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The Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge (alternately Main Avenue Viaduct) is a cantilever truss bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying
. ''Encyclopedia of Cleveland History''. until the 2007 completion of the Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo. It was named for Harold H. Burton, 45th mayor of Cleveland, in late January 1986. The bridge replaced an 1869 bridge at the same site, and was built in conjunction with construction of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. The bridge received extensive renovations 1991–1992; it subsequently received major structural repairs in 2007 and again in 2012–2013, both instances necessitating re-routing of large vehicles. The bridge is visible at the end of the " Cleveland Rocks" version of the opening credits of ''
The Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge (alternately Main Avenue Viaduct) is a cantilever truss bridge in Cleveland, Ohio carrying Ohio State Route 2
State Route 2 (SR 2), formerly known as Inter-county Highway 2 until 1921 and State Highway 2 in 1922, is an east–west highway crossing most of northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville where the route ...
/Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
The Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, often shortened to "the Shoreway", is a limited-access freeway in Cleveland and Bratenahl, Ohio. It closely follows the shore of Lake Erie and connects the east and west sides of Cleveland via the Main Avenue Bri ...
over the Cuyahoga River. The bridge, completed in 1939, is in length, and was the longest elevated structure in OhioMain Ave. Bridge. ''Encyclopedia of Cleveland History''. until the 2007 completion of the Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo. It was named for Harold H. Burton, 45th mayor of Cleveland, in late January 1986. The bridge replaced an 1869 bridge at the same site, and was built in conjunction with construction of the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. The bridge received extensive renovations 1991–1992; it subsequently received major structural repairs in 2007 and again in 2012–2013, both instances necessitating re-routing of large vehicles. The bridge is visible at the end of the " Cleveland Rocks" version of the opening credits of ''
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In 2013, the Federal Highway Administration listed the Main Avenue Bridge as "structurally deficient" and "fracture critical".
The bridge has been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
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See also
*List of crossings of the Cuyahoga River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Cuyahoga River from its mouth at Lake Erie upstream to its source at Burton, Ohio. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as various other crossings of the river.
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*{{cite book , title=Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland , first=Sara Ruth , last=Watson , author2=John R. Wolfs , year=1981 , chapter=Chapter 2: The Four Great Viaducts , chapter-url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/bmc/bmcchap2.html#p28 , pages=28–31 Transcription at ''The Cleveland Memory Project'' website. Bridges completed in 1939 Bridges in Cleveland Road bridges in Ohio Cantilever bridges in the United States Bridges over the Cuyahoga River Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks