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Revision as of 15:11, 20 March 2010
Gaspereaux River Bridge
Mile 44.5 on the Halifax Subdivision The last of several DAR bridges over the Gaspereaux was built for the DAR in 1911 by the W.R. McNeil Company of New Glasgow, NS.(1) The bridge is 89 feet long and consists of 2 high deck plate girder spans, two steel truss spans and standard piles.(2)
The Gaspereaux River Bridge looking east over the Gaspereaux River at Hortonville with Avonport in the distance.
References
(1) Cast iron builders plaque on bridge Nov. 11, 2009
(2) DAR Memorandum of General Information, page 5
