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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| Mint Line Bridge | Truss | Mint Line | Chatham-Kent Region, ON | Rural | Babtiste Creek |
This bridge is a Warren pony truss with riveted connections. It features large lattice railings, that use a design seen often in Ontario, that consists of using angle-shaped steel to form the lattice, resulting in a more durable design. Ontario bridges also seem to extend the railings down the abutment wingwalls quite often as well. The bridge is slightly skewed. The deck is concrete, and appears to be original. To my knowledge this is the last surviving highway pony truss that is on public roads in the Chatham-Kent Region. As such, the preservation of this bridge is essential, to retain any local memory from this important and beautiful period in bridge design history.
