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A view, looking east, at dredging taking place at the site of Pier #3 during the construction of the Detroit-Superior Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio on February 2, 1914. Also known as the Veteran's Memorial Bridge, it connects downtown with the west…

Downtown Cleveland.

A view of downtown Cleveland from the west side. The Detroit-Superior Bridge is on the right. The Justice Center and Erieview Buildings are on the left.

The lower level of the Detroit Superior Bridge once accommodated street cars that ran back and forth between the east and west sides of Cleveland. This level is closed today but is open twice annually for informational tours.

This early photograph depicts members of the work crew who helped construct the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Ca. 1915.

The Detroit-Superior Bridge stretches from the west side across the Cuyahoga River toward downtown Cleveland.

The Detroit-Superior Bridge is constructed, ca. 1915. Detroit Superior, also known today as the Veteran's Memorial Bridge, connects downtown with the west side. Opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1917, the two level bridge carried cars and pedestrian…

The bridge connects Detroit Avenue on Cleveland's west side with Superior Avenue near downtown. Streetcars once used the bridge's subway tunnel opening, visible in the foreground. The tunnel runs in front of the Rockefeller Building, which is the…

The old Clark Avenue Bridge appears eerily deserted save for two automobiles and one man. The bridge was torn down in the mid-1980s, likely from deterioration caused by chemicals in the smoke from the steel mills below the bridge. Built in 1912, it…

Pairs of supports are all that remain of the Clark Avenue Bridge. The old Clark Avenue Bridge was torn down in the mid-1980s, likely from deterioration caused by chemicals in the smoke from the steel mills below the bridge. Built in 1912, it was…