Thursday 1st September 1983
The Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, US was rededicated as the Hope Memorial Bridge in honour of Harry Hope, one of the stonecutters who made the four art deco pylons used on the bridge and the father of comedian Bob Hope. The 5,865-foot-long (1,788 m) art deco truss bridge crosss the Cuyahoga River, connecingting Lorain Avenue on Cleveland’s west side and Carnegie Avenue on the east side, terminating just short of Progressive Field. Pairs of statues designed by sculptor Henry Hering and architect Frank Walker – titled the “Guardians of Traffic” – stand on pylons at each end of the viaduct, symbolizing progress in transportation.