Michigan Central Railway Bridge

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Michigan Central Railway Bridge
Crosses	Niagara River
Locale	Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York
Maintained by	Canadian Pacific Railway
Design	Arch bridge
AADT	trains only
Opening date	1925
Toll	N/A

The Michigan Central Railway Bridge is a steel arch bridge spanning Niagara Gorge between Canada and the United States. The bridge was designed by William Perry Taylor, Chief Engineer J.L. Delming and consulting engineer Olaf Hoff.

Construction on the bridge began in 1924, and the bridge opened in 1925. This bridge replaced the Michigan Central Railway Cantilever Bridge that crossed in the same area from 1883 to 1925. The bridge is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, which purchased the single track structure in 1990. The bridge no longer carries train traffic as the tracks on the bridge and on the Canadian side have been removed. The tracks leading to the bridge end at Robert Moses State Parkway.

There is currently a wall across the centre of the bridge that is topped with barbed wire to prevent people from walking across it.