Crosses Hamilton Harbour Design steel Total length 116 m Province Ontario | Maintained by Public Works Canada Opened 1962 Location Hamilton Body of water Hamilton Harbour | |
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Carries 4 lanes of Eastport Drive Locale Hamilton, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario Clearance above 5 metres (16 ft) - when lowered
36.5 metres (120 ft) - when lifted to maximum height Address Beach Blvd, Hamilton, ON, Canada Similar Hamilton Harbour, Burlington Bay James N Allan S, RBG Arboretum, Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, Darnley Grist Mill | ||
Burlington canal lift bridge
Burlington Canal Lift Bridge is a Vertical lift bridge located to the north side of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway in Burlington, Ontario.
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Built in 1962, the 116 metres (381 ft) long bridge is the sixth bridge to span the Burlington Canal since 1830. The bridge allows vessels to enter and exit from Hamilton Harbour into Lake Ontario. The bridge does not lift during the winter months (January to late March).
The bridge carries Eastport Drive across the canal with two lanes for traffic in each direction, as well as a single pedestrian walkway on the west side. Traffic light and signalized gates are found on both ends of the bridge. The road surface on the bridge is not pave but rather metal grating.
In 1896 Hamilton-Burlington Radial Electric Railway cars cross the 1877 bridge. Before 1982 it also carried rail traffic along a CN Rail (Hamilton and North-Western Railway) route but the section of the line was removed and the bridge converted to a vehicular bridge.
The bridge is maintained and owned by Public Works Canada.
Crossing over the burlington canal lift bridge
Earlier Bridges
Several bridges were built from 1826 to 1952 to accommodate railway, radial and vehicular traffic:
The last three bridges were demolished following the completion of the current bridge in 1962.