Great Canadian Bridges - Page 49

balletomane · #**961** Posted **Apr 23, 2017, 2:29 PM**

Manitoba's bridge to nowhere, the 17-span Port Nelson Bridge, still braving the fierce waters of the Hudson Bay after a century of abandonment.

http://www.airphotona.com/nextimg.asp?imageid=3484

The Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge, on practically every postcard of Winnipeg, with the neighbouring Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

http://www.immigratemanitoba.com/esplanade-riel-bridge/

A place of urban legends, the Arlington Bridge. It was actually meant to cross the Nile.

http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/arlingtonbridge.shtml

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**962** Posted **Apr 23, 2017, 4:46 PM**

This former railway bridge, in the small town of St. Mary's, was a former railway bridge used in the 19th century and 20th century, until it was abandoned in favour of a new bridge farther south. In the late 80's the town thought of how to revitalize the bridgeway for the community, and in the 90's the bridge was repurposed to the present pedestrian bridge it serves as now. All rails had to be ripped up, and an entirely new trail system was created in the former track route. The bridge opened in 1996, and it's a really nice bridge, especially to walk down in the evening. It's also very photo-friendly. (All photos by me)
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Southern View (Downtown)
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Northern view (New Subdivision, rural farm)
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Final shot, from January:
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Marshal · #**963** Posted **Apr 24, 2017, 3:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by balletomane

Manitoba's bridge to nowhere, the 17-span Port Nelson Bridge, still braving the fierce waters of the Hudson Bay after a century of abandonment.

http://www.airphotona.com/nextimg.asp?imageid=3484

So, what's the story? They thought they needed a second port?

balletomane · #**964** Posted **Apr 24, 2017, 11:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Marshal

So, what's the story? They thought they needed a second port?

Port Nelson was actually meant to be Manitoba's northern port. That's partly why the HBC Railway continues on a strong northeasterly direction until about Gillam, that's when the province decided that Churchill would be better and then the railway swings north to Churchill.
Construction on Port Nelson started sometime before WW1, and continued until the 1920's. All that remains is the bridge, artificial island and a 180 ft dredge that was beached on the island in a storm.

http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history...yrailway.shtml

Metro-One · #**965** Posted **Apr 24, 2017, 11:53 PM**

What a neat story, thanks for sharing! So strannge to have such a large orphaned piece of infrastructure in the middle of nowhere.

Laceoflight · #**966** Posted **Jul 29, 2017, 3:57 PM**

Construction of the new Champlain bridge over the St. Lawrence :
Here's a video by Gabriel Gingras, added on YouTube on July 28, 2017

• Video Link

Bonus : nice view on the skyline.

hipster duck · #**967** Posted **Jul 30, 2017, 4:40 PM**

^Thanks. That might be the most awesome construction site to view in any Canadian city right now.

It's going up pretty fast, too.

MolsonExport · #**968** Posted **Jul 31, 2017, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Construction of the new Champlain bridge over the St. Lawrence :
Here's a video by Gabriel Gingras, added on YouTube on July 28, 2017

• Video Link

Bonus : nice view on the skyline.

nice find. great video.

Martin Mtl · #**969** Posted **Aug 8, 2017, 8:08 PM**

Champlain bridge construction

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXi2tLxB...agged=montreal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXYjSlsH...=pontchamplain

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXErMljl...idinwonderland

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXBz2fDF...=pontchamplain

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXUF_kaF...=pontchamplain

Coldrsx · #**970** Posted **Aug 20, 2017, 2:34 PM**

Our new Walterdale Bridge (replacing the old green Walterdale). Opens in late Sept.

www.twitter.com/wherezjeff

dreambrother808 · #**971** Posted **Aug 21, 2017, 1:47 AM**

Looks good. Is that a pedestrian/cycling bridge attached to it?

Franco401 · #**972** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 8:09 PM**

I have a question for anyone living in Montreal or who has information on the subject: with the construction of the Pont Maurice Richard, what will be happening with the Estacade? I know it's a great cycling link, but is the new bridge not to include protected bike lanes?

Coldrsx · #**973** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Looks good. Is that a pedestrian/cycling bridge attached to it?

Correct.

nephersir7 · #**974** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Franco401

I have a question for anyone living in Montreal or who has information on the subject: with the construction of the Pont Maurice Richard, what will be happening with the Estacade? I know it's a great cycling link, but is the new bridge not to include protected bike lanes?

I'm assuming you mean the new Pont Champlain. The new bridge will definitely not be named after Richard.

The estacade's dedicated bike path is here to stay. It was built only 1-2 years ago at a cost of 6 million dollars.

On this picture, you can see the old unprotected bike path on the left and the new dedicated structure on the right:

The new bridge will feature a protected bike path which will allow cyclists to cross the St-Lawrence Seaway and go directly to Brossard, whereas the estacade only links Montreal to the St-Lawrence Seaway bike path. So they will complement each other.

Franco401 · #**975** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 11:52 PM**

cool.

Klazu · #**976** Posted **Aug 26, 2017, 7:37 PM**

Few summers ago I did a trip to see how the 7am rush hour looks like at Alex Fraser Bridge.

There is a convenient pedestrian path on both sides of the bridge.

Fraser River and New Westminster slowly waking up.

Highway 17 following the river shoreline.

franktko · #**977** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 3:43 PM**

Some more shots of the new Champlain bridge construction. Last pic is a great panorama.

(large pics)

GreaterMontréal · #**978** Posted **Oct 3, 2017, 1:21 AM**

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Boreal · #**979** Posted **Oct 3, 2017, 1:59 AM**

Two things.

The new bridge in Edmonton looks great.

The Alex Fraser has the narrowest lanes of any spanning structure I have ever crossed. I recall feeling like I had maybe 1/16" on each side of the car. Perhaps the hyperbole is overstated.

GlassCity · #**980** Posted **Oct 3, 2017, 4:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Boreal

Two things.

The new bridge in Edmonton looks great.

The Alex Fraser has the narrowest lanes of any spanning structure I have ever crossed. I recall feeling like I had maybe 1/16" on each side of the car. Perhaps the hyperbole is overstated.

Really? The Alex Fraser's lanes have always felt perfectly wide to me. Are you sure you're not thinking of the Patullo? If not, then you haven't seen what narrow really means