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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
I've never personally been to Corner Brook, but my middle son did a training rotation there for several months a few years ago and really liked it. He still talks about it.
Currently 12C and sunny in Moncton at 9 AM, going up to 21C this afternoon.
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Covered bridge, Saint Martin's NB, Roy Morris, Facebook
This is a very rare newly constructed covered bridge. The province almost never does this. It replaced a pre-existing covered bridge. The usual provincial strategy is to let the old bridge collapse, and, either not replace it, or replace it with a (permanent) Bailey bridge. They can get away with this since most remaining covered bridges in province are on remote secondary or tertiary roads. This crossing however leads to the western entrance to the Fundy Trail, and since this is a major tourism route, the province went whole hog with a divided structure, tall enough for motor homes to get through.
The only other "new" covered bridge in the province is in Fundy National Park. It also replaced a pre-existing bridge, accidently blown up with dynamite during a road reconstruction project.  Like the St. Martin's bridge, it was reconstructed in it's old format for tourism reasons. |
It's such a simple thing -- a short, covered bridge. But due to the lack of them now it's unique and therefore special. This just reminded me that there's one in Waterloo County. This month I am driving to Guelph and Orangeville and on another trip, to KWC. As usual, I will take the time to explore other towns in the area, especially those I've never been to. This bridge is right between the respective routes I'll be taking.
The West Montrose Bridge is the only one remaining in Ontario. If you didn't make this post, I totally would have forgotten about it and gone about my routes and possibly missed it. If there are attraction signs about it along my route then I'd probaly go, but I have no idea if there is.
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