The Anthony Wayne Bridge, commonly called the High Level Bridge, was designed by Waddell & Hardesty and constructed by the McClintic-Marshall Company in 1931, and is a downtown
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
landmark named after General
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his mil ...
. It is a
suspension bridge that spans the
Maumee River.
The bridge has some features that give it a unique aesthetic quality, including a sky blue color and various lattice patterns.
Ohio State Routes
2,
51, and
65 cross the
Maumee River on the Anthony Wayne Bridge; it also connects Clayton Street to Woodville Road.
The bridge was designated a historical civil engineering landmark by the
American Society of Civil Engineers
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in 2022.
Reconstruction
In April 2012, the city of Toledo and the
Ohio Department of Transportation
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT; ) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for developing and maintaining all state and U.S. roadways outside of municipalities and all Interstates except the Ohio T ...
announced a project that would close the bridge to traffic for nearly 2 years. The redevelopment project took nearly 3 years to complete and reopened in October 2015.
Dimensions
*Deck width:
*Roadway width:
*Structure length:
*Center span:
*Total suspended length:
References
Bridges completed in 1931
Buildings and structures in Toledo, Ohio
Suspension bridges in Ohio
Transportation in Toledo, Ohio
Road bridges in Ohio
Steel bridges in the United States
1931 establishments in Ohio
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