Burgoyne Bridge

"St. Paul Street Bridge"

Located next to the beautiful St. Paul Crescent Bridge, this is one of those bridges that clears the entire river valley. It also is one of those bridges that if you don't check out from below, looks quite plain and slab-like. I was not aware that this bridge was even historic until I went down to check out the St. Paul Crescent Bridge, which is easily viewed from on top of the Burgoyne Bridge.

This is a multi-span deck truss, perhaps built in the 1930s. It passes over 12 Mile Creek, as well as the 406 expressway. It leads directly into the downtown area. The bridge's connections are riveted, and there is v-lacing and lattice on many members. I am unsure if the pedestrian guardrails are original, but I am fairly certain the deck and the concrete guardrails have been redone. Since the construction of this bridge suggests a date of construction near to that of the St. Paul Crescent Bridge, I don't think that this bridge was a replacement for the St. Paul Crescent Bridge. The way that the roads on the map looked, it looked like this Burgoyne Bridge was the new alignment for St. Paul street, with the St Paul Crescent Bridge being the old alignment. I guess I would have to do some research to find out for certain.