Great Canadian Bridges

[eemy]

Northern Ontario is Ontario too!

Eagle Canyon footbridge - 600 ft/180 m long.

http://www.eaglecanyonadventures.ca/

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Here is an amazing pic of the newPort Mann.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg

WOW! It is looking just huge now.

I've gotta get out there and drive it next year once all the upgrades to the highway are done.

[Symz]

Wow that bridge looks amazing.

[Chadillaccc]

Widest traffic bridge in the world.

[bulliver]

Are they laying asphalt on top of the concrete deck? Is that typical?

[Andrewjm3D]

Some urban bridges along the Don River Valley system. But to start the CN bridge at the end of my street. And yes these are all downtown Toronto.























To give you some sort of scale of the Viaduct check out the cyclist at the base.


Queen Street


Dundas Street


Gerrard Street




CN


CN High Bridge


Eastern Avenue


Walkways (kind of bridges) at River City


GO Line

[giallo]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

WOW! It is looking just huge now.

I've gotta get out there and drive it next year once all the upgrades to the highway are done.

I'm hoping they open it by December. I'd love to drive over it when I'm back for Christmas.

[Dwils01]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Here is an amazing pic of the newPort Mann.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg

My parents just sent me a picture of this bridge. They are in Surrey right now, I wish I could have gone too. It's been 5 years since I've been there and I miss it.

[SignalHillHiker]

My favourite bridge in Newfoundland. It's in the resettled village of La Manche (in the 1960s, the government forced Newfoundlanders to move into regional population centres to save money on the cost of providing services such as public utilities. As you can imagine, it was very socially traumatic and still has repercussions today. Here's a little information and a song about it, if you're curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEg4kQC1Bw ) and it's a wonderful (but EXHAUSTING) hike.

We come here frequently to drink and swim and play the guitar/sing. When you turn off the main regional highway, you have to drive for about 5 minutes on a gravel road, then park and hike about 25 minutes to get to this bridge. Still, lots of people do it. There are usually at least 10-20 people milling around at any given time. There's also a tie line under the bridge so boats come in and tie on in the river for a rest.

Switchback wooden trail down to the bridge:


The bridge:


And again:


Some of the other hikers:

[Robertpuant]

Pont Jacques Cartier


Pont Champlain


Pont Victoria

[MolsonExport]

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed, and considered the 8th wonder of the world.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed

Are you kidding me? ... wow !
We learn everyday.

Belles photos Robertpuant

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed, and considered the 8th wonder of the world.

Wow... really? That's... something.

It has a signal transmission tower right beside it... in the water... why is this so?

[Metro-One]

I was wondering the same thing, hehe.

Some nice bridges there, would love to drive over them one day.

Montreal and Vancouver are definitely Canada's "bridge" cities. (As are Halifax and Quebec City for smaller cities).

I love bridges (as many may have guessed, haha) and they are a great aspect of infrastructure that add to the character of a Metro.

What is interesting is how Montreal and Vancouver have completely different styles of bridge infrastructure. Vancouver's being suspension / cable stayed of course.

[Tone]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

It has a signal transmission tower right beside it... in the water... why is this so?

Its one of many power lines that cross the river.

[waterloowarrior]

Here's one that's a little bit different - the destruction of a larger bridge and replacement by a more modest structure. The North Channel Bridge of the Seaway International Bridge in Cornwall, Ontario is being replaced. The high level structure will be demolished and replaced with a low level crossing. The cost of the project is $75 million and the new bridge will open for traffic in 2013 (entire project will be finished by 2016). A toll booth will be located on the canal lands.

Existing Bridge


by deanspic @ flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanspic/4745884674/


by deanspic @ flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanspic/2669050263/

The new project will be much more integrated into the Cornwall waterfront and will help faciliatate redevelopment of industrial properties on Brookdale Avenue, the arterial running along the approach to the bridge. The locks shown in the pictures were part of the Cornwall Canal, which became obsolete and was mostly flooded once the St. Lawrence Seaway was constructed. Large ships use the south channel on the other side of Cornwall Island and locks in New York to get around the Moses Saunders Power Dam.

pics from:
http://www.pontcornwallbridge.ca/eng

New Bridge



August 2012 construction

[Metro-One]

Dude, that sucks! What a loss. All the bridges being replaced in BC are being replaced by larger, more grand structures.

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Dude, that sucks! What a loss. All the bridges being replaced in BC are being replaced by larger, more grand structures.

It's an impressive structure but massively overbuilt. It is built so high in order to provide clearance for large ocean-going ship if/when there would potentially be an all-Canadian option for the St. Lawrence Seaway that would by-pass the locks on the American side near Massena. However 20 years after the Seaway was built, shipping volumes started to decline and this by-pass is no longer necessary from a political or practical point of view. With the industrial lands below being redeveloped and the deck needing replacement the feds decided to rebuild at a more appropriate scale.

I think it will have a positive impact on the community and help integrate the new development better into the rest of the City (they are redeveloping Brookdale Avenue as well). It will also help link the City better with Cornwall Island with a 400 metre vs 1600 metre crossing distance, although they are still keeping the tolls to get to Cornwall Island because the Federal corporation owning the bridge is self-financing and probably partly because of the native blockade a little while back.

[eemy]

It sounds like it might be a nice change from the perspective of the actual town though. Big elevated structures aren't the nicest neighbours.

[Metro-One]

I feel the complete opposite that they are loosing a very significant landmark, but then I have always loved elevated structures and how they can be incorporated into an urban fabric (Granville Street Bridge, skytrain, etc...)