Flats Restaurants complain: Cleveland.com
It was always my understanding that the USCG required water traffic have the right of way.
It was always my understanding that the USCG required water traffic have the right of way.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Norfolk-Southern railroad bridge serves as the “Iron Curtain” of the Cuyahoga River.
Boaters have complained for years that it’s slow to lift to let cruise ships, freighters and recreational boats between the river and Lake Erie. Now, Flats businesses say the bridge is a bigger problem than ever -- because of more recreational river traffic, because the bridge’s dispatch center has moved from Michigan to Atlanta, because water levels are at record highs.
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And the Coast Guard and Cleveland Police are loathe to patrol the river, since their boats might get stuck behind the bridge when there’s an emergency in the lake.
About 100 trains a day traverse the bridge, built in the 1940s. Motor-operated cables raise & drop the span. A bridge tender works 24 hours a day, observing boat traffic and trains headed toward the bridge, and contacting train dispatchers, who decide when the bridge can be lifted.
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Next stop, Willoughby
~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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