Bay+View

Also, see Sandusky Bay and Erie County Lakeshore Birding Drive
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Erie County
=Bay View= Bay View, Ohio 44870 Village of Bay View website Bayview Drive (Coastal Access) webpage Sandusky Bay Bridge--South (Coastal Access) webpage

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Bay View
Coordinates: 41.4759416, -82.8265983 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Bay View
Sandusky Bay can be viewed from the community of Bay View. The old bridge causeway to the east of the Edison Memorial Bridge provides access by auto with parking for birders to set up scopes and view birds on the bay. From Ken Ostermiller

About Bay View
The former southern causeway approach to the Sandusky Bay Bridge is a popular publicly accessible fishing site in the Erie County village of Bay View. Shown as “Yetter Road” on some maps including those maintained by the Erie County Auditor’s Office, the southern causeway is 2,080 feet long.

The former Bay Bridge once spanned Sandusky Bay connecting Bay View with Danbury Township in Ottawa County. In 1965, the majority of the former bridge’s traffic was rerouted west to the new four-lane Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge (OH-2 and OH-269). Prior to the new, wider and higher bridge’s completion, the old bridge was the only way for automobile traffic to cross Sandusky Bay.

Dedicated in 1929, the bridge featured a lift between the northern and southern causeway approaches. At the time of its construction, it was the longest bridge and causeway in Ohio. The bridge was privately financed by the Sandusky Bay Bridge Company; the state of Ohio took ownership of the bridge in 1936. The bridge remained open until 1985 when the state removed the steel center because of the high cost of maintenance. Following the center lift’s removal, both the north causeway in Ottawa County and this south causeway became popular fishing sites.

The southern causeway can be accessed from Bayview Drive in Bay View. A street sign at the causeway’s Bayview Drive intersection identifies the former bridge approach as Bayside Drive. From Sandusky Bay Bridge--South (Coastal Access) webpage

Bay View fishing access, looking northwest toward OH-2 Bridge Photo by Vic Fazio



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