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Christina Street Bridge

Christina Street Bridge

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Most Recent Visit To Bridge: June 23, 2006

This bridge is slated for demolition in 2008-2009!

Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Christina Street Bridge Christina Street Over KH-402 Sarnia: Lambton County, Ontario Concrete Rigid-Frame, Stationary 0 By: Unknown

The Christina Street Bridge is an expressway overpass that features an arched concrete rigid-frame design. Original railings remain on the bridge. The aesthetic qualities of the railing design as well as the arch-shaped structure combine to form a rare example of an expressway bridge that is genuinely visually attractive.

Ontario used a railing design very similar to Michigan's. Both Michigan and Ontario used this particular design for a number of decades generally finding the heaviest use surrounding 1950s. Both in Ontario and Michigan, the railing panels were sometimes separated by concrete posts or in other cases by steel posts. With bridges like the Kerwood Road Bridge and the Knight Street Bridge, steel was used. With bridges like the Christina Street Bridge and the Sigler Road Bridge, concrete was used.

The Christina Street Bridge is however one of the last remaining bridge of its particular design that retains historic integrity. There has been talk of demolition, which would be most unfortunate. The bridge carries three lanes under each span, this should be sufficient for the roadway. Instead, effort should be focused on preserving this structure, which acts much like a gateway into Canada for the many people crossing into Canada at the Blue Water Bridge.

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