This was the Mound Street overpass over I-70/I-71. There used to be an interchange here, but it was too close to the I-70/I-71 interchange. The interchange ramp spacing was too close.
I drove the bridge to work nearly every day! Whittier St once went thru all the way to High St. Columbus Parks and Rec had their headquarters there - this was before the impounding lot and the warehouses people mention (I never recall seeing any warehouses - this would have been late 70s).
Not a highway. It was the overpass from Mound to the Whittier peninsula. There is a park there now but there used to be warehouses that supplied multiple department stores including Lazarus. Not an abandoned freeway but an abandoned overpass that was tore down to make way for the 70/71 split redesign.
- that's Whittier Street. Lazarus warehouse was down there, the Columbus Police impounding lot., I went to many Poljce auto auctions there back in the day.
Ok I'm perplexed that this exists in a city I lived in for 35 years. Driven under it countless times. Then again it is C-bus city council and mayors running the joint, haha.
We Are Stronger Together. I love that. I hope they could put that section to good use instead of it being abandoned for good like a bike and walking trail. Cool video.
Me too, sends a great message with all that’s going on right now, honestly it’s what inspired me to film this place, I wish more abandoned places can be beautified with nice graffiti instead of the normal crap.
@@tropicalpalmtree Only if it's allowed to happen. That's the problem. People will readily fight, disagree, hate, kill and destroy all very easily. If we want any peace or want to save lives and cultures and ways of life, it requires work, compromise and a willingness to listen to others. The world or at least for the most part, doesn't HAVE to be ripped apart. That's a choice, not a certainty.
Cool video!! It kind of reminds me the Centralia Graffiti Highway in Pennsylvania, but lots less graffiti!! Interesting history. Thank you John. Wish I could be here for the live premiers. I work funky hours and can’t even look at my phone at work. Hopefully next time!!!
Hi John, I think you have a talent for this. Could you do more? Have you ever been to Sessions Village just north of Bexley off of Broad St? It's a small euro-germanic group of private homes.
Ha funny how im just not coming across this video. I'm from Columbus and got to explore this abandoned overpass a couple months back. It was such a great view over I-70/I-71, sadly, it has been completely torn down and there is no way of accessing either side :(
oh and as a follow up as i watch this, they actually didn't need to close down either freeway to deconstruct it. I was leaving downtown one day and saw workers taking it apart bit by bit. Though, i do assume that a lot of the tear down process was done at night to minizine accidents.
I wonder when and why it was abandoned. Reminds me of the old Viola Ave bridge over SR 11 in Austintown. It was built in the late 60s with the assumption that Viola would be expanded to cross the freeway but it never happened, and the bridge to nowhere was finally demolished about 10 years ago. Up until 1994, the Oakcrest Dr bridge, just south of Viola, was also a bridge to nowhere. It was only 26 years ago the road was expanded and the bridge was finally put to use about 25 years after being built
I used to live in Austintown so I know exactly where you are talking. Also there was an abandoned bridge in McDonald but it may have reopened. Thanks for watching!
It likely has something to do with the Scioto Mile on one end, and Audubon Metro park on the other. It made sense to turn it into a pedestrian bridge, but the cost of maintaining it would have been too great. It has now been demolished as part of the I71/I70 improvement.
Yes, Mound had a "viaduct" that went over the train tracks then continued SW then S onto Whittier, which essentially followed the current walking path at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, but was wide enough for cars. What is now the Scioto Audubon park was industrial with factories and warehouses so it was used as a short cut to that area from downtown. When 70 was built it was partially used as entrance and exit ramps to the new freeway, until better engineered ramps were built in the mid 70s. The bridge over 70 was closed to vehicle traffic around 1986 and the portion over the tracks demolished in the late 90s before Miranova was built.
yup... and guess what..they ddidn'thave to shut down the freeway to demolish it... its almost like it was never there... alhaveashaveven way to newer highway construction
It would have been much more interesting to know more about the history of the bridge and why it closed. Eerie music doesn't make pictures of broken asphalt and overgrowth any more interesting.
It was a well used overpass as a shortcut to what is now the Brewery District from downtown until the mid 1980s, when the bridge started to fall into disrepair. It was closed in the mid 80s due to safety concerns. The section of Bridge over Mound Street over the tracks, before it curved south onto Whittier, was much older and closed in 1989, then demolished in the mid 90s. This bridge is scheduled to come down in 2022.
This was the Mound Street overpass over I-70/I-71. There used to be an interchange here, but it was too close to the I-70/I-71 interchange. The interchange ramp spacing was too close.
I drove the bridge to work nearly every day! Whittier St once went thru all the way to High St. Columbus Parks and Rec had their headquarters there - this was before the impounding lot and the warehouses people mention (I never recall seeing any warehouses - this would have been late 70s).
It's almost surreal to see a place nearly pristine so near to the city.
Almost no graffiti and nearly no litter.
Not a highway. It was the overpass from Mound to the Whittier peninsula. There is a park there now but there used to be warehouses that supplied multiple department stores including Lazarus. Not an abandoned freeway but an abandoned overpass that was tore down to make way for the 70/71 split redesign.
Whoa, never knew that was there used to drive past every day, pretty awesome.
- that's Whittier Street. Lazarus warehouse was down there, the Columbus Police impounding lot., I went to many Poljce auto auctions there back in the day.
Ok I'm perplexed that this exists in a city I lived in for 35 years. Driven under it countless times. Then again it is C-bus city council and mayors running the joint, haha.
It’s sad to see that bridge taken out it was a good place to take pictures
It’s gone now ?
We Are Stronger Together. I love that. I hope they could put that section to good use instead of it being abandoned for good like a bike and walking trail. Cool video.
Me too, sends a great message with all that’s going on right now, honestly it’s what inspired me to film this place, I wish more abandoned places can be beautified with nice graffiti instead of the normal crap.
We'll never be together again. The world is being split apart bit by bit.
@@tropicalpalmtree Only if it's allowed to happen. That's the problem. People will readily fight, disagree, hate, kill and destroy all very easily. If we want any peace or want to save lives and cultures and ways of life, it requires work, compromise and a willingness to listen to others. The world or at least for the most part, doesn't HAVE to be ripped apart. That's a choice, not a certainty.
@@JohnCassity They demolished the road
I saw the stenciling on the far right of the green painted beams under the overpass, as I drove under it for years. It was last spray-painted in 1986.
Extra crispy footage.
Thank you Rick!!
im literally watching them tear it down right now 😥😥
Cool video!! It kind of reminds me the Centralia Graffiti Highway in Pennsylvania, but lots less graffiti!! Interesting history. Thank you John. Wish I could be here for the live premiers. I work funky hours and can’t even look at my phone at work. Hopefully next time!!!
Thanks Julie! always nice to see your comments!
I live in Columbus and know exactly where this is, perfect spot for a movie shoot.
The bridge to no where is gone! They took it out for the interstate improvement thru Cbus. Much needed!
I need an update on this. It goes back aprox. a year and a half ago. I am also surprised that the homeless have not found this place to hang out.
Thanks for your comment! They city actually ended up demolishing the bridge recently unfortunately.
They did, it was cleared out in 2017 after there was a murder there. It was a huge homeless encampment at one time.
Hi John, I think you have a talent for this. Could you do more? Have you ever been to Sessions Village just north of Bexley off of Broad St? It's a small euro-germanic group of private homes.
Thank you! Sorry I didn’t see your comment, I will definitely have to check that out sometime! Thank you for watching!
Very interesting. It reminds me of the famous graffiti highway in Centralia.
Ha funny how im just not coming across this video. I'm from Columbus and got to explore this abandoned overpass a couple months back. It was such a great view over I-70/I-71, sadly, it has been completely torn down and there is no way of accessing either side :(
oh and as a follow up as i watch this, they actually didn't need to close down either freeway to deconstruct it. I was leaving downtown one day and saw workers taking it apart bit by bit. Though, i do assume that a lot of the tear down process was done at night to minizine accidents.
I wonder when and why it was abandoned. Reminds me of the old Viola Ave bridge over SR 11 in Austintown. It was built in the late 60s with the assumption that Viola would be expanded to cross the freeway but it never happened, and the bridge to nowhere was finally demolished about 10 years ago. Up until 1994, the Oakcrest Dr bridge, just south of Viola, was also a bridge to nowhere. It was only 26 years ago the road was expanded and the bridge was finally put to use about 25 years after being built
I used to live in Austintown so I know exactly where you are talking. Also there was an abandoned bridge in McDonald but it may have reopened. Thanks for watching!
@@JohnCassity You mean the abandoned pedestrian bridge over 80 between Liberty and Girard? That was knocked down a few years ago
It likely has something to do with the Scioto Mile on one end, and Audubon Metro park on the other. It made sense to turn it into a pedestrian bridge, but the cost of maintaining it would have been too great.
It has now been demolished as part of the I71/I70 improvement.
Good that video was taken of this before it was torn down to make way for the new 70/71/315 interchange
Columbus used to be a great city, then along came mayor Mikey.
I’m surprised the bridge didn’t fall down
I live about an hour south of Columbus, I never knew it existed
Hello from Nova Scotia,Canada 🇨🇦. Great video!
Hey thanks for stopping by!!
I've watched red white and boom a couple of times from that spot. Sucks they tore it down.
When did this bridge closed?
Around 1986
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Alright are we not gonna talk about how someone wrote R.I.P Big Chungus?
What was Whittier Street connected to Mound Street.
Yes, at one time
Yes, Mound had a "viaduct" that went over the train tracks then continued SW then S onto Whittier, which essentially followed the current walking path at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, but was wide enough for cars. What is now the Scioto Audubon park was industrial with factories and warehouses so it was used as a short cut to that area from downtown. When 70 was built it was partially used as entrance and exit ramps to the new freeway, until better engineered ramps were built in the mid 70s. The bridge over 70 was closed to vehicle traffic around 1986 and the portion over the tracks demolished in the late 90s before Miranova was built.
Notification squad, 🛣
The message doesn’t show up on google earth, I wonder why🤔?
Outdated imagery?
yup... and guess what..they ddidn'thave to shut down the freeway to demolish it... its almost like it was never there... alhaveashaveven way to newer highway construction
should definitely be turned into a park! what a missed opportunity
They tore it down
The first section before he crossed the bridge reminded me of horizon zero dawn.
They tore it down recently.
It reminds me Of the walking dead.
This is an awesome sight. I'll have to plan a visit to it someday.
The bridge was demolished a few months ago
2022 it's gone now
shes gone now
Sadly
Where is it
It gives you a map at the beginning and explains the exact location....
Just east of where 70/71 crosses the river.
Not a highway... never was..
Columbus is overrated.
It would have been much more interesting to know more about the history of the bridge and why it closed. Eerie music doesn't make pictures of broken asphalt and overgrowth any more interesting.
I agree. I've always have known about it. Not the history. Maybe I'll ask around.
It was a well used overpass as a shortcut to what is now the Brewery District from downtown until the mid 1980s, when the bridge started to fall into disrepair. It was closed in the mid 80s due to safety concerns. The section of Bridge over Mound Street over the tracks, before it curved south onto Whittier, was much older and closed in 1989, then demolished in the mid 90s. This bridge is scheduled to come down in 2022.