Cherry Street, Toledo

Cherry Street is a major east–west roadway in Toledo, Ohio.

It crosses the Maumee River over the Martin Luther King Bridge, a bascule lift bridge, built in 1913.

[1][2] Toledo's first medical college was constructed at the corner of Cherry and Page streets, in 1896.

[3] The street is approximately one mile south of Interstate 280.

[4] The bridge was recognized as introducing an innovative technique for lift bridges to carry electric trolley and streetcars, powered by overhead wires.

Cherry Street was once a major hub for the Toledo streetcars . [ 1 ]