at Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park have taken their final rides on what was once the world's tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster.

Cedar Point is shutting down the Mean Streak after 25 years to make room for other development in that area. Officials haven't said what will replace it.


The Sandusky Register reports about 1,000 people were on hand for the coaster's final tribute Friday.

Among those getting in one more trip was Henry Sievers, a fan who had ridden the Mean Streak more than 16,000 times. He says it was a great night.

The final rides were followed by a memorial of sorts as fans bid the coaster farewell.

Cedar Point says more than 26 million people rode the 161-foot coaster, which opened in 1991.Eliza Newlin Carney

Bio:

Eliza Newlin Carney is a senior writer covering political money and election law for CQ Roll Call. Carney writes features, investigative stories and news articles for CQ Weekly. She also writes a Rules of the Game column for Roll Call that analyzes the latest developments in lobbying, political money and ethics. Carney signed on in 2011 as a Roll Call staff writer. She joined the CQ Weekly staff in April 2013.

Carney previously was a contributing editor at National Journal, writing about campaign financing and Washington's influence industry. She was an election law columnist for NationalJournal.com and NationalJournalDaily. She also contributed features and investigative stories to National Journal and Government Executive magazines, among others, and worked as a freelance writer.

Before that Carney spent close to 10 years