Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
43.109208 - 79.058336Koordinaten: 43 ° 6 ' 33.1 "N, 79 ° 3' 30 " W
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Niagara River
The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge (also just called the Whirlpool Bridge, formerly Lower Steel Arch Bridge ) is a two-storey railway and road bridge over the Niagara River, the places Niagara Falls (Ontario) and Niagara Falls, the (New York) and thus also the countries Canada and USA are linked. It is located about 4 km downstream of Niagara Falls and 2.3 km below the Rainbow Bridge.
On the bridge deck there is a railroad track that is only used by the Maple Leaf, a jointly operated by Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada passenger train that runs between New York Pennsylvania Station and Toronto Union Station.
On the lower deck there are two lanes for car traffic. There are only travelers with NEXUS cards for accelerated border controls allowed, trucks, pedestrians and cyclists must not use the bridge.
The original Lower Steel Arch Bridge -called bridge was necessary because the standing in their place Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge was no longer cope with the increasing traffic. The steel arch bridge with an overhead truss is designed by Leffert L. Buck and built between April 9, 1896 to August 27, 1897. The transport sector was maintained on the suspension bridge, the new bridge was built around the old suspension bridge around, which also served as Baubehelf for the new time.
The name Lower Steel Arch Bridge it differed from that in the two years that followed also by Leffert L. Buck Upper Steel Arch Bridge built below Niagara Falls.
The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge is a 329 m long, two hinged steel arch bridge made of riveted trusses. Your arch has a span of 167.6 m and a height of 34.7 m arrow. The top of the track deck is 68.6 m above the Niagara River. It is operated by the Canadian- American Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, as well as the Rainbow Bridge and the Lewiston- Queenston Bridge.
Just south of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge is the opened in 1925 and some years ago abandoned Michigan Central Railway Bridge.