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1931: Sidaway
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Kingsbury Run
| Bridgemeister ID: | 171 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1931 |
| Name: | Sidaway |
| Location: | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Crossing: | Kingsbury Run |
| Coordinates: | 41.477805 N 81.642944 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Wilbur Watson, Fred Plummer. New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. |
| References: | BMC |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | Derelict, since 1966 (last checked: 2023) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 121.9 meters (400 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 2 x 42.7 meters (140 feet) |
| Deck width: | 6 feet |
Notes:
- 2023, February: Given landmark status by the Cleveland City Council so that it is eligible to receive grants for preservation.
- BMC describes a feud between the neighborhoods on either side of the bridge that led to events in July 1966: "someone set fire to the wooden deck and ripped out fifteen feet of the southern portion. The bridge now is considered a nuisance."
- 2022, October: Added to National Register of Historic Places.
External Links:
- Sidaway Bridge once connected Black and white neighborhoods. Now it connects us to the past.. July 22, 2020 news article by News 5 (ABC) Cleveland.
- Structurae - Structure ID 20015438
