A valley formed by the Cuyahoga River divides this city into East & West sides
The first city directory, printed in 1837, states that the bridge was "supported... [DOC] [TLE] BRIDGES OF METROPOLITAN CLEVELAND [PAR] The panorama of Cleveland's Cuyahoga Valley shows bridges of all sizes, styles, 
... the Cuyahoga River literally cuts the city in two, and was the dividing line ... for 
bridge design seems to have been formed early in the nineteenth century.