Transparency of a broadside sheet advertising a lottery to raise money for "improving the navigation between Lake Erie and the River Ohio, through the Cuyahoga and Muskingum Rivers.
Construction of the center span of the Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge during 1916 or 1917, looking east from the Sheier Furniture Building, 2206 Superior Viaduct. King Bridge Company was the principal contractor for the construction. The bridge was designed by Cuyahoga County engineers, Frank R. Lander, Alfred M. Felgate, William A. Stinchcomb, and Albert W. Zesiger., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Aerial photograph of the Cuyahoga River flats looking north on June 27, 1236. The Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge can be seen in the center of the image, spanning between downtown Cleveland and Ohio City., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Aerial photograph of Cleveland, Ohio, looking from above the intersection of W. 25th & Franklin. The Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge is seen in the upper middle of the image. Note the streetcar entrance down the middle of W. 25th Street. Streetcars ran across the river on the lower deck of the bridge., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Looking toward downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and Terminal Tower from the west side of the Cuyahoga River with the Detroit-Superior Bridge in the foreground., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Looking east toward downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and Terminal Tower, from above the Cuyahoga River just south of the Detroit-Superior Bridge., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Veterans Memorial Bridge as seen from the lower east-side Flats toward the west. The Center Street swing bridge is visible in the open navigation position in the center of the image., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
Veterans Memorial Bridge and the downtown Cleveland, Ohio, skyline, as seen from Franklin Ave., Ohio City., This image is featured in the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge digital exhibit.
The Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day 1917 and was the city's first high-level bridge over the Cuyahoga River. Connecting Detroit and Superior avenues, it was engineered to relieve the traffic congestion that had clogged the old Superior Viaduct, just north of the new span. Built at a cost of $5.284 million, the bridge took 5 years to complete. The bridge was designed by Cuyahoga County engineers Frank R. Lander, Alfred M. Felgate, William A. Stinchcomb, and Albert W. Zesiger. The principal contractor for the construction was the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company. The bridge was renamed Veterans Memorial in Veterans Day ceremonies on 11 Nov. 1989. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
This digital collection includes contemporary and more recent images of the bridge, as well as material related to the planning and construction of the span, The images featured in the collection were assembled to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Detroit Superior High Level Bridge.