List of bridges in Canada explained

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. In Quebec, despite over 1,200 existing in the last century, today there are only 88 remaining.^{[1] [2]} In New Brunswick, 58 covered bridges have been identified.^[3]

Major road and railway bridges

Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12910m (42,360feet) 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.^{[4] [5]}

The Quebec Bridge has been the longest cantilever bridge span in the world since 1917, measuring 549m (1,801feet) between its two piles. 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.^[6] It was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada in 1995.

In 1929, the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and United States surpassed the Quebec Bridge with a 564m (1,850feet) main span and became the largest crossing in the world until the inauguration of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 in New York City which almost doubled the range hitherto achieved.^[7]

Studies have been carried out for crossing the Saguenay River near Tadoussac just before the confluence with the St. Lawrence River,^[8] the latest project presented by the COWI A/S company includes the construction of a 1145m (3,757feet) span suspension bridge with a 70m (230feet) clearance above the river.^[9]

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

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.

Alphabetical list

This part is organized by province and territory.

Alberta

See also: List of bridges in Calgary.

• Athabasca River Bridge - Fort McMurray
• Beverly Bridge − Edmonton
• Briggs Bridge  - Briggs
• Capilano Bridge − Edmonton
• Centre Street Bridge − Calgary
• Clover Bar Bridge − Edmonton
• Dawson Bridge − Edmonton
• Dudley B. Menzies Bridge − Edmonton
• Dunvegan Suspension Bridge − Dunvegan
• Edward's Way Bridge - Airdrie
• Fabyan Trestle Bridge − Fabyan
• Grant MacEwan Bridge − Fort McMurray
• George C. King Bridge − Calgary
• Groat Bridge − Edmonton
• High Level Bridge − Edmonton
• James MacDonald Bridge − Edmonton
• Reconciliation Bridge − Calgary
• Lea Park Bridge - Lea Park
• Lethbridge Viaduct − Lethbridge
• Louise Bridge − Calgary
• Low Level Bridge − Edmonton
• Mintlaw Viaduct − Mintlaw
• Peace Bridge − Calgary
• Quesnell Bridge − Edmonton
• Ralph Steinhauer Bridge − Fort McMurray
• Red Deer Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge − Red Deer
• Star Mine Suspension Bridge − Drumheller
• Tawatinâ Bridge – Edmonton
• Walterdale Bridge − Edmonton

British Columbia

• Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge − Agassiz
• Alex Fraser Bridge − Richmond/New Westminster - North Delta
• Arthur Laing Bridge − Vancouver - YVR, Richmond
• Burrard Street Bridge − Vancouver
• Cambie Street Bridge − Vancouver
• Capilano Suspension Bridge − North Vancouver
• Derwent Way Bridge − Delta - New Westminster
• Dinsmore Bridge − Richmond
• Dollarton Bridge − North Vancouver
• Eleanor Ward Bridge − Coquitlam
• Fraser Valley Railroad Bridge − New Westminster - Surrey
• Georgia Viaduct − Vancouver
• Golden Ears Bridge − Langley - Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows - Surrey
• Granville Street Bridge − Vancouver
• Hagwilget Canyon Bridge − Hagwilget
• Hudson's Hope Suspension Bridge − Hudson's Hope
• Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing − Vancouver - North Vancouver
• Johnson Street Bridge - Victoria
• Knight Street Bridge − Vancouver - Richmond
• Lions' Gate Bridge − Vancouver - West Vancouver
• Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge − North Vancouver
• Lulu Island CN Rail Bridge − Burnaby - Richmond
• Marpole Bridge (road) − Vancouver - Richmond
• Marpole CP Rail Bridge − Vancouver - Richmond
• McPhee Bridge − Cranbrook
• Middle Arm Canada Line Bridge − Richmond
• Mission Bridge − Abbotsford
• Moray Bridge − Richmond
• New Westminster Bridge − New Westminster - Surrey
• No. 2 Road Bridge − Richmond
• North Arm Canada Line Bridge − Vancouver - Richmond
• Oak Street Bridge − Vancouver - Richmond
• Overlanders Bridge − Kamloops
• Park Bridge − East of Golden, British Columbia
• Pattullo Bridge − New Westminster - Surrey
• Peace River Bridge
• Pitt River Bridge − Port Coquitlam - Pitt Meadows
• Port Mann Bridge − Coquitlam - Surrey
• Prince George CNR Bridge − Prince George
• Queensborough Bridge − New Westminster
• Ronyane Bridge − Pemberton
• Sea Island Connector − Richmond
• Second Narrows Bridge − Vancouver - North Vancouver
• Skybridge − New Westminster - Surrey
• Water Avenue Bridge (Bill Hartley Fraser-Hope Bridge) − Hope
• Westham Island Bridge − Ladner
• William R. Bennett Bridge - Kelowna
• The Yukon Suspension Bridge - Northern British Columbia

Manitoba

• Arlington Bridge − Winnipeg
• Assiniboine River Bridge - Portage la Prairie
• Esplanade Riel − Winnipeg
• 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
• Kichi Sipi Bridge - Cross Lake
• 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

• Sir Robert Bond Bridge
• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge − St. John’s
• Sir Ambrose Shea Bridge − Placentia

New Brunswick

• Burton Bridge − Burton - Maugerville
• Confederation Bridge − Cape Jourimain, NB - Borden, PEI
• Centennial Bridge − Miramichi
• Edmundston-Madawaska Bridge − Edmundston to Madawaska, Maine
• Florenceville Bridge − Florenceville
• Fredericton Railway Bridge − Fredericton - South Devon
• Gunningsville Bridge − Moncton - Riverview
• Hartland Bridge − Hartland
• Hawkshaw Bridge − Nackawic-Millville
• Hugh John Flemming Bridge − Hartland
• J. C. Van Horne Bridge − Campbellton - Pointe-à-la-Croix, QC
• Jemseg River Bridge − Jemseg
• Kelly's Creek Bridge − Upper Kingsclear
• Mactaquac Bridge − Mactaquac
• Miramichi Bridge − Miramichi
• Morrissy Bridge − Miramichi
• Nerepis Bridge − Grand Bay-Westfield
• Point Wolfe Bridge – Fundy National Park
• Princess Margaret Bridge − Fredericton
• Reversing Falls Bridge − Saint John
• Reversing Falls Railway Bridge − Saint John
• Saint John Harbour Bridge − Saint John
• Saint John River High Level Crossing − Coystown
• Westmorland Bridge − Fredericton

Northwest Territories

• Deh Cho Bridge − Fort Providence

Nova Scotia

• Barra Strait Bridge − Barra Strait, Cape Breton Island
• Grand Narrows Bridge − Barra Strait, Cape Breton Island
• A. Murray MacKay Bridge − Halifax
• Angus L. Macdonald Bridge − Halifax
• Seal Island Bridge − Boularderie Island - Cape Breton Island
• Canso Canal swing bridge − Port Hastings
• George Street Bridge − New Glasgow

Ontario

See also: List of bridges in Ottawa and List of bridges in Toronto.

• Alexandra Bridge − Ottawa, ON  - Gatineau, QC
• Ambassador Bridge − Windsor  - Detroit, MI
• Blackfriars Street Bridge − London
• Blue Water Bridge − Point Edward  - Port Huron, MI
• Burgoyne Bridge  - St. Catharines
• Champlain Bridge − Ottawa  - Gatineau, QC
• Chaudière Bridge − Ottawa, ON - Gatineau, QC
• Gordie Howe International Bridge − Windsor  - Detroit, MI
• Garden City Skyway − St. Catharines
• Heron Road Bridge − Ottawa, ON
• Hogg's Hollow Bridge − Toronto
• James N. Allan Skyway Bridge (Burlington Bay Skyway) − Hamilton  - Burlington
• La Salle Causeway − Kingston
• Leaside Bridge − Toronto
• Little Current Swing Bridge − Little Current  - Turner
• Long-Sault Bridge − Hawkesbury, Ontario  - Grenville, Quebec
• Nipigon River Bridge − Nipigon
• Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge − Prescott  - Ogdensburg, NY
• Peace Bridge − Fort Erie  - Buffalo, NY
• Portage Bridge − Ottawa - Gatineau
• Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Street Viaduct) − Toronto
• Macdonald-Cartier Bridge − Ottawa  - Gatineau, QC
• Queenston-Lewiston Bridge − Queenston - Lewiston, NY
• Rainbow Bridge − Niagara Falls  - Niagara Falls, NY
• Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge − Sault Ste. Marie  - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
• Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge − Latchford
• Sioux Narrows Bridge − Sioux Narrows
• Temagami Bridge  - Timmins
• Thousand Islands Bridge − near Ivy Lea  - near Fishers Landing, NY
• Whirlpool Rapids Bridge − Niagara Falls  - Niagara Falls, NY

Prince Edward Island

• Confederation Bridge − Borden - Cape Jourimain, NB
• Hillsborough River Bridge − Charlottetown - Stratford

Quebec

• Ahuntsic Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Alexandra Bridge − Gatineau - Ottawa, ON
• Arthur Sauve Bridge − Laval - Saint-Eustache
• Arvida Bridge - Jonquière, Québec
• Athanase David Bridge − Laval - Bois-des-Filions
• Alonzo Wright Bridge − Gatineau - Chelsea
• Bordeaux Railway Bridge − Montreal - Laval
• Bordeleau bridge − Saint-Séverin (Mékinac) - Mékinac - Mauricie
• Brady Bridge − Gatineau
• Champlain Bridge − Gatineau - Ottawa, ON
• Champlain Bridge − Montreal - Brossard
• Charles de Gaulle Bridge − Montreal - Charlemagne
• Chaudière Bridge − Gatineau - Ottawa, ON
• Coaticook Canyon Bridge - Coaticook
• Draveurs Bridge − Gatineau
• Galipeault Bridge − Montreal - L'Île-Perrot
• Gedeon Ouimet Bridge − Laval - Boisbriand
• Honore Mercier Bridge − Montreal - Kahnawake
• Île aux Tourtes Bridge − Montreal - Vaudreuil-Dorion
• Île d'Orléans Bridge − Quebec City - Île d'Orléans
• Jacques Cartier Bridge − Montreal - Longueuil
• J. C. Van Horne Bridge − Pointe-à-la-Croix - Campbellton, NB
• Lachapelle Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Lady Aberdeen Bridge − Gatineau
• Laurier Railway Bridge − Montreal - Repentigny -Charlemagne
• Laviolette Bridge − Trois-Rivières - Bécancour
• Le Gardeur Bridge − Montreal - Repentigny
• Lepage Bridge − Laval - Terrebonne
• Long-Sault Bridge − Grenville, Quebec  - Hawkesbury, Ontario
• Louis Bisson Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel − Montreal - Boucherville
• Macdonald-Cartier Bridge - Hull - Ottawa, ON
• Marius Dufresne Bridge − Laval - Rosemère
• Matthieu Bridge − Laval - Terrebonne
• Médéric Martin Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Papineau-Leblanc Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Percy Covered Bridge (Powerscourt) − Elgin - Hinchinbrooke
• Pie IX Bridge − Laval - Montreal
• Pierre Laporte Bridge − Quebec City - Lévis
• Portage Bridge − Gatineau - Ottawa, ON
• Quebec Bridge − Quebec City - Lévis
• Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge − Montreal - Kahnawake
• Sophie Masson Bridge − Laval - Terrebonne
• Vachon Bridge − Laval - Boisbriand
• Victoria Bridge − Montreal - Saint-Lambert

Saskatchewan

North Saskatchewan River

• Battlefords Bridge − Battleford - North Battleford
• Battlefords Bridge (1908) - Battleford - North Battleford
• Canadian Northern Railway Bridge − Prince Albert
• Diefenbaker Bridge − Prince Albert
• Maymont Bridge − Mayfield No. 406
• Borden Bridge − Borden
• Petrofka Bridge − Blaine Lake No. 434

South Saskatchewan River

• Broadway Bridge − Saskatoon
• Chief Mistawasis Bridge - Saskatoon
• Circle Drive Bridge − Saskatoon
• Gordie Howe Bridge − Saskatoon
• CPR Bridge − Saskatoon
• Grand Trunk Bridge − Saskatoon
• Outlook Bridge − Outlook
• Spadina Crescent Bridge − Saskatoon Note - Bridge over run-off trench leading into the South Saskatchewan River
• Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge − Saskatoon
• Traffic Bridge − Saskatoon
• University Bridge − Saskatoon
• Muskoday Bridge − Muskoday First Nation
• St. Louis Bridge − St. Louis
• St. Louis Bridge (1915) − St. Louis
• Skytrail − Outlook

Saskatchewan River

• Crooked Bridge − Nipawin

Other Lakes and Rivers

• Albert Memorial Bridge − Regina
• Cochin Bridge − Cochin
• Long Creek Bridge − Estevan No. 5
• Sherwood Forest Bridge − Grand Coulee

Notes and references

• Notes

• Web site: Canadian Register of Historic Places . Historicplaces.ca .

• Web site: Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec . Quebec Cultural Heritage Directory . fr . Patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca .

• Web site: International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering . Nicolas Janberg . Structurae.com.

• Others references

See also

• Transport in Canada
• Roads in Canada
• Numbered highways in Canada
• Rail transport in Canada
• Geography of Canada
• List of rivers of Canada
• List of covered bridges in Quebec
• List of covered bridges in New Brunswick
• List of bridges by city: Calgary, Island of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
• List of bridges by river: Fraser River, Nechako River, Niagara River, North Saskatchewan River, Ottawa River, Red Deer River, Richelieu River, Rivière des Mille Îles, Rivière des Prairies, St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, South Saskatchewan River, Thompson River

External links

• Web site: Les ponts couverts au Québec . Covered bridges in Quebec . fr . Pontscouverts.com .
• Web site: Covered Bridges . Gnb.ca - Government of New Brunswick .
• Web site: Historicbridges.org .
• Web site: Covered bridges in the world . Atawalk.net .
• Web site: Crossings in Greater Montreal . Montrealroads.com .
• Web site: Brücken in der Canada . Bridges in Canada . de . Brueckenweb.de .
• Web site: Suspension Bridges of Canada . bridgemeister.com .
• Web site: Category: Bridges in Canada . highestbridges.com.

Further reading

• Book: America's Covered Bridges: Practical Crossings - Nostalgic Icons . Miller . Terry E. . Knapp . Ronald G. . Tuttle Publishing . 2014 . Tuttle . 9781462914203 .
• Book: Covered Bridges . Conwill . Joseph D. . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2014 . Bloomsbury . 9781784420109 .
• Book: Les Ponts couverts au Québec . Covered Bridges in Quebec . Les Publications du Québec . 2005 . Publications du Québec . 9782551196364 . fr .
• Book: The Bridge at Quebec . Middleton . William D. . Indiana University Press . 2001 . Indiana University Press . 0-253-33761-5 .
• Book: ChenDuanInternational . Handbook of International Bridge Engineering . Chen . Wai-Fah . Duan . Lian . Bridge Engineering in Canada . CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group . 2014 . 978-1-4398-1029-3 . 1–42. CRC Press .
• Book: Prade, Marcel . PradeMonde . 1990 . Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe . The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe . Le Canada . 51 . Art et patrimoine . Poitiers . Brissaud . 2-902170-68-8 . fr .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrimoine Québec - ponts couverts . Heritage Quebec - covered bridges . https://web.archive.org/web/20040223080731/http://www.lafolieadeux.com/amqui_pontcouvert/avantage.html . 23 February 2004 . fr . Lafolieadeux.com . 9 December 2022.
2. Web site: Les ponts couverts du Québec d'hier à aujourd'hui . The covered bridges of Quebec from yesterday to today . fr . Pontscouverts.com . 9 December 2022.
3. Web site: Covered Bridges . Gnb.ca - Government of New Brunswick. 7 October 2011 . 9 December 2022.
4. Web site: The Confederation Bridge: Celebrating 20 years of connecting Canadians . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026125405/https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/canada150/pont-bridge-eng.html . 26 October 2021 . Tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca - Public Services and Procurement Canada.
5. Web site: Mr. Lowell Croken (Chief Electoral Officer and Chief of Protocol, Legislative Assembly, Elections P.E.I.) at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee . Lowell . Croken . 1 December 2009 . Openparliament.ca . 9 December 2022.
6. Book: Troyano . Bridge Engineering - A Global Perspective . Troyano . Leonardo Fernández . Thomas Telford Publishing . 2003 . London . 51 . 0-7277-3215-3 .
7. Web site: History of the George Washington Bridge . Panynj.gov - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . 9 December 2022.
8. Web site: La Société du Pont sur le Saguenay . The Society of the Bridge on the Saguenay . fr . Ponttadoussac.ca . 9 December 2022.
9. Book: Saguenay River Crossing Feasibility Study . Buckland . Peter . 23 July 2015 . 9 December 2022 .