List of bridges in Toronto

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The Prince Edward Viaduct, a popular bridge in Toronto Toronto-bloorviaduct.jpg
The Prince Edward Viaduct, a popular bridge in Toronto

This is a list of bridges in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

Roadway bridges

Ravine and river bridges

List of bridges that cross over the Toronto ravine system and its waterways:

Don River

Bridges over the Don River ravine, listed from south to north

Old Eastern Avenue Bridge King Street Bridge.JPG
Old Eastern Avenue Bridge
Gerrard Street over DVP Don River Gerrard Street bridge.jpg
Gerrard Street over DVP

East Don River

  • Don Mills Road
  • Bridge providing road access to E.T. Seton Park
  • Don Valley Parkway
  • Railway bridge
  • Bridge in Flemingdon Park Golf Club (south)
  • Bridge in Flemingdon Park Golf Club (north)
  • Eglinton Avenue bridge
  • Railway bridge, north–south line – 3 crossings
  • Railway bridge, east–west line
  • Lawrence Avenue – replaced smaller concrete arch bridge, formerly Bayview Avenue Bridge
  • Don Valley Parkway
  • Donalda Golf and Country Club – 11 bridges
  • York Mills Road bridge
  • Don Mills Road bridge
  • Duncan Mill Road bridge
  • Pedestrian bridge
  • Sheppard Avenue & Leslie Street Intersection
  • Railway bridge
  • Finch Avenue East just west of Leslie Street
  • Cummer Avenue bridge
  • Steeles Avenue East just west of Bayview Avenue
  • Steeles Avenue East just east of Leslie Street

Taylor Massey Creek

Taylor Massey Creek is a tributary of the East Don River.

  • Don Valley Parkway bridge
  • O'Connor Drive Woodbine Bridge – c. 1931 large concrete arch bridge
  • Dawes Road bridge
  • Victoria Park Avenue bridge
  • Pharmacy Avenue bridge

West Don River

  • Overlea Boulevard bridge (Charles H. Hiscott Bridge c. 1960)
  • Railway bridge
  • Eglinton Avenue East bridge
  • Bayview Avenue north of Lawrence Avenue East
Bayview Avenue over West Don Bayview Bridge from Lawrence.jpg
Bayview Avenue over West Don
Sheppard Avenue West over West Don near Bathurst Street Sheppard Avenue Bridge.jpg
Sheppard Avenue West over West Don near Bathurst Street

Humber River

  • Finch Avenue and Islington Avenue – twin intersecting bridges Humber River
  • Rowntree Mill Road Bridge – former road bridge for Rowntree Mill Road Over Humber River, now pedestrian traffic only
  • Highway 27
  • Martin Grove Road
  • Kipling Avenue
  • Albion Road – concrete box girder bridge for vehicular traffic c. 1970s to replace the previous bridge that later became a pedestrian crossing
  • Musson's or Flindon Road bridge – c. 1910 Warren truss bridge located near the current Albion Road bridge and demolished 1960; [2] it replaced an earlier bridge built in late 1830s to carry the Weston Plank Road. [3]
  • The Queensway
  • Steeles Avenue West over the Humber River (west of Islington Avenue)
  • Scarlett Road
  • St Phillip's Road
  • Guelph Radial Line Bridge – c. 1917 and bridge removed after 1931; footing reused for current pedestrian bridge [3]
  • Lambton/Dundas Street Bridge c. 1929 [3]
  • Lambton Mills Bridge – c. 1907 and demolished 1955; only abutments remain [3]
  • Old Mill Bridge spanning Humber River, connecting Old Mill Rd. and Catherine St. c. 1916 [3]
  • Bloor Humber Bridge – c. 1924, metal hinged solid ribbed spandrel braced deck arch bridge has been rehabilitated in 1980 and 2010 [4]

Other

Avenue of the Islands bridge on Toronto Islands Bridge at the Toronto Islands in March 2008.jpg
Avenue of the Islands bridge on Toronto Islands
  • Avenue of the Islands bridge – on Toronto Islands
  • Cherry Street Bridge over the Keating Shipping Channel
  • Kingston Road over the Rouge River
  • Mount Pleasant Road north of Blythwood Road over Blythwood Ravine Park
  • Markham Road between Lawrence Avenue East and Eglinton Avenue East (West Highland Creek, part of the Highland Creek watershed)
  • Bathurst Street over Cedarvale Park (Castle Frank Brook)
  • Rouge River Bridge carrying Highway 401 over the Rouge River
  • Bridge carrying Tywn Rivers Drive over the Rouge River
  • Bridge carrying Kirkham Road over the Rouge River – built in 1955, it was closed and now demolished [5]
  • Bridges (2) carrying Meadowvale Road over the Rouge River
  • Bridge carrying Steeles Avenue over the Rouge River
  • Railway bridge and pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the Rouge River
  • Sewells Road Suspension Bridge carries single lane of traffic over Rouge River
  • Shoreham Drive over Black Creek
  • Overpasses on Jane Street over Black Creek – north of Wilson Avenue and south of Highway 401
  • Overpass over Black Creek at Humber Boulevard and Weston Road
  • Bridge over Black Creek at Alliance Avenue and Hilldale Road
  • Bridge over Black Creek on Rockcliffe Boulevard
  • Unwin Avenue Bridge – single lane bailey bridge (new replacing original) located in the Portlands area for vehicular traffic over outlet/slip for the former Hearn Generating Station out into Toronto Outer Harbour and now twinned with new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists (replacing small walkway built next to bailey bridge). [6]
  • Vale of Avoca Bridge over Yellow Creek, also known as St. Clair Viaduct

Other roadway bridges

Roadway overpasses

List of bridges or overpasses over other roadways:

  • Avenue Road over Highway 401 (rebuilding 2018–2019)
  • Don Mills Road over Highway 401 (refurbished by City of Toronto)
  • Lawrence Avenue East over the Don Valley Parkway
  • Lawrence Avenue West over Allen Road
  • Glencairn Avenue over Allen Road
  • Finch Avenue East over the Highway 404
  • Sheppard Avenue East over the Highway 404
  • Steeles Avenue East over the Highway 404
  • Victoria Park Avenue over Highway 401 (rebuilt)
  • Wynford Drive over the Don Valley Parkway
  • Flemington Road over Allen Road
  • Wilson Heights Boulevard over Transit Road
  • Mount Pleasant Road over Rosedale Valley Road
  • Glen Road over Reservation Park Drive
  • Governor's Road over Mud Creek
  • Bloor Street East over Rosedale Valley Road
  • Queen Street East over Don Valley Parkway
  • Gerrard Street East over Don Valley Parkway
  • Dundas Street East over Don Valley Parkway
  • Dundas Street West over Kipling Avenue
  • Bloor Street West over Kipling Avenue
  • Bloor Street West over Highway 427
  • Dundas Street West over Highway 427
  • Burnhamthorpe Road over Highway 427
  • Rathburn Road over Highway 427
  • Dixon Road over Highway 27
  • Highway 401 off ramp over Yonge Street (rebuilt)
  • Highway 401 over Bathurst Street south of Wilson Avenue
  • Highway 401 over Wilson Avenue east of Bathurst Street
  • Albion Road over Weston Road
  • Highway 401 over Warden Avenue (rebuilt 2012–2013)
  • Highway 401 over Wendell Avenue
  • Highway 400 over Wilson Avenue
  • Highway 400 over Finch Avenue West
  • Highway 401 over Keele Street – (rebuilt 2012–2013)
  • Sheppard Avenue West over Ontario Highway 400
  • Highway 400 over Steeles Avenue West – c. 1961 with only four lanes of Steeles on the southside with north span crossing a dirt road and roughed in for future widening of Steeles Avenue West.
  • Highway 400 over Jane Street
  • Dufferin Street bridges over Gardiner Expressway
  • Westbound Lake Shore Boulevard West over Gardiner Expressway
  • Eastern Avenue west of Don Valley Parkway
  • Finch Avenue West over Highway 427
  • Morningstar Drive over Highway 427
  • Rexdale Boulevard over Highway 427
  • Browns Line over Lake Shore Blvd West
  • Spanbridge Road over Don Valley Parkway
  • St. Dennis Drive over Don Valley Parkway
  • Eglinton Avenue over Don Valley Parkway
  • Van Horne Avenue over Highway 404
  • McNicoll Avenue over Highway 404
  • Jameson Avenue bridge over rail corridor north of Gardiner Expressway b. 2004 to replace earlier structure

Railway overpasses

List of bridges over railway lines (to avoid need for at grade level crossings):

  • Highway 27 (Ontario) south of Steeles Avenue West over CN tracks
  • Markham Road north of Sheppard Avenue East over CP tracks connecting to CP Agincourt Marshalling Yard
  • Eglinton Avenue East between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
  • Lawrence Avenue East between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
  • Ellesmere Road between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
  • Dowling Avenue Bridge carries CN freight and GO Transit commuter trains near Dowling Avenue
  • Dunn Avenue Bridge carries CN freight and GO Transit commuter trains near Dunn Avenue
  • Spadina Avenue over tracks north of Gardiner Expressway – replaced an earlier plate girder bridge that was replaced when the Spadina LRT route was rebuilt in the 1990s. Below are tracks for VIA, GO Transit commuter and Union Pearson Express trains
Spadina bridge in 1927 Aerial view of Spadina bridge at Front 1927-5-27.jpg
Spadina bridge in 1927
  • Dufferin Street Truss Bridge a double span over the Gardiner Expressway (c.1958) and over the rail corridor (steel arch bridge c.1911–12); latter to be demolished for new structure after 2016. [7] [8] Below are tracks for VIA, GO Transit commuter and Union Pearson Express trains
  • Yonge Street Railway Overpass near St. Clair Avenue
  • Victoria Park Avenue north of Lawrence Avenue East over Canadian Pacific tracks
  • Pharmacy Avenue between Lawrence Avenue East and Ellesmere Road over Canadian Pacific tracks
  • Birchmount Road just south of 401 CP tracks
  • Kingston Road at Guildwood over Tracks

Pedestrian bridges

See also [9]

Railway bridges

A railway bridge spanning Don River (west branch) and E.T. Seton Park, south of Eglinton Avenue East Railway Bridge Leslie and Eglinton.jpg
A railway bridge spanning Don River (west branch) and E.T. Seton Park, south of Eglinton Avenue East

Other bridges over waterways

Numerous bridges on the Toronto Islands including:

Buried bridges

Lost bridges

See also

Related Research Articles

The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, commonly known as the Gardiner Expressway or simply the Gardiner, is a partially at grade and elevated municipal expressway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Running close to the shore of Lake Ontario, it extends from the foot of the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) in the east, just past the mouth of the Don River, to the junction of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in the west, for a total length of 18.0 kilometres (11.2 mi). East of Dufferin Street to just east of the Don River, the roadway is elevated for a length of 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi), unofficially making it the longest bridge in Ontario. It runs above Lake Shore Boulevard east of Spadina Avenue.

The Don Valley Parkway (DVP) is a municipal expressway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which connects the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto with Highway 401. North of Highway 401, it continues as Highway 404. The parkway runs through the parklands of the Don River valley, after which it is named. It has a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h (56 mph) for its entire length of 15.0 km (9.3 mi). It is six lanes for most of its length, with eight lanes north of York Mills Road and four lanes south of Eastern Avenue. As a municipal road, it is patrolled by the Toronto Police Service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Credit River</span> River in Canada

The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). The total length of the river and its tributary streams is over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakeshore East line</span> Railway line in Ontario, Canada

Lakeshore East is one of the seven commuter rail lines of GO Transit in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Oshawa GO in Durham Region. Buses from Oshawa connect to communities further east in Newcastle, Bowmanville and Peterborough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cancelled expressways in Toronto</span> Unbuilt freeways in Toronto, Canada

The cancelled expressways in Toronto were a planned series of expressways in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that were only partially built or cancelled due to public opposition. The system of expressways was intended to spur or handle growth in the suburbs of Toronto, but were opposed by citizens within the city of Toronto proper, citing the demolition of homes and park lands, air pollution, noise and the high cost of construction. The Spadina Expressway, planned since the 1940s, was cancelled in 1971 after being only partially constructed. After the Spadina cancellation, other expressway plans, intended to create a 'ring' around the central core, were abandoned.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bloor Street</span> Major thoroughfare in Toronto

Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkway. East of the viaduct, Danforth Avenue continues along the same right-of-way. The street, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) long, contains a significant cross-sample of Toronto's ethnic communities. It is also home to Toronto's famous shopping street, the Mink Mile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence Avenue</span> Thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario

Lawrence Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east–west streets in Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eglinton Avenue</span> Road in Toronto and Mississauga, Canada

Eglinton Avenue is a major east–west arterial thoroughfare in Toronto and Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario. The street begins at Highway 407 at the western limits of Mississauga, as a continuation of Lower Baseline in Milton. It traverses the midsection of both cities and ends at Kingston Road. Eglinton Avenue is the only street to cross all six former boroughs of Metropolitan Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheppard Avenue</span> Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sheppard Avenue is an east–west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The street has two distinct branches near its eastern end, with the original route being a collector road leading to Pickering via a turnoff, and the main route following a later-built roadway which runs south to Kingston Road. To avoid name duplication, the Toronto portion of the northern branch was renamed Twyn Rivers Drive. The section of the street entirely in Toronto is (34.2 km) in length, while the Pickering section and Twyn Rivers Dr. is (5.4 km) long.

Black Creek Drive is a four lane north–south arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It connects Weston Road and Humber Boulevard with Highway 401 via Highway 400, the latter of which it forms a southerly extension. Black Creek Drive officially transitions into Highway 400 at the Maple Leaf Drive overpass, southeast of Jane Street. The roadway is named after the Black Creek ravine, which it parallels for most of its route. It features a maximum speed limit of 70 km/h (43 mph). As a municipal road, it is patrolled by the Toronto Police Service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brimley Road</span> Thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario

Brimley Road is a north-south street in Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. In Toronto, it is located entirely within Scarborough and carried 32000 vehicles daily in May 2007 Hence, it is classified as a major arterial road by the city of Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir Isaac Brock Bridge</span>

The Sir Isaac Brock Bridge is a steel Warren truss bridge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies along Bathurst Street over the railway tracks between Front Street and Fort York Boulevard. The bridge carries four lanes for motor vehicles with the centre lanes containing the streetcar tracks of the Toronto Transit Commission's 511 Bathurst streetcar route.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Street Viaduct</span> Road bridge in Toronto, Canada

The Queen Street Viaduct in Toronto, Canada carries vehicles and Toronto Transit Commission streetcars along Queen Street East and across the Don River. It is an example of a Pratt truss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toronto Belt Line Railway</span>

The Toronto Belt Line Railway was built during the 1890s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It consisted of two commuter railway lines to promote and service new suburban neighbourhoods outside of the then city limits. Both lines were laid as loops. The longer Don Loop ran north of the city limits, and the shorter Humber Loop ran west of the city limits. The railway was never profitable and ran for only two years. Today, as part of a rails-to-trails project, the Beltline Trail lies on the right-of-way of the Don Loop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald Cousens Parkway</span> Arterial bypass of Markham

Donald Cousens Parkway or York Regional Road 48, also referred to historically as the Markham Bypass or Markham Bypass Extension, is a regionally-maintained arterial bypass of Markham in the Canadian province of Ontario. Named for former Markham mayor Don Cousens in April 2007, the route initially travelled northward from Copper Creek Drive in Box Grove, south of Highway 407, to Major Mackenzie Drive. A southern extension to Steeles Avenue was later completed and the name Donald Cousens Parkway applied along the extension to Ninth Line. In addition to its role of funneling through-traffic around downtown Markham, the route serves as a boundary to residential development as land to the north and east are part of the protected Rouge National Urban Park and southwest limits of the planned Pickering Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodbine Avenue</span> Road in Ontario, Canada

Woodbine Avenue is a north–south arterial road consisting of two sections in Toronto and York Region in Ontario, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dundas Street</span> Major arterial road in Ontario, Canada

Dundas Street is a major historic arterial road in Ontario, Canada. The road connects the city of Toronto with its western suburbs and several cities in southwestern Ontario. Three provincial highways—2, 5, and 99—followed long sections of its course, although these highway segments have since been downloaded to the municipalities they passed through. Originally intended as a military route to connect the shipping port of York to the envisioned future capital of London, Ontario, the street today connects Toronto landmarks such as Yonge–Dundas Square and the city's principal Chinatown to rural villages and the regional centres of Hamilton and London.

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