The Burgoyne Bridge is right beside the Rodman Hall Art Centre and it is accessible by foot, there are pedestrian walkway on both sides of the bridge, so visitors will be able to walk across the bridge with no problem. The Burgoyne Bridge can also be considered as a landmark in St. Catharines, the newly built gigantic bridge almost seems out of place for a small town like St. Catharines.
The construction started 2014 and it was completed and opened during the year of 2016. The new Burgoyne Bridge is a replacement for the old Burgoyne Bridge, the new Burgoyne Bridge is 333 meters in length with 7 spans.
Before the Burgoyne Bridge was built, a wooden bridge was built to cross the Twelve Mile Creek in the early nineteenth century. This bridge was replaced by a steel swing-bridge in the 1820s to allow for the passage of ships. The St. Paul Street Swing Bridge remained a prominent feature in the canal valley until it was demolished in the 1940s.
The idea for a new bridge became a subject of great debate at city council during the spring of 1910, debate and planning for the new bridge took nearly five years. The original bridge was designed by Sprague and Reppert, civil engineers from Pittsburgh, construction of the Burgoyne Bridge as a multi-span, steel deck truss structure began in 1915. Burgoyne Bridge was origianlly known as the St. Paul Street High Level Bridge and the st. Paul Street Viaduct. The bridge opened to pedestrian traffic in late November 1915, and the first vehicular traffic was permitted to cross the bridge on December 18. And in June 1916, the bridge was officially named the "Burgoyne Bridge" in honour of William Burgoyne, mayor of St. Catharines and owner of the St. Catharines Standard.
In 2017, the replacement bridge provides a new landmark for the City of St. Catharines. The focal point of the new bridge is an open-truss arch span, recalling the truss work of the Burgoyne Bridge, the arch forms of the nearby Glenridge Bridge and the stays of the original St. Paul Street Swing Bridge.
Location: St. Catharines, ON, Canada
General Contractor: Pomerleau
Type of Structure: 1,090-ft. (333-m) highway bridge (7 spans)
Engineering Firm: Parsons
Year(s) of Manufacture: 2014-2016
Bridge Opening: Expected in 2016
Products and Services:
Fabrication of the bridge steel superstructure (2,830 tons)
32 box girders
Longest girder: 84 ft. (25.5 m)
Girder weight: between 50 and 80 tons
Goodco Z-Tech:
44 pot bearings
4 LG-3 type modular expansion joints
The Burgoyne Bridge is owned and managed by The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
| Website: | https://www.canambridges.com/projects/burgoyne-bridge/ |
There are two sidewalks on each side of the bridge, so it is wheelchair accessible.
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