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The I-90 bridges replace two cantilever truss bridges at the same location. Built in 1960, they were 869 feet (265 m) in length and 150 feet (46 m) in height. [1]On May 24, 1996, a gusset plate failed on the eastbound span, similar to the later failure on the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2007, prompting the Ohio Department of Transportation to close the bridge ...
On January 17, 1974, the Grand River was designated Ohio's second wild and scenic river by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. [5] Designated sections include: from Harpersfield covered bridge downstream to the Norfolk and Western Railway trestle south of Painesville (wild, 23 miles (37 km) and from the US 322 in Ashtabula County downstream to Harpersfield covered bridge (scenic, 33 ...
Continuing east, SR 578 continued eastward along County Road L, crossing SR 65 and proceeded to Township Road 1C, which the state route then followed northeasterly to the County Road M intersection, and turned east. Heading into Wood County, the route followed Sand Ridge Road to Wapakoneta Road (County Road 189), then turned north, and followed ...
State Route 269 (SR 269) is a north–south state highway in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio.Its southern terminus is at SR 4 on the Huron–Seneca county line nearly seven miles (11 km) south of Bellevue, and its northern terminus is at the entrance to East Harbor State Park near Marblehead.
Geauga County is named after the Onondaga word jyo’ä·gak or Seneca jo’ä·ka, both meaning 'raccoon' (originally the name of the Grand River).. After the discovery of the New World, the land that became Geauga County was originally part of the French colony of Canada (New France), which was ceded in 1763 to Great Britain and renamed Province of Quebec.
In counties with populations of 500,000 or less, approval must be won in a majority of the combined total of municipalities and townships of the county. [ 18 ] In the 2010 United States Census , the average population of Ohio's counties was 131,096; Cuyahoga County was the most populous (1,280,122) and Vinton County was the least (13,435).
Mechanicsville Road Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the Grand River in Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 17 drivable bridges in the county, is the longest single span covered bridge in the county, and is believed to be the oldest in the county as well. The bridge is a Howe truss design ...
County roads in Ohio comprise 29,088 center line miles (46,813 km), making up 24% of the state's public roadways as of April 2015. [2] Ohio state law delegates the maintenance and designation of these county roads to the boards of commissioners and highway departments of its 88 counties. [3]