Spanning the Cuyahoga River in front of you is the Detroit–Superior Bridge, officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge, a 3,112-foot-long (949 m) through arch bridge in Cleveland. It links Detroit Avenue on Cleveland’s west side with Superior Avenue on the east, terminating just west of Public Square. Construction by the King Bridge Company began in 1914 and was completed in 1918 at a total cost of about $5.4 million; more precisely the land and right of way and superstructure together cost $5,407,000, with $1,687,200 for land and $3,719,800 for the superstructure.
This was Cleveland’s first fixed high level bridge and the third high-level crossing above the Cuyahoga after the Old Superior Viaduct and the Central Viaduct, both also built by the King Company. At the time of its completion it stood as the largest steel-and-concrete reinforced bridge in the world. The eastern end sits at the center line of West 9th Street and Superior and the span reaches to the junction of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue, with 96 feet of clearance under its arches.
At completion this was the largest steel-and-concrete reinforced bridge in the world, its arches still framing the Cuyahoga for you.