Bridge Facts

  • Located in Lorain, Ohio
  • Runs along U.S. Route 6
  • Second-largest bascule bridge in the world
  • Originally built in the late 1930s
  • Formerly called the "Erie Avenue Bridge"
  • Rehabilitated in 1988
  • Dedicated on Veterans Day in 1988
  • Renamed in honor of Lorain native and former Marine Charles J. Berry
  • One of only 3 bridges in Ohio that the Ohio Department of Transportation will currently fund
  • A primary method of transportation between the east and west of Lorain (across the Black River)