Dredging at the Columbus Rd. Bridge ID: 5313 | This file appears in: Dredging the Bend During the first half of the 20th century, Cleveland underwent a significant project to alter the Cuyahoga River in order to make it more accessible for freighters and other maritime commerce. Here, a dredge from the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. operates to make the river deeper and wider near the Columbus Rd. Bridge in 1947. | Date: 1947 | Source: Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. Download Original File SourceCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.Date1947 "Dredging at the Columbus Rd. Bridge" appears in: Dredging the Bend