Officials of the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga have worked faithfully to bring this great structure into being. The most modern methods have been followed and the result after five years of labor is a structure of pleasing and harmonious design, the beauty and utility of which is apparent to everyone. The general route followed has been in use as a highway east and west for a century and a quarter, harking back to the closing years of the eighteenth century when locations at both ends of the viaduct comprised the camping grounds of Indians. Page 8 trict, to the great residential sections lying west of the Cuyahoga River, crossing the busy valley wherein are located some of the city s largest industrial plants. The high level bridge, extending from the center line of West 9th Street to the intersection of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue, is 3,112 feet long.
Provision is made on a deck constructed directly beneath the roadway for six street car tracks.
Four sets of these tracks have been installed and there is room for two more to be added when needed. About 2,123,300 cubic yards of concrete and 9,385,000 pounds of reinforcing steel were utilized in its construction. The concrete piles used in the foundation work, if placed end to end. Each end of the huge structure is provided with under- Page 9 ground street car station for the use of passengers desiring to board the cars operating on the lower deck. The bridge was built by Cuyahoga County, of which Cleveland is the county seat.