Bridge Over Cleveland Water
A look back at the welding and fabrication work behind Cleveland's historic Main Avenue Bridge and its lasting role in Ohio's industrial and transportation history.
June 1939
A welder for Great Lakes Welding & Boiler Company joins the steel grating of the Main Avenue Bridge at West 25th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. Measuring 8,000 feet long, 100 feet tall and 82 feet wide, the bridge has carried vehicular traffic across the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland for 80 years since it first opened (minus temporary closures for renovations in 1991-1992 and 2012-2013). It was the tallest elevated structure in Ohio until 2007.
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