Hunters Bay 200 - Huntsville, ON
Posted by: 
13acres
N 45° 19.796 W 079° 13.560
17T E 639013 N 5021133
A three span steel bridge over Hunters Bay.
Waymark Code: WM132FM
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/01/2020
Views: 0
At mile marker 146.85 from Toronto (34.51 on the original Huntsville Sub) in the town of Huntsville is an impressive 3 span structure that crosses Hunters Bay on Lake Vernon. It is listed in the 1907 Grand Trunk Railroad Buildings & Bridges Inventory as bridge number 200. The bridge has 2 identical 80 feet one half inch approach spans that are steel riveted 8 panel Warren deck trusses on stone abutments and piers. The center span is a steel riveted 7 panel modified Warren through truss and is listed as 148 feet five inches long. The spans and stonework have a completed date of 1895. Both the abutments and the piers have had concrete work done to them in the seat areas but much of the original granite stone work is still there.
With information from cnr-in-ontario.com and railwaypages.com
If you are interested in Canadian Benchmarks, there is an old bolt on the south abutment of this bridge.
The coordinates N45° 19.796 W079° 13.560 were taken just east of the south abutment from the Hunters Bay Walking Trail.
Access
To access the bridge, make your way to exit 221 on Highway 11 and travel down West Road towards Huntsville 1.1km. Turn left on Centre Street and travel 460m to the parking lot for Hunters Bay Walking Trail at N45° 19.776 W079° 13.344. A 290m hike down the trail will get you to the bridge.
