| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Cleveland Press |
| Title: | Lakeland Freeway Photographs |
| Dates: | 1947-1970 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Lakeland Freeway is a limited-access freeway in the northeastern suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. It runs with and parallel to Interstate 90 and State Route 2, and follows the shore of Lake Erie, linking the suburban areas of Lake County to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. It passes through Cleveland, Euclid, Wickliffe, Willowick, Willoughby, Eastlake, Mentor, Painesville, and Painesville Township. The collection consists of photographs of the location and construction of the Lakeland Freeway, Cleveland, Ohio. |
| PG Number | PG 159 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Lakeland Freeway Photographs, ca. 1947-1970, consist of 320 black and white photographs of the location and construction of the Lakeland Freeway, Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs measure 10 x 14 inches and smaller. The collection includes views of the different types of construction needed to complete the various portions of the freeway and the homes that were in the path of the freeway.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of freeway expansion, transportation, and suburbanization in Cleveland and northeastern Ohio in the twentieth century.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 159 Lakeland Freeway Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of the Cleveland Press.
Lakeland Freeway Photographs ca. 1947-1970 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Views of homes in the path of the freeway which were purchased and destroyed to clear the way ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Views of clearing the land of foliage so construction may begin ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Views of diagrams and scaled models of bridges and portions of the freeway ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Views of freeway construction on Coit Road ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Views of freeway construction on Dugway Brook ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Views of freeway construction on Eddy Road ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Views of freeway construction on Euclid Spur ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Views of freeway construction on Gordon Park area ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Views of freeway construction on the East 105th Street area ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Views of freeway construction on the East 138th area ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Views of freeway construction on the East 185th Street area ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Views of freeway construction on the East 260th Street area ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Views of the Wickliffe bridge collapse on the freeway path ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14-15 | Views of general freeway construction ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Views of pedestrian crossing the freeway hazardously ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Views of construction of a pedestrian crossing bridge ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Views of the finishing touches of the freeway ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Views of illegal traffic on the unopened freeway ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Views of the posting of various traffic signs ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Views of an opening ceremony of a portion of the freeway ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Views of traffic on the open freeway ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Views of damage on the freeway, mostly guardrails ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24-25 | Views of various stages and various locations of freeway construction ca. 1947-1970 | |||||||||