Great Canadian Bridges

[Chadillaccc]

One of my favorite bridges in the country!

[kool maudit]

the macdonald bridge in halifax is a work of art, while the mackay bridge is emblematic of decline.

i prefer the cartier to canada's other bridges; it doesn't hurt that all of the layers of a 400-year-old metropole are visible from its span.

[Metro-One]

Here is an amazing pic of the newPort Mann.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg

[Andrewjm3D]

Taken this long weekend. The worlds longest snowmobile suspension bridge. French River Ontario.









Looking over towards hwy 69.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Here is an amazing pic of the newPort Mann.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg

WOW! It is looking just huge now.

I've gotta get out there and drive it next year once all the upgrades to the highway are done.

[Symz]

Wow that bridge looks amazing.

[giallo]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

WOW! It is looking just huge now.

I've gotta get out there and drive it next year once all the upgrades to the highway are done.

I'm hoping they open it by December. I'd love to drive over it when I'm back for Christmas.

[Dwils01]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Here is an amazing pic of the newPort Mann.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg

My parents just sent me a picture of this bridge. They are in Surrey right now, I wish I could have gone too. It's been 5 years since I've been there and I miss it.

[The_Architect]

^ That snowmobile bridge reminds me of the suspension footbridge at Scenic Caves in Collingwood:





Longest suspension footbridge in Ontario (126m), 25m above the valley and stream below it, and 300m above Georgian Bay.

[eemy]

Northern Ontario is Ontario too!

Eagle Canyon footbridge - 600 ft/180 m long.

http://www.eaglecanyonadventures.ca/

[Andrewjm3D]

Some urban bridges along the Don River Valley system. But to start the CN bridge at the end of my street. And yes these are all downtown Toronto.























To give you some sort of scale of the Viaduct check out the cyclist at the base.


Queen Street


Dundas Street


Gerrard Street




CN


CN High Bridge


Eastern Avenue


Walkways (kind of bridges) at River City


GO Line

[Chadillaccc]

Widest traffic bridge in the world.

[bulliver]

Are they laying asphalt on top of the concrete deck? Is that typical?

[SignalHillHiker]

My favourite bridge in Newfoundland. It's in the resettled village of La Manche (in the 1960s, the government forced Newfoundlanders to move into regional population centres to save money on the cost of providing services such as public utilities. As you can imagine, it was very socially traumatic and still has repercussions today. Here's a little information and a song about it, if you're curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEg4kQC1Bw ) and it's a wonderful (but EXHAUSTING) hike.

We come here frequently to drink and swim and play the guitar/sing. When you turn off the main regional highway, you have to drive for about 5 minutes on a gravel road, then park and hike about 25 minutes to get to this bridge. Still, lots of people do it. There are usually at least 10-20 people milling around at any given time. There's also a tie line under the bridge so boats come in and tie on in the river for a rest.

Switchback wooden trail down to the bridge:


The bridge:


And again:


Some of the other hikers:

[Robertpuant]

Pont Jacques Cartier


Pont Champlain


Pont Victoria

[MolsonExport]

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed, and considered the 8th wonder of the world.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed

Are you kidding me? ... wow !
We learn everyday.

Belles photos Robertpuant

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Pont Victoria deserves more credit. It was the longest bridge in the world when completed, and considered the 8th wonder of the world.

Wow... really? That's... something.

It has a signal transmission tower right beside it... in the water... why is this so?

[Tone]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

It has a signal transmission tower right beside it... in the water... why is this so?

Its one of many power lines that cross the river.

[Metro-One]

I was wondering the same thing, hehe.

Some nice bridges there, would love to drive over them one day.

Montreal and Vancouver are definitely Canada's "bridge" cities. (As are Halifax and Quebec City for smaller cities).

I love bridges (as many may have guessed, haha) and they are a great aspect of infrastructure that add to the character of a Metro.

What is interesting is how Montreal and Vancouver have completely different styles of bridge infrastructure. Vancouver's being suspension / cable stayed of course.