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Heritage Railway Bridge

Repurposed Railway in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Aug 29 2012

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Recent status Repurposed
Location # 5294

Images are from April 2011.. .

"Built in 1929 on the site of two previous rail trestles dating as far back as 1871, the trestle spans 1300 meters of the Kettle Creek valley at the west end of the city. The towering structure was built to withstand the weight of two full steam locomotives on separate tracks, a major engineering achievement of its time. Originally built for the Michigan Central Railway, which traversed Southwestern Ontario from Detroit to Buffalo, the trestle and line were most recently owned by CN Rail which declared it surplus. "

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2 years ago

It has recently been turned into an "elevated park "

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5 years ago

That trestle is really something to see. It's amazing!

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12 years ago

If you don't turn left at lights you will end up on Sandy Mount Hill going towards Talbotville

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12 years ago

On Talbot St past Jumbo down the hill at the major traffic lights at bottom of hill turn left and bridge straight ahead.

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12 years ago

On the left side of the main pic with the car is the road that becomes Sunset Drive

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12 years ago

it's on Sunset Drive #4 heading towards shaw's dairy.

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12 years ago

Has anyone seen the bridge. Where's that confounded bridge.

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12 years ago

Very cool. Where is it?