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Special Bridge Conditions Legend
! Confirmed demolition date within one year or an especially historic bridge that is threatened with demolition at any level.
X The bridge has been confirmed demolished or collapsed.
S The bridge has been dismantled or moved to an offsite location and is not currently available for public viewing.
L Most or all of the original bridge material has been demolished and replaced, including historically significant elements, but some original parts of the bridge remain.
Note: This website cannot guarantee the current condition of any bridge on this website. Bridges lacking these icons should not necessarily be considered condition-free.

Total Bridges Found: 21

 Bridge Name HSR Rating Facility Carried / Feature Intersected LocationStructure Type Structure DimensionsConstruction Date / Builder or Contractor DescriptionThumbnail
Balls Falls Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. 6th Avenue Over 20 Mile Creek Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This bridge is located where 6th Avenue passes through a park setting at a historic crossing right by a spectacular waterfall.Click to visit page.
Beaverdams Creek Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Abandoned) Over Lake Gibson (Power Canal, Beaverdams Creek) Thorold: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal Through Girder, Fixed Main Spans: 1 1946 By: Unknown A large single-span through plate girder that has been abandoned.Click to visit page.
! Beaverdams Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Beaverdams Road Over Lake Gibson (Power Canal, Beaverdams Creek) Thorold: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 1946 By: Unknown This attractive riveted pony truss is the latest heritage bridge in the Region of Niagara to be at risk for demolition.Click to visit page.
! Bowen Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Bowen Road Over Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Fort Erie: Niagara Region, Ontario Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed Main Spans: 2 1941 By: Unknown This is the last interesting and early overpass bridge on the QEW, the oldest inter-city freeway in Canada. Click to visit page.
! Burgoyne Bridge
St. Paul Street Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. St. Paul Street Over 12 Mile Creek St. Catharines: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Total Length: 1236 ft
Main Span Length: 120 ft
Roadway Width: 30 ft
Main Spans: 7
1915 By: Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation and Sprague and Reppert of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Despite its significance as an impressive deck truss that soars across the valley of 12 Mile Creek, demolition is planed for this heritage bridge.Click to visit page.
Campbell Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Grimsby Road 16 Over 20 Mile Creek Lincoln: Niagara Region, Ontario Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed Main Spans: 1 1962 By: Unknown This is a locally noteworthy example of an unaltered standard Ontario rigid-frame bridge.Click to visit page.
! Central Avenue Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Central Avenue Over Railroad (Canadian National) Fort Erie: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 417 ft
Main Span Length: 204 ft
Roadway Width: 30 ft
Main Spans: 1
1955 By: Hamilton Bridge Company of Hamilton, Ontario and C.R. Hagey Engineering Associates of Fort Erie, Ontario This large viaduct represents a significant monument to mid-20th Century engineering, yet is slated for demolition.Click to visit page.
Clarence Street Bridge
Welland Canal Bridge #21
Historic Significance Rating. Clarence Street Over Welland Canal Port Colborne: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This is the southernmost bridge on the Welland Canal and an outstanding example of the vertical lift bridges used on the canal.Click to visit page.
Creek Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Creek Road (RR-45) Over Oswego Creek Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown One of a decreasing number of surviving truss bridges in Niagara Region.Click to visit page.
Dain City Railway Bridge
Welland Canal Bridge #17
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Trillium Railway) Over Welland Canal (Abandoned) Dain City: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This cool railroad vertical lift, serving a single set of tracks, is much more narrow than the highway bridges.Click to visit page.
X Decew Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Decew Road Over Lake Gibson (12 Mile Creek) Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Standard Steel Construction Company of Port Robinson, Ontario This unusual bridge is a two-span pony truss, but one span is larger than the other. Demolished Summer 2010Click to visit page.
Forks Road Bridge
Welland Canal Bridge #18
Historic Significance Rating. Forks Road Over Welland Canal (Abandoned) Dain City: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This bridge was once a vertical lift, but its towers were removed.Click to visit page.
Glass Avenue Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Glass Avenue (Abandoned Alignment) Over 15 Mile Creek (Old Channel) Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This abandoned bridge is a reminder that Glass Avenue once went in a different direction in this area.Click to visit page.
Glendale Avenue Bridge
Welland Canal Bridge #5
Historic Significance Rating. Glendale Avenue Over Welland Canal St. Catharines: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown An extensive photo-documentation of one of several beautiful and functional vertical lifts on Welland Canal.Click to visit page.
Grimsby Road 7 Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Grimsby Road 7 Over 20 Mile Creek Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This attractive truss bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic but remains accessible to pedestrians. Click to visit page.
Henley Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Over 12 Mile Creek St. Catharines: Niagara Region, Ontario Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed 1939 By: Unknown Twin multi-span arch bridges for QEW traffic with detailed statues on top.Click to visit page.
Henley Island Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Henley Island Road Over Martindale Pond (12 Mile Creek) Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 1921 By: Unknown This small metal truss bridge has been rehabilitated for continued light vehicular use.Click to visit page.
Hodgkins Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Hodgkins Road Over 20 Mile Creek Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown Although closed to traffic, this is an outstanding early 20th Century truss bridge surviving in this region with few alterations.Click to visit page.
International Railway Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railway (Canadian National) Over Niagara River Buffalo and Fort Erie: Erie County, New York and Niagara Region, Ontario Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 1967.5 ft
Main Span Length: 358 ft
Roadway Width: 18 ft
Main Spans: 1
1901 By: Detroit Bridge and Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Joseph Hobson This landmark bridge is an extremely long multi-span example of a pin-connected truss bridge and includes an impressive swing span.Click to visit page.
! Reece Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. 20 Mile Creek Road (RR-69) Over 20 Mile Creek Lincoln: Niagara Region, Ontario Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed Main Spans: 2 By: Unknown This is an unusual two span rigid frame bridge.Click to visit page.
Third Welland Canal CN Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Canadian National) Over Third Welland Canal Rural: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) Main Spans: 2 By: Unknown A rare camelback truss swing bridge still carries a lot of train traffic.Click to visit page.

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