Cleveland's Abandoned Railroad Bascule Bridges

During one of my visits to Cleveland, I spent time in the Flats and enjoyed looking at and photographing Bridge 464. I very much appreciate this video to learn about the history of this bridge and the railroad for which it was built. Thank you for producing the video and sharing it.

Beautiful and very functional bridges. Thanks for sharing.

So these treasure are still vulnerable they need to be federally protected as National Historic Landmarks!!!!! Start today the bureaucracy takes years and we all take them for granted until they’re gone forever . THEY NEED PROTECTION!!!!!

I don’t care what anyone thinks these iconic bridges are more beautiful and existential than the Brooklyn Bridge - which I could care less about thanks for the PhD film on these treasures Buffalos South Side has one right next to her iconic Grain elevators . LOVE IT!!!

Uhh.. the signal aspect was green the whole time the bridge was lowering... that seems a bit problematic, no?

One of my friends posted a video of them on the cleaveland waterfront, and i immediately got fascinated by these bridges.. and then confused about why so many of these jackknife bridges along the great lakes are all abandoned.

Many dont even connect to railroads anymore. But i guess they arent bothering anyone if they just stay there to rot?

When the USA still built big things...sigh...

I'm born in and lived in the Cleveland area my whole life. Grew up in Old Brooklyn, now I live in one of the westside suburbs and work downtown. I knew those bridges had great history but I never knew exactly what the full history of them was. Thank you for making such an informative video! These bridges are iconic parts of the Cleveland skyline now, I don't think they should be taken down even if they wanted to.

Love this area and been there many times, thank you for the history lesson, much appreciated

hello from Kansas🇺🇸

I think there is another one next to 490

Edit: nvm, I think you covered it lol

In Chicago thiers ALOT of them. Some in use, and some functional but the lines themselves are long dead

I live here in Cleveland and love these old bridges. Personally, I think the parks should lower these bridges several times a year in honor of those who built them, maintained them and worked the bridges. The mechanics are awesome! And what a joy it would be to see these wonderful icons in actions.

Great work Lovely video. To bad the museum dident happen and that they arent kept in order. Does seem kinda dangerous to leave them completely abandoned in the lifted position. If the Connections to the Counter weight Rusts away completely wouldent that cause the bridges to violently drop down?

Great vid. Like to see more technical and state of preservation details though.
Hasn't been blasted and painted in decades. That's a structure you don't want to get under. Be fun to climb. It's days are numbered... rust never sleeps.

Very nicely done as usual, I really love these historical videos, they're so informative and entertaining, I don't live in Ohio but absolutely love industrial history and Cleveland has some fascinating history, thank you, your videos are excellent!!

I love bridges, great video!

I would see these railroad bridges all the time when I lived in Cleveland. I always wondered what they were there for.
Neat video!

I'm looking at a 35mm Kodak Kodachrome slide of this bridge in the " closed " position. The photograph shows several tracks leading up to the counter weight end of the bridge with at least three street crossings in and around the industrial area that surrounds the bridge. It shows a B & O F7A diesel unit leading a fairly long train and passing below the counter weight part of the bridge and about to cross a street in 1972. In the distance and underneath the overhead highway bridge in the background is a second bridge which is a deck girder railroad bridge on concrete piers. The photo I'm looking at is from 1972 and the deck girder bridge doesn't look like it's there anymore from newer photos I've seen. Anyone know what this other railroad line was ??

Olde is pronounced same as old

Very interesting, I am now looking at RR bridges differently!

I was in Cleveland once and I remember seeing these bridges. Awesome bit of research you did and thanks for the vid.

I just saw 460 on my way to the Midwest Railway Preservation Society Saturday, I didn't know any of our jackknife bridges were operational.. that's facinating
BTW under the veterans bridge is the remains of the old Cleveland subway . The trains from the fourties are still down there abandoned

Isn't it amazing about business and capitalism. They can do all that environmental damage with the trains. And then they don't have to take down the bridges. The people will have to pay sooner or later. What are we going to do to clean up after the nuclear power industry. Anybody have an idea how to hide stuff for $800,000 years

I love local history

Thanks for sharing!! I was able to go to Google maps and do a walk around of all the areas you talked about... Google sure has made it nice for people like myself that don't have the time to actually travel to places like this..

Seattle's Salmon Bay Bridge is a Bascule that still in use by BNSF Railway.

Thank you for your channel. I’ve binge watched most of your videos, mainly because I’ve had some of the same questions that you had about some of the remnants of Clevelands industrial past. I’ve learned a lot and hope that you continue to produce more great content. Thank you!!

A huge thank you, love the history and still amazed by the accomplishments of the era.

Do you know if the bridge still works ? Could it be lowered. Make a walk bridge.

Is the Pegasus Bridge, which is also a bascule Bridge also made by Scherzer?

A local historian....about time!
Thank you for not forgetting aboit Cleveland. In 1993 my family moved to Cleveland, OH and then re settled to Broadview heights, Shaker Heights, Parma Heights, Solon, and so on as we grounded ourselves in Cleveland ever deeper. By 1994 my aunt had opened her home cleaning services buisnes, and is very successful to this day. In 2005 my dad opened up our own business....a freight transportation company and had been successful and slowly growing since then. Cleveland turned out to be a blessing as a Location in the trucking buisness. Good rates, and plentiful freight to be had. We love Cleveland. I LOVE THE BROWNS...lol. Thank God for that so called...."MISTAKE ON THE LAKE". Inmy families minds, Cleveland is not a mistake but a great hub for jobs, historic places to see, the Beautiful lake, the beautiful downtown (although it does seem to be under construction or road repairs endlessly), and very affordable homes and rent overall in the suburbs and the inner city of Cleveland itself.
GIVE CLEVELAND A CHANCE!!! 😆

I could never find anything about when these closed. You should do one on the tinkers creek rail bridges.

ive always wondered about these bridges. very neat

My Grandfather and Uncle worked on Whiskey Island for Pennsylvania Railroad later Conrail then CSX. These Bridges were our playgrounds. We climbed most of them. There is an episode of the TV drama Route 66 that features The Iron Curtain bridge at the mouth of the Cuyahoga.

I want the invite next time loved the video and others great history

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Great video thanks

Great video!!! Thanks for taking the time and effort to shoot, edit and post this video.😀

Your videos very well done! I would love to learn how to produce similar video/stories pertaining to Rochester, NY.

What was the detail of the bridges. Great history, but of no use in the design or detail.
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Great video! Like you I enjoy history specially the Hulett video thank you for this

theres one in Prov RI too

these bridges make such an impact on skylines all across the country. we have one in providence, ri, that's also stuck up and it's become an iconic landmark (also a "Scherzer rolling lift bridge")

Hey man....Ohio rocks. Cleveland......Akron......and remember folks. De- evolution is still real, even after all these years.....

There was one in CT on the Quinnipiac/ I95 River crossing used by Amtrack. Oh, and Connrail.

I always wondered wtf these were lol

If you get time you should do a video of the abandoned subway underneath the Detroit-superior bridge, I’ve always wanted to know the history😁

Pretty cool! Btw, what happened to all your old CVSR videos? Those were amazing

I grew up on the Canadian side of Lake Erie but visited family often in the Cleveland area. Never knew what these things were, cheers.