The Hope Memorial Bridge carries Lorain–Carnegie Avenue across the Cuyahoga River and is anchored at each end by four monumental Art Deco figures — the Guardians of Traffic — each over forty feet tall and clutching a different mode of transport: a covered wagon, a stagecoach, an automobile, a truck. They were designed by Henry Hering in 1932 and are unique to Cleveland.
The bridge is named for Bob Hope's father, William Henry Hope, a stonemason who worked on the project. A walk across the south sidewalk gives the best view of the downtown skyline and the river beneath; it is also part of the city's ongoing waterfront trail network.
Free to walk; the trailhead is in Ohio City at the western anchor and at the Tower City end downtown.