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Old Posted Jan 3, 2009, 4:41 AM
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Halifax has many small bridges but only two are of note.

MacKay Bridge (foreground) and the McDonald Bridge (background):

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MacKay Bridge - 1.6km long suspenion bridge. It is Halifax's busiest bridge with four lanes (two in each direction) and connects directly the Circ Highway in Dartmouth to the two main north-south connectors in Halifax. It strecthes across the Narrows near the Bedford Basin.

MacDonald Bridge - Nearly the same length as the MacKay Bridge it is the oldest bridge in use in Halifax being built in 1954. It was originally two lanes wide but it was recently converted to a three lane reversing lane. It connects North Street to Nantucket Ave. One interesting point is this bridge was actually the third one built on the site. One was burnt by fire and the other was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion. There is a rumor that there is a curse on this bridge and that one night without warning the bridge will collapse and take everyone on it with it.

Just an interesting trivia fact. the Halifax Peninsula home to downtown and 100'000 citizens only has 22 lanes connecting to it the rest of the world and 7 of those lanes are via the two bridges. Because of this there is talk of building a third bridge or tunnel.
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