Great Canadian Bridges - Page 13

bulliver · #**241** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 1:16 AM**

Beautiful shot, beautiful bridge.

Chadillaccc · #**242** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 2:33 AM**

The Deh Cho Bridge, under construction in the Northwest Territories between Hay River and Yellowknife.

An amazing feat of engineering for such a remote area

Acajack · #**243** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Boy was I wrong:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...-montreal.html

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

The_Architect · #**244** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 2:03 PM**

I think Toronto should build a big suspension bridge from the portlands to the downtown..

Why? Because I want a bridge in my skyline shots! :p

(Obviously I'm kidding that would be ridiculous)

Vaillant · #**245** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 2:22 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acajack

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

just one thing...

The_Architect · #**246** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 2:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vaillant

just one thing...

Well her majesty is known for her longevity.. Maybe this one will last.

mhy · #**247** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 5:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

This sounds very exciting! I knew Quebec couldn't allow BC to be the only province building new mega bridges in Canada

I honestly think Kevin Falcon had some kind of legacy complex, hence every new bridge in BC (port mann, golden ears, canada line, coast-meridan overpass, etc) is an easily-identifiable cable-stay bridge. He probably wants to be known as the bridge-builder or something...

LeftCoaster · #**248** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 6:00 PM**

Well I don't necessarily disagree with you abour Falcon's desired legacy, the bridges are all cable stayed due to seismic requirements.

ssiguy · #**249** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 6:22 PM**

Vancouver has some lovely bridges and I also like the new the new cable stayed ones they have been building in the last 20 years.
The Lion's Gate i a beautiful bridge but my favorite has always been the Burrard.
I really like London's old Blackfriar's Bridge.

My favorite bridge in Canada is also an international one and the smallest international bridge in the world. It's a little tiny walk bridge between two houses that are on their own tiny little islands in Ontario's Thousand Islands. Not only very very cute but also international as one house is on the US side and the other on the Canadian.

davidivivid · #**250** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:09 AM**

Tracel - Marina Cap-Rouge par davidivivid, sur Flickr

Travis007 · #**251** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:59 AM**

Sweet photo, looks really majestic. Now that's a fine piece of engineering.

ToxiK · #**252** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 4:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by The_Architect

I think Toronto should build a big suspension bridge from the portlands to the downtown..

Why? Because I want a bridge in my skyline shots! :p

(Obviously I'm kidding that would be ridiculous)

A bridge would look good in the Toronto skyline (I am just talking about the look, not the practicality).

Maybe someone with talent with Photoshop could "built" a bridge in a Toronto picture.

ToxiK · #**253** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 4:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

I think it is a very real possibility. Since the bridge will take at least 10 years to build, it could be named posthumously in the honor of the Queen.

(I am no way a monarchist, but I don't wish the Queen dead. Don't make me say things I didn't said).

Dmajackson · #**254** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 5:42 AM**

I think its time for some East Coast lovin' (all photos NOT by me see links for credits);

Confederation Bridge

F .hayet @ Flickr.com

MacDonald Bridge

HAWKES NS @ Flickr.com

Sherbrooke Bridge (St. Mary's NS circa 1910)

toastedweasel @ Flickr.com

Cape Breton Bridge (near Kelly's Mountain I believe)

John S Y Lee @ Flickr.com

Canso Causeway (swinging bridge)

Sparechange63 @ Flickr.com

St. Martin's

ROC1968 @ Flickr.com

Meat Cove (new bridge built after washout last year)

Strabanephotos @ Flickr.com

And my personal favourites the one lane bridges. This particular one has no location listed but it says Nova Scotia and I have a hunch its the one I love on the backroad to Pugwash

ɔɐɯ uǝɥdǝʇs(mighty busy) @ Flickr.com

LeftCoaster · #**255** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:21 PM**

Love that St. Martin's bridge.

Acajack · #**256** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 1:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by ToxiK

I think it is a very real possibility. Since the bridge will take at least 10 years to build, it could be named posthumously in the honor of the Queen.

(I am no way a monarchist, but I don't wish the Queen dead. Don't make me say things I didn't said).

It is highly unlikely (even impossible) that we will see any new namings of anything in honour of the royals in Quebec. Even with the current bunch of Conservatives we have in power - it's still pretty much a no-go.

red-paladin · #**257** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 3:55 PM**

Progress on the new Port Mann Bridge.

From http://www.earthcam.com/clients/brit.../?cam=capehorn

mike474 · #**258** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 4:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acajack

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

Dieu protège la reine
De sa main souveraine
Vive la reine
Qu'un règne glorieux
Loin et victorieux
Rende son peuple heureux
Vive la reine

renthefinn · #**259** Posted **Oct 10, 2011, 12:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Well I don't necessarily disagree with you abour Falcon's desired legacy, the bridges are all cable stayed due to seismic requirements.

I don't think the bridges are cable stayed for seismic requirements, as other types of bridges can be successfully designed and build to seismic requirements, rather cable stay's are the most cost effective for the current span, height, constructability, and seismic requirements of the recent and current Vancouver bridges.

Note, within the cable stay bridges in Vancouver, there are some major differences (superdosed, steel deck/concrete deck, post tensioned concrete, etc).

Acajack · #**260** Posted **Oct 10, 2011, 12:48 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike474

Dieu protège la reine
De sa main souveraine
Vive la reine
Qu'un règne glorieux
Loin et victorieux
Rende son peuple heureux
Vive la reine

When I was kid I went to Franco-Ontarian schools for a while and we actually had this in our songbooks. Not sure if they had this in schools in Quebec though...