The Main Street Bridge in Columbus, Ohio is a 700 ft (210 m), three-span, inclined tied arch bridge over the Scioto River. The bridge is the first in North America and the fifth in the world to use an inclined single-rib-tied arch superstructure. The final cost for the bridge was $60.1 million. It carries Main Street northwest from Downtown Columbus into Franklinton, splitting into Rich and Starling Streets just west of the bridge.
1937 bridge in foreground
Side view of the bridge looking toward Columbus
1937 bridge specifications plaque
The Columbus Civic Center is a civic center, a collection of government buildings, museums, and open park space in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The site is located along the Scioto Mile recreation area and historically was directly on the banks of the Scioto River.
The Columbus Civic Center features government buildings lining the Scioto Mile and River
Riverside condition in 1908
Illustration of the 1908 civic center proposal
C. 1923, as the riverfront cleanup began