This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada. In Quebec, despite over 1,200 existing in the last century, today there are only 88 remaining. [1] [2] In New Brunswick, 58 covered bridges have been identified. [3]
Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion. [16] [17]
The Quebec Bridge has been the longest cantilever bridge span in the world since 1917, measuring 549 metres (1,801 ft) between its two piles. [H 12] It helds the record of all-categories longest span in the world until the opening of the Ambassador Bridge, it's the last bridge that broke such a record before suspension bridges hold the award by far. [18] It was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada in 1995. [H 12]
In 1929, the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and United States surpassed the Quebec Bridge with a 564 metres (1,850 ft) main span and became the largest crossing in the world [19] until the inauguration of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 in New York City which almost doubled the range hitherto achieved. [20]
Studies have been carried out for crossing the Saguenay River near Tadoussac just before the confluence with the St. Lawrence River, [21] the latest project presented by the COWI A/S company includes the construction of a 1,145 metres (3,757 ft) span suspension bridge with a 70 metres (230 ft) clearance above the river. [22]
This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).
This part lists all the former bridges which succeeded one another on the Niagara River between the towns of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Queenston in Canada and Niagara Falls, New York and Lewiston in United States. The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge (1897), the Rainbow Bridge (1941) and the Lewiston–Queenston Bridge (1962), still in service are listed in the Major road and railway bridges part above.
Name | Span | Length | Type | Note | Opened | Location | Ref. | ||
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1 | First Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge dismantled in 1855 | 232 m (761 ft) | Suspension Wooden pylons | First crossing of the Niagara Conception by Charles Ellet Jr. Replaced by the second Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge | 1848 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°06′33.2″N79°03′29.4″W / 43.109222°N 79.058167°W | [83] | ||
2 | First Lewiston–Queenston Bridge wrecked by wind in 1864 | 257 m (843 ft) | 317 m (1,040 ft) | Suspension | 1854 | Queenston–Lewiston 43°09′42″N79°02′47″W / 43.16167°N 79.04639°W | [S 63] [84] | ||
3 | Second Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge dismantled in 1897 | 251 m (823 ft) | Suspension with cable-stays, 2 levels wooden deck, masonry pylons | World's first working railway suspension bridge Conception by John A. Roebling Replaced by the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge | 1855 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°06′33.3″N79°03′29.5″W / 43.109250°N 79.058194°W | [Note 3] [S 64] [85] [86] [87] | ||
4 | First Niagara Clifton Bridge destroyed by storm in 1889 | 386 m (1,266 ft) | Suspension with cable-stays, wooden deck and pylons | Longest span in the world when inaugurated Conception by Samuel Keefer | 1868 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°05′18.2″N79°04′11.3″W / 43.088389°N 79.069806°W | [Note 4] [S 65] [88] [89] | ||
5 | Niagara Cantilever Bridge dismantled in 1925 | 151 m (495 ft) | 276 m (906 ft) | Cantilever | Replaced by the Michigan Central Railway Bridge | 1883 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°06′30.2″N79°03′28.4″W / 43.108389°N 79.057889°W | [90] | |
6 | Honeymoon Bridge destroyed by ice push in 1938 | 256 m (840 ft) | 378 m (1,240 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch | Longest span arch bridge in the world when inaugurated | 1898 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°05′18.0″N79°04′10.5″W / 43.088333°N 79.069583°W | [S 66] [91] [92] | |
7 | Second Lewiston–Queenston Bridge dismantled in 1963 | 257 m (843 ft) | 257 m (843 ft) | Suspension | Former Second Niagara Clifton Bridge moved | 1899 | Queenston–Lewiston 43°09′42″N79°02′46″W / 43.16167°N 79.04611°W | [S 67] [93] | |
8 | Michigan Central Railway Bridge Out of service since 2001 | 195 m (640 ft) | Arch Steel deck arch | 1925 | Niagara Falls, Ontario– Niagara Falls, New York 43°06′31.4″N79°03′28.9″W / 43.108722°N 79.058028°W | [S 68] [94] [95] |
This part is organized by province and territory.
North Saskatchewan River
South Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan River
Other Lakes and Rivers
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