Bedford in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
To Get to the Other Side
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Photographed by Craig Doda, March 7, 2026
1. To Get to the Other Side Marker
Generations of people who lived along Tinker's Creek depended on its water. They fished and swam in the creek, gathered water for cooking and bathing, and harnessed its power for industrial uses. But the creek and its deep gorge were also barriers. When the Cleveland and Pittsburgh (C&P) Railroad arrived in 1853, it built a large wooden truss bridge to carry trains across the gorge. Twelve years later, C&P replaced the wooden structure with a massive 225-foot-long stone viaduct.
The original viaduct stood 120 feet above Tinker's Creek, about as high as a twelve-story building. When C&P Railroad relocated its tracks in 1902, tons of fill buried the lower portion of the viaduct. Today's view from atop the viaduct is friendlier to those who might suffer from vertigo!
When is a bridge a viaduct?
All viaducts are bridges, but not all bridges are viaducts. A bridge is a structure for getting over something. The span is the section of a bridge between two support structures. If a bridge has multiple support structures and multiple spans, that bridge is a viaduct.
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Location. 41° 23.108′ N, 81° 32.041′ W. Marker is in Bedford, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is at the intersection of Willis Street and West Taylor Street, on the right when traveling south on Willis Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 75 Willis St, Bedford OH 44146, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland, on the Lake Erie Shore, and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Monumental Work (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Place of Power
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 7, 2026
2. To Get to the Other Side Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 7, 2026
3. Cleveland and Pittsburgh (C&P) Railroad Viaduct
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 10, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
