The Point Ellice Bridge, also known as the Bay Street Bridge is a major road-crossing of the
Victoria Harbour in
Victoria, British Columbia.
Used mainly by motorists, it connects the downtown
Rock Bay neighbourhood with
Victoria West.
It is one of few crossings toward
Esquimalt, the others being the
Johnson Street Bridge
Four known bridges have spanned the narrows between the Inner Harbour and Upper Harbour of Victoria, British Columbia, connecting Johnson Street on the east shore with Esquimalt Road on the west shore. The current bridge is Canada's largest sin ...
, the Craigflower Bridge, the Gorge Bridge, and the pedestrian
Selkirk Trestle
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a rail trail between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the ghost town of Leechtown, north of Sooke, where it meets the old Sooke Flowline. Maintained by the Capital Regional District (CRD), the t ...
.
In 1896 it was the site of the
Point Ellice Bridge disaster, when the unmaintained bridge collapsed, killing 55 people.
The current structure was built in 1956–57 and was subject to major upgrades in 2001–02 and 2019,
during which it was closed to traffic for 5 months.
Plans to widen the bridge to better accommodate cyclists were originally developed in 2001, at an estimated price of $15,250,000.
See also
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Point Ellice House
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List of bridges in Canada
References
1956 establishments in Canada
Road bridges in British Columbia
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