Bear Up North
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I had the pleasure this week of attending a meeting that included a presentation from an Ohio transportation official. The topic was "Safety On The New Toledo River Crossing".
This bridge, currently under construction and due to be open in a couple years, is the largest transportation project in Ohio history. It will be a very impressive structure, cable-stayed design with very-long approaches. It is being built right next to the present I-280 bridge.....I believe the only remaining drawbridge on the Interstate Highway System. As the speaker said, "The Craig Memorial (draw) Bridge goes up about six-hundred times a year and goes back down about five-hundred and ninety-five times."
If you have ever travelled through Toledo, heading to or from Detroit, and your starting or finishing place is east of Toledo.....you probably travelled I-280. Traffic nightmare xway built in the ealy 1960's, drawbridge and all.
The bridge will have glass panels with LED's built-in....able to change colors to match a season or a holiday or an event. There are all kind of world records being set with this structure, such as most stainless cable, most this and that, etc.
Toledo has other river crossings. Martin Luther King Bridge is another drawbridge, connecting Cherry Street (downtown) to east Toledo's Main Street. Both I-75 and I-475 have river crossings. Also near downtown is the Anthony Wayne Bridge, a suspension bridge (guessing it is about 30th longest in USA).
So.....I like cool bridges and I like Toledo's Anthony Wayne Bridge and for sure will like the new river crossing. For twenty-five (25) plus years I walked (on Labor Day) the Mackinac Bridge (my personal favorite). Other favorites include an interesting older bridge that crosses the Delaware Water Gap, some neat bridges in W VA, and some great bridges over gorges, etc. in the western mountains.
So, with my favorite being Big Mac (Michigan).....what's your's?
Bear
This bridge, currently under construction and due to be open in a couple years, is the largest transportation project in Ohio history. It will be a very impressive structure, cable-stayed design with very-long approaches. It is being built right next to the present I-280 bridge.....I believe the only remaining drawbridge on the Interstate Highway System. As the speaker said, "The Craig Memorial (draw) Bridge goes up about six-hundred times a year and goes back down about five-hundred and ninety-five times."
If you have ever travelled through Toledo, heading to or from Detroit, and your starting or finishing place is east of Toledo.....you probably travelled I-280. Traffic nightmare xway built in the ealy 1960's, drawbridge and all.
The bridge will have glass panels with LED's built-in....able to change colors to match a season or a holiday or an event. There are all kind of world records being set with this structure, such as most stainless cable, most this and that, etc.
Toledo has other river crossings. Martin Luther King Bridge is another drawbridge, connecting Cherry Street (downtown) to east Toledo's Main Street. Both I-75 and I-475 have river crossings. Also near downtown is the Anthony Wayne Bridge, a suspension bridge (guessing it is about 30th longest in USA).
So.....I like cool bridges and I like Toledo's Anthony Wayne Bridge and for sure will like the new river crossing. For twenty-five (25) plus years I walked (on Labor Day) the Mackinac Bridge (my personal favorite). Other favorites include an interesting older bridge that crosses the Delaware Water Gap, some neat bridges in W VA, and some great bridges over gorges, etc. in the western mountains.
So, with my favorite being Big Mac (Michigan).....what's your's?
Bear