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Gaspereaux River Bridge
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Gaspereaux River Bridge
Mile 44.5 on the Halifax Subdivision between Avonport and Horton Landing. 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.
Gaspereaux River Bridge looking eastward on July 31, 1958.
VIA Apple Blossom Special, Westbound at Gaspereaux River Bridge.
References
(1) Cast iron builders plaque on bridge Nov. 11, 2009
(2) DAR Memorandum of General Information, page 5