Great Canadian Bridges - Page 3

Nicko999 · #1 Posted **Jun 27, 2010, 4:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by JAOILERS

The Ambassador Bridge (Windsor/Detroit) is Canada's busiest bridge ever and blue water bridge comes 2nd

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With nearly 160,000 daily crossings, the Champlain Bridge is the busiest bridge in Canada.

You probably meant the busiest international border crossing bridge in North America.

francely57 · #2 Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by JAOILERS

The Ambassador Bridge (Windsor/Detroit) is Canada's busiest bridge ever and blue water bridge comes 2nd

That's not even close, like Nicko999 said Montreal's Champlain Bridge is several times busier.

Some pictures of the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge (it does looks like Metro-One's Coast Meridian Overpass)

I took them from Pont-Viau on June 23, 2010, about 3 hours after the Ottawa-Gatineau earthquake
the left side with the highrises is Laval BTW

Tone · #3 Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 10:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by JAOILERS

The Ambassador Bridge (Windsor/Detroit) is Canada's busiest bridge ever and blue water bridge comes 2nd

Nope. The Champlain Bridge is Canada's busiest bridge ever and Jacques Cartier Bridge comes 2nd.

mmmatt · #4 Posted **Jan 4, 2009, 7:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

Since noboby else has mentioned it;

The Confederation Bridge is a 11km long two lane bridge connecting Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick over the Northumberland Strait. It is the world's longest bridge over ice covered waters.

It is by far my favorite Canadian Bridge.

Source

Agreed...its massive and amazing, plus it turned at 45 min trip into a 10 min one.

credit: Phillip Chitwood on flickr

credit: daniel.berlin on flickr

credit: i 2 i on flickr

credit: Rexton on flickr

patboy · #5 Posted **Jan 4, 2009, 11:10 PM**

Pont Pierre-Laporte and Pont de Québec across the St-Laurent river. Pont de Québec is the biggest cantilever bridge in the world; Total length : 987 meters, opening date : december 3, 1919.

Picture from : polo200200
http://www.flickr.com/photos/polo200/

SpongeG · #6 Posted **Jan 4, 2009, 11:25 PM**

no mention of the Lionsgate bridge yet - tsk tsk

so many people call it the "golden gate" lol

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Vancouver photo by moatway

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note the alex fraser in the background

park in the bridge at jericho beach park

pic by me

Burrard Street Bridge

pic by me

pic by me

Granville street bridge

pic by me

Distill3d · #7 Posted **Jan 5, 2009, 1:26 AM**

Lions Gate at night:

photo credit: my mom, but i was showing her how to use her new camera...

1ajs · #8 Posted **Jan 5, 2009, 1:58 AM**

main east west rail bridge over main st for cp rail witch is getting close to 110 yrs old...

further up the rail line is the Arlington bridge

source: mrchristian http://www.flickr.com/photos/christi...os/1349020339/

someone123 · #9 Posted **Jan 5, 2009, 8:11 AM**

I have always liked the Bloor St Viaduct in Toronto because of the subway line.

The suicide net thing is unfortunately pretty ugly and obtrusive.

newflyer · #10 Posted **Mar 10, 2009, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

further up the rail line is the Arlington bridge

source: mrchristian http://www.flickr.com/photos/christi...os/1349020339/

A little background of this bridge is worth passing on ... the Arlington Street Bridge was originally constructed by the Clevand Bridge Co to cross the Nile River. When delivery was cancelled it was purchased by the city of Winnipeg and assembled over one of the largest rail yards in the nation.

drm310 · #11 Posted **Mar 11, 2009, 6:30 AM**

Here's a few bridges from Saskatoon.

Traffic (aka Victoria) Bridge (1907)

Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge (1908)

Canadian National (aka Grand Trunk) Railway Bridge (1908)

University Bridge (1916)

Broadway Bridge (1932)

Senator Sid Buckwold (aka Idylwyld) Bridge (1966)

Metro-One · #12 Posted **Mar 11, 2009, 5:44 PM**

I remember when i was in Saskatoon i loved the bridges. Many of them (such as the broadway bridge) seem to have an elegant charm to them.

Ruckus · #13 Posted **Mar 11, 2009, 7:04 PM**

drm310 covered all of Saskatoon's, except the Circle Drive Bridge (1983).

tenth · #14 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by newflyer

A little background of this bridge is worth passing on ... the Arlington Street Bridge was originally constructed by the Clevand Bridge Co to cross the Nile River. When delivery was cancelled it was purchased by the city of Winnipeg and assembled over one of the largest rail yards in the nation.

Was this actually confirmed? I loved Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg, but this was one of the statements I couldn't figure out if it was true or not. Google gave me mixed results.

DLLB · #15 Posted **Jul 5, 2010, 11:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

main east west rail bridge over main st for cp rail witch is getting close to 110 yrs old...

further up the rail line is the Arlington bridge

source: mrchristian http://www.flickr.com/photos/christi...os/1349020339/

Nice pictures.

When I lived in the ole Peg, I remember hearing that the Arlington Bridge was to go over the Nile but for some reason it ended up in Winnipeg.

Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

1ajs · #16 Posted **Jul 7, 2010, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by DLLB

Nice pictures.

When I lived in the ole Peg, I remember hearing that the Arlington Bridge was to go over the Nile but for some reason it ended up in Winnipeg.

Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

as far as i know its the truth