The original Main Street Bridge was built to span what was originally called the Grand River in 1896. These pictures show the bridge in its newly built state circa 1939. The bridge is a single span, 350 feet in length and 55 feet in height. All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project.
Car being Pulled out of River, 1927Swing Bridge, 1927Lakeside Avenue and West 9th Street Future Site of Bridge, 1930Surveying Bridge, 1930Bridge Construction, 1931Crowd at Bridge Construction, 1931Engineers Inspecting Bridge, 1931Engineers Inspecting Route, 1931Engineers Inspecting Route, 1931Engineers Inspecting Route, 1931Men Receiving Petitions for Bridge, 1931Proposed Future Site, 1931Annotated Photograph, 1932Man Standing on Deck of Old Bridge, 1933Construction Across River, 1938Construction of Main Avenue Viaduct, 1938Construction of the Bridge, 1938Construction of the Bridge, 1938Steel Workers on Bridge, 1938Bridge Going Up, 1939Bridge Looking West, 1939Bridge Opening Celebration, 1939Crowds Celebrate Bridge Opening, 1939Fitting a New Girder, 1939Men Lower Girder into Place, 1939Men who Built Bridge, 1939New Street Lamps, 1939New Street Lamps, 1939Spot where Man fell from Bridge, 1939Steel Workers Construct Bridge, 1939Steel Workers on Lift, 1939Traffic on Bridge, 1939Traffic under Bridge, 1939View of Bridge, 1939West 28th Street Ramp, 1939West Shore Way, 1939Workers Straddle Iron Girders, 1939Aerial View, 1941Bridge and Swing Bridge, 1945Men Conversing by River, 1945Snow and Ice on Bridge, 1945Traffic on Bridge, 1950Aerial View of Bridge, 1958Looking Northwest from Federal Building, 1966Thermoplastic Stripes on Bridge, 1968
