Water Street Swing Bridge - Gananoque, Ontario
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N 44° 19.531 W 076° 09.556
18T E 407566 N 4908681
The Water Street Swing Bridge carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic over the Gananoque River, in Gananoque, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM131G2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/25/2020
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This bridge was listed as having a construction date of 1894 in a rehabilitation tender which also stated the bridge was a former railway bridge that was later converted for highway use. Assuming the construction date is correct it is an early example of a plate girder swing bridge. Assuming this was a former railway bridge, it would appear to have something in common with the nearby Hudson Bridge, which was also found to be a former railway bridge. The bridge sits on a stone pier and stone abutments. The bridge functions as a one-lane bridge with a sidewalk within the girder lines as well. As of 2013, projects to rehabilitate the bridge were being undertaken.
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