Whirlpool Rapids Bridge

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arch bridge historic bridge international bridge railway bridge road bridge steel bridge

Whirlpool Rapids Bridge is a historic steel arch bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, spanning the Niagara Gorge just downstream from the famous falls.

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Label Occurrences
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge canonical 7

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ
international bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
borderCrossingBetween Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
carries railway line ⓘ
roadway ⓘ
clearanceBelow approximately 239 feet ⓘ
approximately 73 meters ⓘ
connects Niagara Falls, New York ⓘ
Niagara Falls, Ontario ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
crosses Niagara River gorge ⓘ
surface form: Niagara Gorge

Niagara River ⓘ
designedBy Leffert L. Buck ⓘ
function international border crossing over the Niagara River ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic structure in both Canada and the United States ⓘ
hasLowerDeckUse road traffic ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
hasUpperDeckUse rail traffic ⓘ
length approximately 1,200 feet ⓘ
approximately 366 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Niagara County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niagara Falls, New York ⓘ
Niagara Falls, Ontario ⓘ
Regional Municipality of Niagara ⓘ
downstream from Niagara Falls ⓘ
locatedNear Niagara Whirlpool ⓘ
Whirlpool Rapids ⓘ
mainSpan approximately 256 meters ⓘ
approximately 840 feet ⓘ
maintainedBy Niagara Falls Bridge Commission ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
notableFor double-deck steel arch design ⓘ
proximity to Niagara Falls ⓘ
opened 1897 ⓘ
owner Niagara Falls Bridge Commission ⓘ
partOf transportation infrastructure of the Niagara region ⓘ
replaced earlier suspension bridge at the site ⓘ
structureType deck arch bridge ⓘ
usedBy passenger trains ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Niagara River → crossedBy → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge → replacedBy → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
American side → connectedByBridgeTo → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: American side of Niagara Falls
Niagara Region → hasBorderCrossing → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
Queenston-Lewiston Bridge → isDownstreamOf → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
Niagara Falls, New York → borderCrossing → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ
Upper Niagara Rapids → crossedBy → Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ⓘ