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Originally Posted by Authentic_City
^the historic riverboats on the Assiniboine always fascinated me. There are railway bridges over the Assiniboine at Rte 90 and in Headingley designed to swing open for riverboats. But I think neither ever operated because the railways basically put the boats out of business. But those boats only operated during the spring high water. I’m sure with enough money the shallow sections could be engineered and dredged to deepen the channel for navigation out to the park, but thats just a pipe dream of mine. Would be cool though.
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Yes! the Route 90 Swing bridge especially has always been so fascinating to me. The gears and inner workings of the swing and lock mechanism are still intact under the bridge.
I have heard multiple people claim it has never opened and I believe this - but I would love to see a deep dive into the history of this bridge to answer that question!