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Dain City Railway Bridge

"Welland Canal Bridge #18"

Dain City Railway Bridge

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Most Recent Visit To Bridge: August 23, 2005

Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Dain City Railway Bridge
Welland Canal Bridge #18
Railroad (Trillium Railway) Over Welland Canal (Abandoned) Dain City: Niagara Region, Ontario Metal Riveted Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift 0 By: Unknown

Thanks to Jarek Piórkowski for visiting and photographing this bridge.

This bridge was built for Canadian National, but is today owned by Trillium Railway who runs trains on it five days a week.

This bridge has a very different appearance than other Welland Canal vertical lift bridges, because it is so narrow, as a single track railroad bridge rather than a two or more lane highway bridge. This bridge does not raise anymore, and is near to the now tower-less Forks Road Bridge. The Forks Railroad Bridge is a good example of how a standard plan for a highway bridge compares to the same plan applied to a railroad bridge. The lack of railings and sidewalks are the most obvious difference, in addition to the different deck and narrow width.

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