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Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge
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[[Image:Brooklyn-Brighton_Bridge_(steel).jpg|thumb|Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge<br>''steel version''<br>Note that the original bridge can be seen just under the right part of the arch.]] | [[Image:Brooklyn-Brighton_Bridge_(steel).jpg|thumb|Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge<br>''steel version''<br>Note that the original bridge can be seen just under the right part of the arch.]] | ||
==HISTORY== | ==HISTORY== | ||
| + | The Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge provided a link between Brooklyn Centre on the north and Brighton Village (later known simply as Brooklyn or Old Brooklyn) on the south. The valley below had been difficult to travel by early settlers wanting to bring their goods to market in Cleveland. Over the last two centuries, several bridges have been constructed in this same general location. | ||
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| + | It is interesting to note that the concrete bridge built in 1916 is fully a thousand feet longer than the previous bridge. It is difficult now to imagine exactly where this earlier bridge's terminuses were that would account for that many feet in difference. | ||
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*pre-1887 - Small bridge spanning [[Big Creek]] | *pre-1887 - Small bridge spanning [[Big Creek]] | ||
*1887 to 1897 - Wooden bridge (dedicated 4 July 1887) | *1887 to 1897 - Wooden bridge (dedicated 4 July 1887) | ||
*1897 to 1915 - Steel bridge | *1897 to 1915 - Steel bridge | ||
| - | :The span consisted of a bridge with a 29-1/2' roadway + 7' sidewalks on either side<ref>''Types and Details of Bridge Construction'', By Frank Woodward Skinner, 1904, page 118</ref> | + | :The span consisted of a bridge 1,540 in length with a 29-1/2' roadway + 7' sidewalks on either side.<ref>''Types and Details of Bridge Construction'', By Frank Woodward Skinner, 1904, page 118</ref> The road surface was wooden planking. Total cost including land was $170,000. Later condemned as unsafe.<ref>''The Bridgemen's magazine'', By International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Indianapolis, Vol. XIII No.1, January 1913, pages 50 and 815</ref> |
*1916 - Concrete bridge | *1916 - Concrete bridge | ||
| - | :The span consisted of a bridge 2,265' in length with a 76' wide roadway. Two streetcar tracks run along the center. Overall cost was a bit over half a million dollars.<ref>''Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County'', 1918</ref> | + | :The span consisted of a bridge 2,265' in length with a 76' wide roadway. Two streetcar tracks run along the center. Overall cost was a bit over half a million dollars.<ref>''Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County'', 1918</ref> Paved with Balfour Granite, commercial name "Durax Paving" of the Harris Granite Quarries Company of Salisbury, N.C. |
Revision as of 20:57, 9 March 2009
steel version
Note that the original bridge can be seen just under the right part of the arch.
HISTORY
The Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge provided a link between Brooklyn Centre on the north and Brighton Village (later known simply as Brooklyn or Old Brooklyn) on the south. The valley below had been difficult to travel by early settlers wanting to bring their goods to market in Cleveland. Over the last two centuries, several bridges have been constructed in this same general location.
It is interesting to note that the concrete bridge built in 1916 is fully a thousand feet longer than the previous bridge. It is difficult now to imagine exactly where this earlier bridge's terminuses were that would account for that many feet in difference.
- pre-1887 - Small bridge spanning Big Creek
- 1887 to 1897 - Wooden bridge (dedicated 4 July 1887)
- 1897 to 1915 - Steel bridge
- The span consisted of a bridge 1,540 in length with a 29-1/2' roadway + 7' sidewalks on either side.[1] The road surface was wooden planking. Total cost including land was $170,000. Later condemned as unsafe.[2]
- 1916 - Concrete bridge
- The span consisted of a bridge 2,265' in length with a 76' wide roadway. Two streetcar tracks run along the center. Overall cost was a bit over half a million dollars.[3] Paved with Balfour Granite, commercial name "Durax Paving" of the Harris Granite Quarries Company of Salisbury, N.C.
References
- ↑ Types and Details of Bridge Construction, By Frank Woodward Skinner, 1904, page 118
- ↑ The Bridgemen's magazine, By International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Indianapolis, Vol. XIII No.1, January 1913, pages 50 and 815
- ↑ Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 1918
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