Bloor Viaduct

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The Bloor Viaduct is a major multi-span bridge in Toronto, Canada, carrying Bloor Street and the subway over the Don Valley and connecting the city's east and west sides.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bloor Viaduct canonical 3
Bloor Street Viaduct 1
Bloor–Danforth Viaduct 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge
bridge
railway bridge
road bridge
alsoKnownAs Bloor Viaduct
surface form: Bloor Street Viaduct

Bloor Viaduct
surface form: Bloor–Danforth Viaduct
architect Edmund W. Burke
carries Bloor Street East
Danforth Avenue
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth
Toronto subway
connects east Toronto
west Toronto
constructionStartDate 1915
country Canada
crosses Don River NERFINISHED
Don Valley
designedFor future subway deck
designer Edmund W. Burke
engineer Thomas Taylor
hasComponent Don River Bridge
Embankment between bridges
Rosedale Ravine Bridge
hasSafetyBarrier Luminous Veil
heritageStatus listed heritage structure in Toronto
knownFor significant suicide prevention barrier project
length approximately 494 metres
locatedIn Ontario
Toronto
LuminousVeilArtist Derek Revington
LuminousVeilCompleted 2003
mainSpanLength approximately 88 metres
maintainedBy Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
material concrete
steel
namedAfter Edward, Prince of Wales
surface form: Prince Edward, Prince of Wales
numberOfSpans 5
officialName Prince Edward Viaduct
openedForTraffic October 18, 1918
openingDate 1918
owner Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
partOf Bloor Street subway corridor
surface form: Bloor–Danforth corridor
regionServed Greater Toronto Area
subwayDeckUsedSince 1966
subwayLineOpenedOnBridge February 26, 1966
trafficType motor vehicles
pedestrians
subway trains

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don River crossedBy Bloor Viaduct
Bloor Viaduct alsoKnownAs Bloor Viaduct
this entity surface form: Bloor Street Viaduct
Bloor Viaduct alsoKnownAs Bloor Viaduct
this entity surface form: Bloor–Danforth Viaduct
Don Valley crossedBy Bloor Viaduct
Prince Edward Viaduct alsoKnownAs Bloor Viaduct