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Old Posted Oct 24, 2018, 12:50 AM
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Another missing thing for Halifax is a bridge over the Northwest Arm. This has been contemplated for about 100 years but never built. The Northwest Arm is only a couple km from downtown, is 5 km long, and only about 200 m across.



A drawing from a 1945 plan:


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The aquatic gardens were never built either. The rotary by the end of the arm is there and so are stretches of Connaught and Chebucto Road in 1940's-era boulevard form. But Connaught abruptly ends somewhere in the middle of a residential area without connecting up to anything in particular.

This project was also supposed to happen in the 1970's and connect up with a highway through downtown and third harbour bridge that were never built. That is probably for the best but the Northwest Arm bridge by itself would be useful.
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