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Bloor Street Humber River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

Bloor Street Over Humber River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Three-Hinged Solid Ribbed Spandrel Braced Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 748 ft. Main Span: 146 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1923 By: Unknown

Although trees make it hard to see the whole bridge, this is a fairly long multi-span example of a steel deck arch bridge.

Old Mill Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.2 Miles (0.3 Kilometers)

Old Mill Road (Catherine Street) Over Humber River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built 1916 By: Arnot Construction Company of Toronto, Ontario and Frank Barber of Toronto, Ontario

This beautiful stone faced concrete arch bridge was designed by a noted area engineer.

Wallace Avenue Foot Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.5 Miles (4 Kilometers)

Wallace Avenue (Pedestrian Walkway) Over Railroad (Go, Canadian National) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Main Span: 85 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1907 By: Ontario Bridge Company of Toronto, Ontario

This rare riveted pony truss foot bridge has some unusual configurations due to a skewed design.

Bloor Street Railway Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.7 Miles (4.3 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian National and Go) and West Toronto Railpath Over Bloor Street in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 4

Built 1925 By: Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Ontario

This traditionally composed trio of steel girder grade separations was built by a prolific bridge company.

Kipling Avenue Railway Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.2 Miles (5.2 Kilometers)

Railroad (Go (Lakeshore West Line), Via Rail, and Canadian National, Etobicoke Yard Spur) Over Kipling Avenue in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Slab, Fixed

Length: 74 ft. Roadway: 185 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1950 By: Unknown

This railway overpass is noted for its attractive detailing.

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Dowling Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.5 Miles (5.6 Kilometers)

Dowling Avenue Over Railroad (Go, Canadian National) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This bridge is one of a number of plate girder grade separations constructed along this section of railway.

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Dunn Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.9 Miles (6.2 Kilometers)

Dunn Avenue Over Railroad (Go, Canadian National) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This bridge is one of a number of plate girder grade separations constructed along this section of railway.

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Dufferin Street Bridge
Dufferin Street Overhead
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.2 Miles (6.8 Kilometers)

Dufferin Street Over Railroad (Go, Canadian National) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Span: 62 ft. Roadway: 68.9 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1912 By: Unknown

This plate girder bridge has three girder lines to accomodate a larger roadway.

King Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.5 Miles (7.3 Kilometers)

Railroad (Go, Canadian National) Over King Street in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 2

Built 1888 By: Hamilton Bridge Company of Hamilton, Ontario and Charles Sproatt

This ancient bridge is half plate girder and half a rare pony truss design!

Middle Road Bridge
Sherway Drive Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.2 Miles (8.4 Kilometers)

Sherway Drive (Former Middle Road) Over Etobicoke Creek in Mississauga and Toronto: Peel Region, Ontario and Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rainbow Through Arch, Fixed

Length: 86 ft. Roadway: 14 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1909 By: O.L. Hicks of Humber Bay, Ontario and Frank Barber of Toronto, Ontario

One of the first of its style ever built, this unique bridge has aspects of both a truss and an arch bridge.

Bathurst Street Bridge
Sir Isaac Brock Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.7 Miles (9.1 Kilometers)

Bathurst Street And TTC Streetcar Over Railroad (Go, Canadian National) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Length: 600 ft. Main Span: 205 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1903 By: Unknown

This massive truss bridge and its series of approach spans have a somewhat complicated history.

St. Clair Viaduct
Vale of Avoca
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.1 Kilometers)

St. Clair Avenue Over Yellow Creek (Avoca Ravine) in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Spandrel Braced Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 509 ft. Main Span: 260 ft. Roadway: 54.1 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1925 By: Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Ontario

This impressive arch bridge is hard to view and photograph, but is a noteworthy heritage bridge with a well-documented construction.

Mt. Pleasant Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.1 Miles (11.5 Kilometers)

Mt. Pleasant Road Over Rosedale Ravine, Rosedale Valley Road, Castle Frank Brook in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 440 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1948 By: Unknown

This is a later but uncommon example of a riveted deck truss bridge with good integrity.

Yonge Street Railway Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian Pacific and Go) Over Yonge Street in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Slab, Fixed

Main Spans: 2

Built By: Unknown

This bridge has attractive arched cantilevers on its northern side.

Sherbourne Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.3 Miles (11.7 Kilometers)

Sherbourne Street Over Rosedale Valley Road in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built 1952 By: Unknown

This is a high level riveted deck plate girder bridge.

Olympic Island Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.3 Miles (11.8 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Inner Harbour in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This inviting park foot bridge on the Toronto Islands is a slender, graceful structure that showcases the aesthetic potential of concrete.

Centre Island Bridge
Avenue of the Islands Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12.1 Kilometers)

Avenue of the Islands Over Long Pond in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Solid Ribbed Spandrel Braced Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 158 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built By: Unknown

A centerpiece of an island park, despite alteration, this is a highly significant example of a very unusual bridge design.

Glen Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12.1 Kilometers)

Glen Road Over Yellow Creek in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Spandrel Braced Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 645 ft. Main Span: 310 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1927 By: Unknown

Buried in the trees, this beautiful and magnificent work of engineering and heritage has recieved little public awareness.

Bloor Street Rosedale Valley Bridge
Bloor Street Viaduct, Rosedale Section
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.7 Miles (12.4 Kilometers)

Bloor Street Over Rosedale Ravine, Rosedale Valley Road, Castle Frank Brook in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Three-Hinged Braced Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Span: 190 ft. Roadway: 64.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1917 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec and Thomas Taylor

This is the smaller of two bridges constructed together for Bloor Street in this area.

Chorley Park Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8 Miles (12.8 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Pedestrian Walkway in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1911 By: Unknown

This attractive arch bridge was originally part of a long-lost Government House complex.

Chippewa Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8 Miles (12.9 Kilometers)

Chippewa Avenue Over Inner Harbour in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This is a slender arch bridge with some nice architectural details.

Governor's Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.1 Miles (13 Kilometers)

Governors Road Over Mud Creek in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built 1923 By: Goldie Construction and F. G. Engholm

This is a large, but simply ornamented example of an uncommon bridge type in Ontario.

Bloor-Bayview Ramp Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.1 Miles (13 Kilometers)

Don Valley Parkway Ramp To Bloor Street and -Bayview Avenue Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built 1960 By: Unknown

This bridge is noted for its arched, riveted girders.

Prince Edward Viaduct
Bloor Street Viaduct, Don Section
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.2 Miles (13.2 Kilometers)

Bloor Street and TTC Subway Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, Railroad, and Bayview Avenue in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Three-Hinged Braced Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 1,620 ft. Main Span: 282 ft. Roadway: 64.5 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1918 By: Hamilton Bridge Company of Hamilton, Ontario and Thomas Taylor

One of the largest and most well-known Toronto bridges, this unique bridge is one of the few crescent arch bridges in existance.

Half Mile Bridge
Don River High Railway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.3 Miles (13.3 Kilometers)

Railroad (Abandoned Canadian Pacific) Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, Bayview Avenue, and Railroad in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,100 ft. Main Spans: 13

Built 1928 By: Unknown

This is a high level style deck plate girder bridge and it rests on massive concrete piers.

Don River Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.4 Miles (13.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian Pacific) Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built By: Unknown

This heavilly skewed bridge rests on attractive stone piers.

Pottery Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.4 Miles (13.6 Kilometers)

Pottery Road (Southbound) Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rainbow Through Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: R. H. McGregor Construction Company

This busy bridge had a modern bridge built next to it, forming a one-way couplet to increase the number of lanes for the road.

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Rowntree Mill Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.6 Kilometers)

Rowntree Mill Road Over Humber River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 95 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Hamilton Bridge Company of Hamilton, Ontario

Serving pedestrians on a former highway, this pony truss is noted for its span length.

Gerrard Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.7 Kilometers)

Gerrard Street Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, and Railroad in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Three-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 430 ft. Main Span: 150 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1923 By: Unknown

Although its deck has been replaced and modernized, this bridge retains a superstructure of three shallow arch spans

Dundas Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.7 Kilometers)

Dundas Street Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, and Railroad in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Three-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 396 ft. Main Span: 142 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1911 By: Unknown

This steel arch bridge has been altered, but it retains its original main span and some approach spans.

Bayview Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.8 Kilometers)

Bayview Avenue Over West Branch Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 900 ft. Main Span: 155 ft.

Built 1929 By: Unknown and Margison and Babcock

This multi-span deck truss bridge was widened with a very similar looking parallel set of trusses in 1960.

Old Bayview Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.6 Miles (13.8 Kilometers)

Bayview Avenue (Abandoned Alignment) Over West Branch Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete 10 Panel Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This is a long-abandoned arch bridge of simple design, that appears to serve an old highway alignment.

Queen Street Bridge
Riverside Bridge / Queen Street Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.6 Miles (13.8 Kilometers)

Queen Street And TTC Streetcar Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, Bayview Avenue, and Railroad in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Span: 129 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1911 By: Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company of Darlington, England

This impressive bridge was built with steel that came from variety of English and Scottish steel mills.

Port Credit Railway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.6 Miles (13.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (Go, Canadian National) Over Credit River in Mississauga: Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Inverted Bowstring Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 269 ft. Main Span: 173 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1903 By: Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Ontario

This bridge's extremely unusual design gives it a very high level of heritage significance.

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Gas Line Bridge
Consumers Gas Company Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.7 Miles (14 Kilometers)

Gas Line Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Through Arch, Fixed

Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 133 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1930 By: Unknown

Unique both in form and function, this unusual concrete arch structure carries only a gas line.

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Eastern Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.7 Miles (14 Kilometers)

Eastern Avenue (Abandoned Alignment) Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 14 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 148 ft. Main Span: 148 ft. Roadway: 62 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1933 By: Unknown

This abandoned bridge is a rare Canadian example of a through truss with three truss lines.

Don River Canadian National Railway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.8 Miles (14.2 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian National) Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This traditonally composed railroad plate girder was once located not too far from a rare highway truss bridge.

Cherry Street Bridge
Ship Channel Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.9 Miles (14.3 Kilometers)

Cherry Street Over Ship Channel in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1930 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois

This massive bridge is an extremely rare Canadian example of this noteworthy bascule design.

Don River Canadian National Railway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9 Miles (14.4 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian National) Over Don River in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 2

Built By: Unknown

This is a traditional two span plate girder bridge.

QEW Credit River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.3 Miles (15 Kilometers)

Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Over Credit River in Mississauga: Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 840 ft. Roadway: 94.8 ft. Main Spans: 7

Built 1934 By: Unknown

Although widened on both sides in 1960, this bridge remains an impressive example of its type.

Leaside Bridge
Confederation Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.3 Miles (15 Kilometers)

Millwood Road Over Don River, Don Valley Parkway, and Railroad in Toronto: Toronto City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,443 ft. Main Span: 125 ft. Main Spans: 11

Built 1927 By: Unknown and Frank Barber of Toronto, Ontario

This tall and long bridge was widened significantly in the late 1960s.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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