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CNR Bridge (other)
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CNR Bridge is a swing railway bridge over the Fraser River in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. CNR Bridge may also refer to: * Prince George CNR Bridge, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada * Cisco Bridges, a pair of railroad bridges at Siska, near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada *Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada * Lytton CNR Thompson Bridge, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada * Vandorf Sideroad CNR Bridge, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada *CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, U.S. *CNR bridge replaced by the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada See also *Canadian National Railway *List of bridges in Canada 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNR Bridge
Opened in 1931, the Canadian National Railway (CNR) steel truss swing span railway bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River in Metro Vancouver links Burnaby with Richmond and the south arm Vancouver Fraser Port Authority facilities on Lulu Island. The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) had planned to lay track from the north end of the New Westminster Bridge and cross the Fraser at the 1931 location. However, when the CNoR opened the Lulu Island branch line in 1917, it connected with the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) Queensborough terminus. Since the original BCER Queensborough bridge was designed for trams, not heavy locomotives, the CNoR westward route to Steveston was an isolated branch line. After the CNR absorption of the bankrupt CNoR, the money-losing branch, and damage to trestles from a 1918 muskeg fire at Mile 4, terminated all services. In July 1930, work began on sinking piers for the 4,200-foot-long bridge with a 240-foot central span. On compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince George CNR Bridge
The CN Rail Bridge is a truss bridge over the Fraser River. It was built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and designed by Joseph Legrand. It is the longest railroad bridge in British Columbia. The central span is a bascule bridge that could open to allow shipping on the river. It was designed by Joseph Strauss, future engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge. The lift span stopped being used in 1954. Its arrival lead to the founding of the City of Prince George near the fur trading post Fort George (electoral district). See also * List of crossings of the Fraser River * List of bridges in Canada 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 t ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince George Cnr Bridge Bridges completed in 1914 Bridges over the Fraser River Canadian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge
The Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge is a deck truss bridge carrying the Canadian National Railway tracks across the Fraser River at Lytton, British Columbia. It is of a similar design to the Lytton CNR Thompson Bridge, located approximately north. The bridge consists of three deck Pratt truss spans; the centre span measures approximately 90 metres, and each side span measures approximately 45 metres. The approach at either end is a pair of deck plate girder spans of approximately 20m each. The three centre truss spans are supported on four concrete piers. At each end, the approach girder spans are supported on the abutments, a taller and thinner concrete pier, and the truss spans. The Fraser River's water level varies dramatically throughout the year; the centre piers can be fully surrounded by rushing water in the spring and completely on dry land in late summer and fall. A pedestrian walkway on the north side of the bridge serves Indian reserve communities and other rural residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytton CNR Thompson Bridge
The Lytton CNR Thompson Bridge is a deck truss bridge carrying the Canadian National Railway tracks from across the Thompson River at Lytton, British Columbia, approximately upstream of where the Thompson River merges into the Fraser River. It is of a similar design and should not be confused with the Lytton CNR Fraser Bridge located approximately south. It consists of 3 deck Pratt truss spans which are supported on four concrete piers. The centre two piers are in the river while the outer two are shorter and above the waterline. British Columbia Highway 12 Highway 12, opened in 1953, is a connection from the Trans-Canada Highway at Lytton to the town of Lillooet, one of two road connections between the Thompson-Nicola and Squamish-Lillooet Regional Districts. The highway originally went all the ... crosses the Thompson River mostly parallel to, and slightly downstream of this bridge. The south end of the road bridge is directly above the south end of the railroad bridge. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandorf Sideroad CNR Bridge
The Vandorf Sideroad CNR Bridge is a railway bridge in the community of Vandorf, Ontario, Vandorf, in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. The bridge carries the line known as the Canadian National Railway Bala Subdivision and crosses Woodbine Avenue diagonally at Vandorf Sideroad. The concrete bridge abutments were built in 1950, and the builder's plate on the bridge confirms the steel deck was constructed in 1952 by the Central Bridge Company in Trenton, Ontario, Trenton, Ontario. It is mapped at approximately 302 metres above sea level. References Railway bridges in Ontario Canadian National Railway bridges in Ontario Bridges completed in 1952 {{Canada-bridge-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge
The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge is a 1.3 mile (2,092 m or 6,864 ft) bridge that carries a Canadian National Railway rail line over the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish. Its length once had it included on the list for longest bridges in the world. The bridge is owned and maintained by the Canadian National Railway corporation and is used by Canadian National Railway freight trains. See also *List of bridges in the United States This list of bridges in the United States is organized by state and includes notable bridges (both existing and destroyed) in the United States. There are more than 600,000 bridges in the U.S. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge
The Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge is a bridge that spans the South Saskatchewan River between west and east shore in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built in 1966, on the same site as the original Qu'Appelle, Long Lake and Saskatchewan (later CN Rail) bridge. The bridge is part of the Idylwyld Freeway, for which the former CNR Bridge was torn down. The act of dynamiting the original piers of the CNR Bridge became something of a spectacle as demolition experts were unable to completely destroy them. At the time, the new bridge cost $1.5 million to build. Construction of the bridge was one of several simultaneous, interconnected major projects that occurred in Saskatoon during the mid-to-late 1960s. Related projects included: the construction of the Midtown Plaza shopping centre and CN Towers office block which followed the demolition of the former CNR Station and the removal of the attending railyard and CNR Bridge; construction of the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central. CN is a public company with 22,600 employees, and it has a market cap of approximately CA$90 billion. CN was government-owned, having been a Canadian Crown corporation from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. , Bill Gates is the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
