Great Canadian Bridges - Page 15

Gitfiddler · #1 Posted **Dec 16, 2011, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by bulliver

RE: Noden Causeway...it's odd, I drove across it the last time I was back east, yet I have absolutely no memory of it. Yet I remember the steak sandwich I had for dinner in Fort Francis just prior...

That's because once you get over the causeway, the 4 hours worth of rocks and trees and squirrels that you drive through on the way to Thunder Bay make your brain melt.

Fort Frances to TBay has gotta be one of the longest stretches where there's just . . . nothing. (Atikokan doesn't count)

Gitfiddler · #2 Posted **Dec 16, 2011, 1:36 AM**

Although, if was in the last 3 years, the it was probably unremarkable due to the bridge being under construction. They just finished year 3 of a 5 year rehabilitation of the thing. Its been down to a single lane for the better part of 2 and a half years now.

Wigs · #3 Posted **Feb 3, 2012, 6:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gitfiddler

That's because once you get over the causeway, the 4 hours worth of rocks and trees and squirrels that you drive through on the way to Thunder Bay make your brain melt.

Fort Frances to TBay has gotta be one of the longest stretches where there's just . . . nothing. (Atikokan doesn't count)

Have you driven on the Trans Canada between Winnipeg and Regina in the middle of winter?

Brandon, MB was a welcome respite!

Wigs · #4 Posted **Feb 3, 2012, 6:40 AM**

This crumby old bridge has a special place in my heart being that it's my hometown
Main St. Bridge - Welland, Ontario -built 1930

It crosses the old Welland Canal (now recreational waterway since the bypass was built in the early 1970's). For 4 decades this lift bridge was the lifeline connecting the West(generally newer/more prosperous) and East (generally older/less prosperous) sides of town with most of the downtown being located on the East side.

anecdote: My mum was perpetually late for high school in the mornings because she lived on the East side and Welland High was on the West Side. I wish I could have used the boat traffic excuse!

source: Wikipedia
Welland Canal Bridge 13

Metro-One · #5 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 8:29 PM**

Sweet pics, thanks for posting.

Metro-One · #6 Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 6:55 PM**

Here is a video I made last night of the Canada Line, Oak Street and Arthur Lang Bridges crossing the Fraser between Vancouver and Richmond. All the footage was taken at the end of October. Was fun to just sit back and watch the word go by. It is a busy little spot.