The Central Viaduct was completed in 1888 and stood where the I-90 Bridge is now. The first structure went from what is now Carnegie Avenue to what is now West 14th Street but was knocked down in 1941 due to safety issues. 17 people were killed in an 1895 accident where the switch failed to change the drawbridge. A second bridge was built after the first one was destroyed but that one was also demolished in 1986.
All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project .
Abbey Avenue Viaduct, 1888 Central Viaduct Central Viaduct, Late 1800s
Central Viaduct and Flats, 1880s Central Viaduct, 1900s Central Viaduct, 1909
Canal Road, North of Central Viaduct, 1916 Cuyahoga River Valley Northeast of the Central Viaduct, 1916 Central Viaduct, Jennings Ave., 1920
Nickel Plate Road Right-of-Way, 1922 Commercial Road and Central Viaduct, 1927 Commercial Road and Central Viaduct, 1927 2
Harrison Road and Central Viaduct, 1927 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1927 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1927
Canal Road, Central Avenue Viaduct, 1927 East Roadway and Central Viaduct, 1927 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928
Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928
Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928 Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1928 West Roadway Traffic Diversion, 1928
Eagle Avenue Viaduct, 1929 Eagle Avenue Viaduct From Terminal Tower, 1929 Central Viaduct over Central Ave. Bridge, 1929
Terminal Tower View of Central Viaduct, 1930 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Right-of-Way, 1930 Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, 1931
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, 1936 Abbey Avenue Viaduct, 1978 3 Abbey Avenue Viaduct, 1978 2
Abbey Avenue Viaduct, 1978 (Last Remaining Section Of Central Viaduct) Abbey Avenue Viaduct, 1978 Central Viaduct Remains, 2002
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