{"nrhp_refnum":"79000312","name":"Station Road Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"E of Brecksville at Cuyahoga River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brecksville","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.31937697700005,"lon":-81.58756031999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span metal through truss bridge carrying Station Road over the Cuyahoga River between Brecksville (Cuyahoga County) and Sagamore Hills (Summit County), Ohio, built in 1882 by the Massillon Bridge Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest remaining metal truss bridge in the Cuyahoga Valley and the only metal truss bridge of its type there. It is a significant example of a double-intersection Pratt (Whipple) truss built by the Massillon Bridge Company, an early specialized bridge manufacturer.","narrative":"Station Road Bridge carries a narrow roadway over the Cuyahoga River between Brecksville and Sagamore Hills, on the line between Cuyahoga and Summit Counties. It is a single-span iron through truss of the double-intersection Pratt type, about 128 feet long, resting on rock-faced stone abutments. Plates on the top chord name the Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio, and the bridge bears the date 1882. County commissioners awarded the contract in 1881 after receiving bids from six companies, and the two counties split the cost equally. The design extends diagonal members across two panels, allowing longer spans than the basic Pratt truss. Bridges of this kind were usually fabricated off site and assembled by local laborers. The bridge is listed as the oldest remaining metal truss bridge in the Cuyahoga Valley and the only one of its type there, and as a notable surviving work of an early specialized bridge manufacturer.","period_of_significance":"1882","architect_builder":"Massillon Bridge Company","architectural_style":"Double-intersection Pratt (Whipple) through truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and original site; a ten-ton load limit is posted. Owned by the Cuyahoga and Summit county commissioners.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.657991-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000312.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000312/356f057277-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000312/356f057277-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"U.S. Department of the Interior","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Cuyahoga_Valley_NP_(19922395794).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of the Interior</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Cuyahoga_Valley_NP_(19922395794).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_Road_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55284711"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/station-road-bridge-79000312/"}