Moodie Drive bridge, Beachburg sub - Nepean, ON
Posted by: elyob
N 45° 19.766 W 075° 50.252
18T E 434368 N 5019888
Posted co-ordinates are for the shoulder of Moodie Drive southbound, just north of the bridge. Moodie Drive is busy. Take care.
Waymark Code: WMRKFY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/04/2016
Views: 13
A short distance to the south, the Carleton Place subdivision (abandoned since 1990) of the CP (Canadian Pacific Railway) crossed Moodie Drive as a level crossing. However, the Beachburg subdivision of the CN (Canadian National Railway) was built upon a significant embankment. A bridge was required to cross Moodie Drive.
The much older railway (the Carleton Place sub) began as the Canada Central Railway in 1870. Forty-five years later, the Canadian Northern's Beachburg sub was built with a bridge crossing the Carleton Place sub and Moodie Drive.