Victoria Bridge
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Victoria Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge in Montreal that carries road and rail traffic across the Saint Lawrence River, linking the island of Montreal to the south shore.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
ⓘ
historic structure ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ steel truss bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
rail traffic
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Island of Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
south shore of Saint Lawrence River ⓘ |
| connectsMunicipality |
Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Grand Trunk Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1859 ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1854 ⓘ |
| crosses | Saint Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer |
Alexander McKenzie Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Stephenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproachStructure | ice-breaking piers ⓘ |
| hasDesign | truss bridge ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic bridge of national significance in Canada ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 2.7 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | 24 ⓘ |
| hasRailTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| hasRoadLanes | 2 ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | first bridge to span the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal ⓘ |
| hasTollStatus | former toll bridge ⓘ |
| isAmong | oldest bridges across the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Canadian National Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| openedToRailTraffic | 1859 ⓘ |
| openedToRoadTraffic | 1860 ⓘ |
| originallyOpened | 1859 ⓘ |
| originalName | Great Victoria Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Canadian National Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | rail network of Canadian National Railway ⓘ |
| reconstructed |
1897
ⓘ
1898 ⓘ 1899 ⓘ |
| reconstructionType | conversion to steel truss structure ⓘ |
| replacedStructure | original tubular bridge ⓘ |
| tollRemoved | 1960 ⓘ |
| trafficDirection | one-way road traffic (toward Montreal during most of the day) ⓘ |
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