Category: Transportation

Anthony Wayne Bridge

Toledo History Box, January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

The Anthony Wayne Bridge, aka the High Level Bridge, is one of Toledo’s most enduring structures and probably always will be.

Toledo History Box, January 3, 2018December 13, 2018

Toledo Express Airport, which has never lived up to expectations, opened with fanfare in 1954.

Toledo History Box, September 23, 2017October 5, 2017

The West Toledo Expressway – an 8.8 mile section of Interstates 75 and 475 – opened in December, 1970. Sylvania felt snubbed.

Toledo History Box, September 15, 2017April 14, 2018

The Anthony Wayne Trail was built on the bed of the Miami and Erie canal, but its official draining ceremony in 1929 was ruined by saboteurs.

Toledo History Box, July 21, 2017January 15, 2018

A week-long celebration marked the opening of Toledo’s new train station, Central Union Terminal, in 1950. It was a long time coming.

Toledo History Box, July 29, 2011January 30, 2018

What did it take to get Toledo Express Airport built? Figuring out where, mostly: but a big push from big business got that issue settled.

Toledo History Box, March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

The ice broke on the Maumee in March, 1908, and the steamer Yuma, torn from its mooring, took out a good chunk of the former Cherry Street Bridge.