Queen Street Viaduct
The Queen Street Viaduct (usually known as the Queen Street Bridge) in Toronto, Canada carries vehicles and Toronto Transit Commission streetcars along Queen Street East and across the Don River.
History
The bridge is at least the third bridge over the Don River at this location, the first operated by the Scadding family in the early 1800s. The previous bridges were closer to the level of the river bank below.
The current steel Truss bridge was built in 1911. It was higher in elevation than previous bridges at the location and streets on each side of the river were graded higher to meet the level of the bridge. The construction of this bridge eliminated a grade-level railway crossing on the west bank of the river.
The bridge was renovated in the 1990s and public art was added. At the top of the western side of the bridge is a piece of public art created in 1996 by Eldon Garnet. It consisted of a clock, which ceased to work and the mechanism and hands were removed in 2010, with the phrase "this river I step in is not the river I stand in" written in large letters. There are also three metal "banners."
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List of bridges over Rouge River
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Steeles Avenue East overpass · CP Belleville Subdivison steel trestle bridge over Rouge River · Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge · Sewells Road Suspension Bridge · Steel pedestrian walkway#1 · Steel pedestrian walkway#2 · Kirkham Road bridge (closed) · Meadowvale Road overpass · Twyn Rivers Drive Bridges (steel truss and bowstring arch) · Pedestrian bridge · Kingston Road overpass · Highway 401 collector/express overpasses · pedestrian bridge at mouth of Rouge · GO East Lakeshore line steel bridge at mouth of Rouge River
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List of bridges over Don River
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Cherry Street Bridge · Gardiner Expressway · Waterfront Trail Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge · Don Valley Parkway southbound on ramp to Gardiner Expressway · Don Valley Parkway southbound on ramp to Gardiner Expressway · Five lane railway bridge · Eastern Avenue bridge · Don Valley Parkway off ramp to westbound Eastern Avenue · Queen Street Viaduct · Dundas Street · Gerrard Street · Pedestrian bridge connecting east and west sides of Riverdale Park · Don River Railway bridge#1 · Prince Edward Viaduct · Rosedale Valley Bridge · Bloor Bayview Ramp for Don Valley Parkway access · Don River Railway bridge#2 · Pottery Road Bridge · Don River Railway bridge#3 · Beechwood Drive cycle bridge · Don River Railway Bridge#4 · Leaside Bridge
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East Don River |
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West Don River |
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Humber River |
Queensway-Humber overpass · Bloor Street-Humber River overpass · Bloor-Danforth Subway-Humber River overpass · Old Mill Road Bridge · Dundas Street West overpass · Lambton Mills railway bridge · Scarlett Road overpass · Eglinton Avenue West overpass · Lawrence Avenue West overpass · St Phillips Street overpass · Humber River Bridge (Weston Golf and Country Club) · Highway 401-Humber River overpasses · Albion Road overpass · Finch Avenue West-Islington Avenue overpasses · Steeles Avenue West overpass
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List of bridges over Mimico Creek |
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List of bridges over Etobicoke Creek |
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Other bridges over waterways |
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