Station Road Bridge

Station Road Bridge
HAER photo by Jet Lowe
Location East of Brecksville, Ohio at the Cuyahoga River
Coordinates 41°19′10″N 81°35′16″W / 41.31944°N 81.58778°W / 41.31944; -81.58778 (Station Road Bridge)Coordinates: 41°19′10″N 81°35′16″W / 41.31944°N 81.58778°W / 41.31944; -81.58778 (Station Road Bridge)
Area less than one acre
Built 1882
Built by Massillon Bridge Co.
Architectural style Pratt Whipple Truss
NRHP reference # 79000312[1]
Added to NRHP March 7, 1979

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]

It was documented in the Historic American Engineering Record.[2]

It was built by the Massillon Bridge Co.. It is a Pratt Whipple truss bridge. It is 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]

It 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Station Road Bridge, Spanning Cuyahoga River, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, OH PHOTOS FROM SURVEY HAER OH-67".
  3. 1 2 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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