Great Canadian Bridges - Page 53

nephersir7 · #**1041** Posted **Jun 15, 2018, 12:52 AM**

Radio-Canada got access to multiple parts of the Champlain Bridge worksite

Stunning images!

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Martin Mtl · #**1042** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 3:51 PM**

Champlain bridge

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkJUhPUj...ken-by=ajshotz

J.OT13 · #**1043** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 8:35 PM**

December 2018? I'm skeptical.

Wpg_Guy · #**1044** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 9:11 PM**

Bridges of Winnipeg

Winnipeg in truly are city of bridges, there are 3 rivers, Red, Assiniboine and the Seine, the city has 43 vehicular bridges.

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TorontoDrew · #**1045** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 3:45 PM**

Toronto has a grand total of 210 bridges, 208 if you don't count the buried ones.

93 bridges over water in total
21 over the Don River
22 over the East Don River
5 over Taylor Massey Creek
6 over the West Don River
16 over the Humber River
23 over other bodies of water

65 Roadway Bridges
51 Road overpasses
14 Railway overpasses

25 Pedestrian Bridges

28 Railway bridges

2 Buried Bridges

p_xavier · #**1046** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 3:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.OT13

December 2018? I'm skeptical.

The Auditor General of Québec was also...

PBruge · #**1047** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 7:28 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Toronto has a grand total of 210 bridges, 208 if you don't count the buried ones.

93 bridges over water in total
21 over the Don River
22 over the East Don River
5 over Taylor Massey Creek
6 over the West Don River
16 over the Humber River
23 over other bodies of water

65 Roadway Bridges
51 Road overpasses
14 Railway overpasses

25 Pedestrian Bridges

28 Railway bridges

2 Buried Bridges

211 if you include the Toronto Bridge League
http://www.torontobridge.ca/

PBruge · #**1048** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by d_jeffrey

The Auditor General of Québec was also...

I don’t think they’ll make December. Early spring?

franktko · #**1049** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

December 2018? I'm skeptical.

Especially that construction has been halted since last thursday due to crane operators illegal strike... They can't afford a week without work at this time.

TorontoDrew · #**1050** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 8:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBruge

211 if you include the Toronto Bridge League
http://www.torontobridge.ca/

LOL, good one.

Denscity · #**1051** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 10:02 PM**

Dumb question what is a buried bridge?

Metro-One · #**1052** Posted **Jun 20, 2018, 11:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Champlain bridge

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkJUhPUj...ken-by=ajshotz

That is a great shot! Jealous

Sadly the NDP cancelled our big bridge project (the GMB) but we will still have a somewhat major bridge project moving forward with the new Pattullo.

TorontoDrew · #**1053** Posted **Jun 23, 2018, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Dumb question what is a buried bridge?

There are 2 bridges in the city that have had the space underneath filled in.

LeftCoaster · #**1054** Posted **Jun 25, 2018, 10:28 PM**

Filled bridge then?

Coldrsx · #**1055** Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 1:18 PM**

The Walterdale

@ianoyeg

Coldrsx · #**1056** Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 7:11 PM**

A few more from last night:

@ianoyeg

Innsertnamehere · #**1057** Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 10:55 PM**

there has to be more bridge structures in the city than that - is that only counting municipally owned bridges? the 401 alone probably contains 200 bridge structures through the city.

WhipperSnapper · #**1058** Posted **Jun 26, 2018, 11:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Filled bridge then?

These are probably the bridges that crossed the valley in which Garrison Creek flowed. The creek was redirected into a culvert and the valley completely filled in. Buried makes sense.

someone123 · #**1059** Posted **Jun 27, 2018, 12:04 AM**

Here's a blog post about stone bridges in Nova Scotia: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/noticedin...like-a-bridge/

An example, the Chignecto Ship Railway bridge from 1890

Another from 1828 in the Annapolis Valley.

Some of these are just ruins today. It's really interesting to find them randomly. I used to live near an old bridge like this, but the span had collapsed.

Chadillaccc · #**1060** Posted **Jun 27, 2018, 5:58 AM**

Don't know if this has been shared here but this is the proposed replacement of the Inglewood Bridge in Calgary. The old girl is 110 years old, so time to be replaced unfortunately. The new one is pretty basic but I don't mind it, not offensive at all and knowing Calgary it will definitely have an awesome LED fixture, so that could make notch it over to "good".