Reversing Falls Railway Bridge

The Reversing Falls Railway Bridge is a steel truss bridge over the Saint John River in Saint John in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The bridge crosses the river at the height of the so-called Reversing Falls just before its confluence with the Bay of Fundy. The first bridge at this location was built in 1885 just north of a road bridge, which was called Reversing Falls Bridge. The bridge was 372 feet long and carried a single-track railway line.

It was built by the St. John Bridge and Railway Extension Company, which belonged to the city of St. John, and had taken on the task to connect the two sections of earlier European and North American Railway. The eastern section to Moncton was taken over by the Intercolonial Railway in the 1870s, the western section was (NBR ) and its subsidiary, St. John and Maine Railway since 1883 in the possession of the New Brunswick Railway. The St. John Bridge and Rail Road Extension Company was purchased after completion of the bridge of the NBR. The NBR was taken over in 1890 by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

In order to carry heavier trains, the old bridge was demolished in 1921 and replaced by a very similar construction new building, which went into operation in 1922. Since 1 January 1995, part of the bridge of the New Brunswick Southern Railway, after the Canadian Pacific wanted to shut down the route at this time.

45.25986 - 66.086648Koordinaten: 45 ° 15 '35 " N, 66 ° 5' 12 " W

  • Building in New Brunswick
  • Bridge in North America
  • Railway bridge in Canada
  • Truss bridge
  • Steel Bridge
  • Built in the 1880s
  • Built in the 1920s
  • Transportation (New Brunswick )
Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
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