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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
No, the tracks were mostly at grade. For example, there were grade crossings at Main Street, Colonel By Drive and Bronson Avenue and there was a swing bridge across the Rideau Canal. There were subways for Bank Street and Elgin Street, so both could go under the tracks and there was a bridge at Bell Street to allow streetcars to cross. There were some embankments and cuts, the former at Elgin and Bank Streets and the latter at Bell Street.
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That's interesting. I had always just assumed that the tracks were elevated like the Queensway, given the way development happened around them. Although I do know that there was some sort of rail yard just east of Bronson at one point, so it makes sense that was at grade.
I'm struggling to picture how the Bank and Elgin St. cuts would have fit - the ramps must have extended a considerable distance north and south of the tracks?