Sissiboo River Bridge

The Sissiboo River Bridge

Mile 41.64 Yarmouth Subdivision, a quarter mile west of Weymouth

Structure

1,224 feet long, 13 spans including a swing span.(1)

History

Originally built as a timber trestle bridge in 1879 by the Yarmouth Counties Railway, it was replaced in 1914 by a steel bridge on concrete columns. It was abandoned by the CPR in 1990 when the Yarmouth Subdivision was closed. The bridge was demolished by the province of Nova Scotia in the summer of 2011.(2)

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  The Sissiboo timber trestle bridge in a 1907 postcard from the Nova Scotia Museum collection.

References

(1) Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, page 16, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol., page 17.

(2) End of the line for historic train trestle Published on August 22, 2011 By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER

External Links

Ivan Smith's page about the Sissiboo Bridge: history, images and the demolition]

Archaeological Survey Annapolis & Digby Rail Bridges by Davis and MacIntyre, July 2010

Dramatic video of the explosive demolition of the final spans (at the 3:00 mark)