ...
The bridge was designed by Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc. for ODOT. Construction began in 2001. The main span over the Maumee River is a cable-stayed type bridge with a single pylon and two spans 612'-6" (200 m) on each side of the pylon. The main span approaches are about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) north of the river and 3,350 feet (1,020 m) south of ...
The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway was an interurban electrified railway system serving northwestern Ohio's Marblehead Peninsula. It was incorporated in 1902, began operating in 1905 and only ceased operations in 1958, much later than most other interurbans.
Langley Covered Bridge, built in 1877, straddles the St. Joseph River and is the longest covered bridge in the state. It was originally projected to re-open by Dec. 25.
The Ohio Electric Railway was an interurban railroad formed in 1907 with the consolidation of 14 smaller interurban railways. It was Ohio's largest interurban, connecting Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati. At its peak it operated 617 miles (993 km) of track.
In what seems like a headline from The Onion, Ohio has directed $1.5 million of its stimulus money toward the construction of an anti-suicide barrier on the All American Bridge in Akron Ohio. The ...
Nov. 29—When Adam Bess bought his house next to the old Marengo Street bridge in 2018, the decaying, 1915-vintage structure had been closed to vehicles for just over two years and plans to ...