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Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion.
The Lethbridge Viaduct, commonly known as the High Level Bridge, is a railway trestle bridge over the Oldman River in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.Constructed between 1907 and 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world, and is still regularly maintained and used over a century since its construction.
The Sioux Narrows Bridge is a bridge on Highway 71 at Sioux Narrows, Ontario, which spans the Sioux Narrows strait between Regina Bay and Whitefish Bay on Lake of the Woods. [ 1 ] Built in 1936 as an all-wooden truss bridge made of Douglas fir timber treated with creosote , [ 2 ] it was at 210 feet (64 m) the longest single-span wooden bridge ...
The bridge formed a vital direct line between the Port of Halifax and central Canada, and became especially important to move large volumes of freight in the First and Second World Wars. The bridge also carried passenger traffic until January 14, 1990, when local Via Rail service ended. [ 4 ]
Pages in category "Lists of bridges in Canada" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as for example found in Pont de Normandie , excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.
The first ship has passed through a temporary alternate channel opened through the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A tugboat maneuvering a fuel barge passed through the ...
Stressed ribbon bridges in Canada (1 P) Suspension bridges in Canada (24 P) Swing bridges in Canada (20 P) T. Toll bridges in Canada (1 C, 22 P)