The Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge is an international bridge which connects the cities of

Edmundston Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...

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, in

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and

Madawaska, Maine Madawaska is a New England town, town in Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,867 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Madawaska is opposite Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, M ...

, in the

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, across the Saint John River. The bridge consists of four steel through truss spans, each in length, for a total length of , which carries a two lane open steel grid deck roadway. The bridge was constructed in 1920, replacing a

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, and opened in 1921. Its original asphalt and timber deck was replaced with the current steel grid deck in 1961.

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estimated the bridge's traffic at 759,803 vehicles annually in 2006. Effective October 27, 2017, the Edmundston-Madawaska Bridge weight restriction was reduced to 5 tons. Vehicles over 5 tons will be rerouted to the Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing located west or the Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge located southeast of Edmundston. Construction on a new bridge, intended to serve as a replacement, began in May 2021. The new bridge is expected to be opened by the end of 2023, after which the current bridge is slated for demolition.

Border crossing

The Madawaska - Edmundston Border Crossing is located at the Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge that connects the town of

with

Edmundston, New Brunswick Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...

on the Canada–US border. The first US border station at Madawaska was a small white cabin at the end of the bridge. Around 1930, a two-story wooden border station was constructed. This was replaced by the current one-story brick border station in 1960. For many years, Canada had a small wooden border station with a red roof. This structure was replaced in 1992 with the current brick facility. As part of the new bridge construction project, a new land port of entry will be built on the Madawaska side; construction is projected to begin in summer 2021.

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