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Hamilton, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario: Other name(s) Burlington Skyway: Owner: Government of Ontario: Maintained by: Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Characteristics; Design: steel through arch bridge - 1958 span Concrete box girder - 1985 span: Total length: 2,560 metres (8,400 ft) - 1958 span 2,215 metres (7,267 ft) - 1985 span: Width ...
Burlington Canal Lift Bridge is a vertical lift bridge located to the north side of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway in Burlington, Ontario. Built in 1962, the 116-metre-long (381 ft) bridge is the sixth bridge to span the Burlington Canal since 1830. [1] The bridge allows vessels to enter and exit from Hamilton Harbour into Lake ...
The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway, is a pair of high-level freeway bridges located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The Skyway, as it locally known, is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto. The first bridge was completed in 1958 and ...
The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway bridges the waters of Hamilton Harbour.. Hamilton Harbour (formerly known as Burlington Bay) lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway) and Burlington Beach (north of the channel).
Skyway Bridge may refer to: Buffalo Skyway, a bridge in Buffalo, New York, United States; Burlington Bay Skyway, a bridge near Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Garden City Skyway, a bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Chicago Skyway, a bridge in Chicago, Illinois, United States; Pulaski Skyway, a bridge in Newark, New Jersey, United States
Bank Street Bridge; Baudette–Rainy River International Bridge; Bayview Bridge (Toronto) Billings Bridge; Blackfriars Street Bridge; Blue Water Bridge; Burgoyne Bridge; Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway; Burlington Canal Lift Bridge; Burritts Rapids Bridge
The bridge was open to traffic on October 18, 1963. During construction, the bridge was referred to as the Homer Skyway, taking its name from the lift bridge that the new skyway was to replace. Upon dedication, the bridge was officially named the Garden City Skyway, using the nickname of St. Catharines, "Canada's Garden City."
Hamilton's deep sea port is accessed by ship canal through the Beachstrip into the harbour, the canal being traversed by two bridges, the QEW's Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway and the lower Canal Lift Bridge. [5] Between 1788 and 1793, the townships at the Head-of-the-Lake were surveyed and named.