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Alexandra Bridge (Pont Alexandra)
Interprovincial Bridge (Pont Interprovincial)
HSR

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

Saint Patrick Street and Murray Street (Boulevard des Allumettières) Over Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Ottawa and Gatineau: Ottawa City, Ontario and Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,857 ft. Main Span: 556 ft. Roadway: 62 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1900 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

Located next to Parliament Hill, this beautiful bridge represents a significant engineering achievement as an early surviving large-scale cantilever truss bridge.

Plaza Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.7 Miles (1.1 Kilometers)

Wellington Street, Rideau Street, and Elgin Street Over Rideau Canal in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 3

Built 1912 By: Unknown

This extremely unusual bridge is a very wide variety of Y bridge.

Minto Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.9 Miles (1.5 Kilometers)

Union Street Over Rideau River in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Main Span: 171 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1900 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

With ornate railing and portal cresting, this stunning union of beauty and function is actually three bridges that connect islands to cross the river.

Pooley's Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.9 Miles (1.5 Kilometers)

Fleet Street Over Fleet Street Pumping Station Channel Tail Race in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 100 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1873 By: Unknown

Although very little material from the original bridge remains, this bridge still replicates the appearance of the oldest bridge in Ottawa.

Chaudière Bridge (Pont Chaudière)
HSR

Rough Distance: 1 Miles (1.7 Kilometers)

Rue Eddy (Booth Street) Over Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Ottawa and Gatineau: Ottawa City, Ontario and Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Span: 238 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1919 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This impressive Pennsylvania truss bridge also has an unusual support and approach system.

Laurier Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.1 Miles (1.7 Kilometers)

Laurier Avenue Over Rideau Canal, Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Colonel By Drive in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Two-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 305 ft. Main Span: 80 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1900 By: Unknown

This bridge is an early and very unusual surviving example of a riveted steel deck arch in Canada.

Porter Island Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.5 Miles (2.5 Kilometers)

Island Lodge Road (Abandoned Alignment) Over Rideau River in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 252 ft. Main Span: 126 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1894 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This beautiful bridge is a rare and outstanding multi-span example of 19th Century metal bridge construction in Ontario.

Chief William Commanda Bridge
Prince of Wales Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.7 Miles (2.8 Kilometers)

Railroad (Abandoned Canadian Pacific) Over Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Ottawa and Gatineau: Ottawa City, Ontario and Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,153 ft. Main Span: 259 ft. Main Spans: 13

Built 1926 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This large bridge is actually two bridges that cross the river via an island.

Pretoria Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.8 Miles (2.8 Kilometers)

Pretoria Avenue Over Rideau Canal in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing-Height Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Direct Lift) and Approach Spans: Concrete Spread Box Beam, Fixed

Length: 200 ft. Main Span: 95 ft. Roadway: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1981 By: Unknown and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois

This modern bridge lacks heritage value, but it does simulate important aspects of the previous unique vertical lift bridge at this location.

Cummings Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.1 Miles (3.3 Kilometers)

Rideau Street and Montreal Road Over Rideau River in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 700 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1921 By: Unknown

This large multi-span concrete open spandrel arch bridge was extensively rehabilitated.

Bank Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.4 Miles (3.9 Kilometers)

Bank Street Over Rideau Canal in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 630 ft. Main Span: 76 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1912 By: Jones and Girouard of Ottawa, Ontario

This bridge is a large, early, and impressive example of a concrete arch bridge.

Carleton University O-Train Bridge
St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway "White" Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.1 Miles (4.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (O-Train Trillium Line, Line 2) Over Rideau River, Eastern Pathway, and University Avenue in Ottawa: Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

Metal Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 325 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This bridge is noted for its rare double-intersection Warren deck truss span which was relocated here.

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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