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List of bridges in Canada

List of bridges in Canada

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This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.

Historical and architectural interest bridges

There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada compared to all those that were built in the past. In the Quebec province, if we already counted 1200 in the last century, today there are only 88 remaining.[1][2] In New Brunswick, 58 covered bridges have been identified.[3]

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Major road and railway bridges

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.[16][17]

The Quebec Bridge has been the longest cantilever bridge span in the world since 1917, measuring 549 metres (1,801 ft) between its two piles.[H 12] It helds the record of all-categories longest span in the world until the opening of the Ambassador Bridge, it's the last bridge that broke such a record before suspension bridges hold the award by far.[18] It was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada in 1995.[H 12]

In 1929, the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and United States surpassed the Quebec Bridge with a 564 metres (1,850 ft) main span and became the largest crossing in the world[19] until the inauguration of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 in New York City which almost doubled the range hitherto achieved.[20]

Studies have been carried out for crossing the Saguenay River near Tadoussac just before the confluence with the St. Lawrence River,[21] the latest project presented by the COWI A/S company includes the construction of a 1,145 metres (3,757 ft) span suspension bridge with a 70 metres (230 ft) clearance above the river.[22]

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

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The old bridges over the Niagara

This part lists all the former bridges which succeeded one another on the Niagara River between the towns of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Queenston in Canada and Niagara Falls, New York and Lewiston in United States. The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge (1897), the Rainbow Bridge (1941) and the Lewiston–Queenston Bridge (1962), still in service are listed in the Major road and railway bridges part above.

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Alphabetical list

This part is organized by province and territory.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

  • Arlington Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Assiniboine River Bridge - Portage la Prairie
  • Esplanade RielWinnipeg
  • The Bridges of St Norbert - St Norbert
  • Provencher Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Elm Park Bridge − Winnipeg
  • St. Vital Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Norwood Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Main Street Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Midtown Bridge (Donald Street Bridge) − Winnipeg
  • Osborne Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Harry Lazarenko Bridge (Redwood Bridge) − Winnipeg
  • Fort Garry Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Kildonan Settlers Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Maryland Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Charleswood Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Disraeli Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Louise Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Slaw Rebchuk Bridge (Salter Street Bridge) − Winnipeg
  • North Perimeter Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Selkirk Lift Bridge - Selkirk
  • South Perimeter Bridge − Winnipeg
  • St Peters Dynevor Bridge
  • West Perimeter Bridge − Winnipeg
  • St. James Bridge − Winnipeg
  • Lockport Bridge − Lockport
  • Daly Overpass (18th Street Bridge) − Brandon
  • 8th Street Bridge − Brandon
  • 1st Street Bridge − Brandon
  • Thompson Bridge − Brandon
  • Bruce Cameron Bridge − Swan River
  • Taylor Bridge − Headingley
  • Pierre Delorme Bridge − St. Adolphe
  • Baie St Paul Bridge
  • Jack Bend Bridge

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Brunswick

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

North Saskatchewan River

South Saskatchewan River

Saskatchewan River

Other Lakes and Rivers


Notes and references

  • Notes
  1. The Victoria Bridge has originally one railway track, it was modified into a truss bridge in 1901, in order to widen it and accommodate a second railway track, as well as a track for trams. Today it is a Railroad Bridge.[4]
  2. The length given only takes into account the main bridge, central span(s) and shore span(s), approach viaducts are not counted.
  3. The bridge's span has been given lengths that ranged from 800 to 825 ft by various sources. This article takes the length stated by McCullough.[85]
  4. The covering of the towers was carried out in 1872, in 1884, the wooden towers were replaced with steel, finally all the wooden components were remplaced with steel in 1888 and the deck was widened.[88] The bridge can then have very different appearances depending on the year.
  • "Canadian Register of Historic Places". Historicplaces.ca.
  1. "Powerscourt Covered Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. "Pont couvert de Powerscourt". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. "West Montrose Covered Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. "Pont couvert de la Frontière". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. "Hartland Covered Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. "Hartland Covered Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. "Florenceville Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. "Centre Street Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. "Kinsol Trestle". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. "Alexandra Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. "Pont de Routhierville" [Routhierville Bridge] (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. "Québec Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. "Lions Gate Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  1. "Pont couvert de Powerscourt" [Powerscourt Covered Bridge]. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. "Pont couvert de la Frontière" [Frontière Covered Bridge]. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. "Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand" [Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge]. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. "Pont de Routhierville" [Routhierville Bridge] (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. "Pont d'aluminium d'Arvida" [Arvida Aluminium Bridge]. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  • Others references
  1. "Patrimoine Québec - ponts couverts" [Heritage Quebec - covered bridges]. Lafolieadeux.com (in French). Archived from the original on 23 February 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. "Les ponts couverts du Québec d'hier à aujourd'hui" [The covered bridges of Quebec from yesterday to today] (PDF). Pontscouverts.com (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. "Covered Bridges". Gnb.ca - Government of New Brunswick. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. Passfield, Robert W. (2001). "Construction of the Victoria Tubular Bridge" (PDF). Canal History and Technology Proceedings. Vol. 20. pp. 5–52. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. Sakowski, Eric. "Canada Bridges 90 to 100 meters". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. "The Suspension Bridge". Capbridge.com - official website. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. Lebel, Jean-Marie. "Dans le ciel de Cap-Rouge, un Tracel centenaire" [In the sky of Cap-Rouge, a century-old Tracel]. Shcr.qc.ca - Société historique du Cap-Rouge (in French). Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
  8. "Lethbridge Viaduct, Lethbridge, Alberta". Epe.lac-bac.gc.ca - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. "Centre Street Bridge". Calgarypubliclibrary.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. "The Suspension Bridge over Montmorency Falls — A Setting for Tragedy". Wend.ca. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. "Esplanade Riel Pedestrian Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba". Dywidag-formties.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. "The Confederation Bridge: Celebrating 20 years of connecting Canadians". Tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca - Public Services and Procurement Canada. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
  13. Troyano, Leonardo Fernández (2003). Bridge Engineering - A Global Perspective. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 0-7277-3215-3.
  14. "Bridge Facts". Ambassadorbridge.com - official website. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  15. "History of the George Washington Bridge". Panynj.gov - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  16. "La Société du Pont sur le Saguenay" [The Society of the Bridge on the Saguenay]. Ponttadoussac.ca (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  17. Buckland, Peter (23 July 2015). Saguenay River Crossing Feasibility Study (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  18. Larocca, Ana Paula C.; Schaal, Ricardo E.; Santos, Marcelo C.; Langley, Richard B. (13 September 2005). "Monitoring the Deflection of the Pierre-Laporte Suspension Bridge with the Phase Residual Method" (PDF). ION GNSS 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division. Long Beach, CA. pp. 2023–2028. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2009. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. Waddell, John Alexander Low (1916). "Fig.25dd. Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River". In John Wiley & Sons (ed.). Bridge engineering. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). New York, J. Wiley. p. 607. OL 23282798M. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  20. Taylor, P.R. (1979). "Renovation of Lions' Gate Bridge". IABSE Symposium (Zürich). Vol. 32. pp. 193–203. doi:10.5169/seals-25615. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  21. "A Brief History". Lionsgatebridge.gov.bc.ca - Lions Gate Project. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000.
  22. Construction Update Building the new Port Mann Bridge (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2013. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  23. Burkholder, Donald (7 July 2017). "Alex Fraser Bridge No 02753 General Arrangement" (PDF). Gov.bc.ca - Government of British Columbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2021.
  24. Radojevic, D.; Kirkwood, K.F. (10 August 2017). "Superstructure replacement works for the Macdonald Suspension Bridge, Canada". In CRC Press (ed.). Asset Management of Bridges: Proceedings of the 9th New York Bridge Conference, August 21-22, 2017, New York City, USA, Mahmoud, Khaled M. CRC Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-138-56903-4.
  25. "History of the Macdonald Bridge". Hdbc.ca - Halifax Harbour Bridges. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  26. Newhook, John; Levy, Joshua; Buckland, Peter; Eppell, Jon (2010). Using Structural Monitoring in the Evaluation of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge (PDF). Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  27. "History of the Mackay Bridge". Hdbc.ca - Halifax Harbour Bridges. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  28. Ventura, Carlos E.; Felber, Andreas J.; Prion, Helmut G. I.; Taylor, Peter R.; Aegide, Van Selst (August 1995). "Dynamic characteristics of Port Mann Bridge by modal testing". IABSE Symposium: Extending the Lifespan of Structures, San Francisco, CA, USA. Vol. 73. pp. 1129–1134. doi:10.5169/seals-55322. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  29. "Port Mann Bridge". B-t.com - Buckland & Taylor Ltd. Bridge Engineering. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  30. Piece-by-Piece, The Deconstruction of the old Port Mann Bridge (PDF). Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards 2016. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  31. "Translink SkyBridge, Surrey BC". Atlas-anchor.com - Atlas Anchors Systems USA, CO. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  32. Walser, Peter; Maier, Philippa (2022). "Ersatzneubau einer Brückenquerung über den Fraser River" [Pattulo Bridge Remplacement Project in Vancouver]. Brückenbau - Construction & Engineering (in German). Vol. 1/2. pp. 92–99. ISSN 1867-643X. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  33. "Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project". Pattullobridgereplacement.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  34. "Pont de Grand-Mère - Notes historiques" [Grand-Mère Bridge - Historical Notes]. Patrimoineshawinigan.ca (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  35. "Photos: Pont de Grand-Mère (Grand-Mère Bridge)". Historicbridges.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  36. Cruden, David Milne; Martin, Derek; Thomson, Siobhan; Miller, Brendan (June 2012). A moderate velocity landslide with immoderate consequences. 11th International and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  37. Prickett, Joseph E.; Morgenstern, Brian D.; Kulicki, John M.; Dorton, Roger A. (October 1997). "International connection" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  38. "Construction Statistics and Comparisons". Bluewaterbridge.ca. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  39. "Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge". Systraibt.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  40. Baird, Craig (14 April 2021). "The History Of Grande Prairie". Canadaehx.com - Canadian History Ehx. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  41. "Seaway International Bridge - South Channel Bridge". Historicbridges.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  42. "Notable rehabilitation of Westham Island Bridge & Alexandra Bridge" (PDF). Seabc.ca - SEA Structural Engineers Association British Columbia. October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  43. "Confederation Bridge". Confederationbridge.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  44. "J.C. Van Horne Bridge". Tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca - Public Services and Procurement Canada. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  45. "Adler auf den Pfeilern - Styropor im Fundament" [Eagle on the pillars - styrofoam in the foundation]. Faz.net (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  46. Mermigas, Konstantinos Kris (2008). Behaviour and Design of Extradosed Bridges (PDF) (Thesis). University of Toronto - Department of Civil Engineering. pp. 22, 26 and 136. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  47. Mailhot, Guy (June 2016). The new champlain bridge – technical requirements and delivery status report. Resilient Infrastructure. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  48. "Présentation" [Presentation]. Pontsamueldechamplain.ca - official website (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  49. "Bridge facts". Tibridge.com - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  50. Inspection and Maintenance of Bridge Stay Cable Systems (PDF). National Cooperative Highway Research Program - Synthesis 353. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 0-309-09760-6. ISSN 0547-5570. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  52. Étude de préfaisabilité portant sur le remplacement de l'actuel pont Champlain [Pre-feasibility study for the replacement of the current Champlain Bridge] (PDF) (in French). February 2011. p. 32. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  53. "Pont Champlain d'origine - Historique" [Original Champlain Bridge - History]. Jacquescartierchamplain.ca - Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Incorporée (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  54. Kennedy1, Don; Harvey, David; Khan, Saqib (25 July 2010). "Seismic design of the Pitt River Bridge" (PDF). Proceedings of the 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Toronto. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  57. "The Deh Cho Bridge Project". Dehchobridge.info. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
  58. "Revelstoke Bridge". Historicbridges.org. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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  60. "Pont des Piles – Maintien et reconstruction" [Pont des Piles – Maintenance and reconstruction]. Transports.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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  62. Waddell, John Alexander Low (1916). "Fig.25x. Interprovincial Bridge over the Ottawa River at Ottawa, Canada". In John Wiley & Sons (ed.). Bridge engineering. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). p. 602. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  63. "Miscou Island Bridge, Shippegan, NB". Easterndesigners.com - Eastern Designers & Company Limited. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009.
  64. "Seal Island Precast Bridge Deck Replacement". Cpci.ca - Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  65. "Strengthening of Structural Members - Burlington Skyway, Ontario, Canada". Dywidag-systems.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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  67. "The First Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge 1850-1864". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  68. "The First Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge 1850-1864". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  69. McCullough, David (June 2001) [1972]. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Classic ed.). New York, United States: Simon & Schuster. p. 69. ISBN 0-7432-1737-3. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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  71. "The First Falls View Suspension Bridge 1867-1889". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  72. "The Michigan Central Railway Cantilever Bridge 1883-1925". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  73. "The Second Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge 1899-1962". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  74. "The Michigan Central Railway Steel Arch Bridge 1925-present". Niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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