Valley View Bridge

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The Valley View Bridge is a trio of steel multi-stringer highway girder bridges that carry Interstate 480 over the Cuyahoga River valley in Valley View and Independence, Ohio. They are Script error: No such module "convert". high and Script error: No such module "convert". long.[1][2]

History

Template:Cns The bridges opened in 1977 providing access to the nearby Willow Freeway (I-77).

In 1999,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the Ohio Department of Transportation painted the bridge a red-primer color, replacing the original gray.

In 2010, the bridge received the honorary name "Union Workers Memorial Bridge".[3]

In 2011, ODOT began a project to retrofit the bridge's parapets. The work includes installing new fences and moving the overhead lighting to the outside of the structures. The estimated cost of construction was $4.4 million.[4][5]

In 2016, ODOT announced that a third bridge would be built in between the two outer bridges, which then would undergo extended repairs.[6] The third bridge, whose construction was from 2018 to 2020,[7] was retained after the bridge replacement phase ended in 2022, creating a bypass of the interchanges on each end of the bridge, functioning as express lanes.[1][8] The ribbon cutting for the middle bridge occurred on June 12, 2023.[9]

A pair of peregrine falcons nests under the bridge.[10]

Accidents

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  • On February 17, 1986, a driver was rescued when his semi-truck partially left the bridge.[11]
  • In February 1996, a car fell from the bridge, killing the driver.[12][13]
  • In March 1997, police and the fire department responded to a dangling semi-truck. The driver was safely rescued.[4][14]
  • On February 22, 2011, a semi-truck driver was killed when his cab fell off the bridge.[15]
  • On June 25, 2013, during a severe storm, a couple of highway signs fell down hitting two cars and injuring one person.[16]
  • On December 14, 2017, while attempting to elude police, a man drove down the steep embankment that separates the two spans of the bridge.[17]
  • In March 2024, A fire broke out at a landscaping company located on Canal Road. The fire was started in a mulch bed that quickly grew sending flames and smoke straight up to the bridge during the morning rush hour.

See also

References

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