Sunday, March 19, 2023

1851+1960 Lewiston-Queenston Bridges over Niagara Gorge (River)

1851: (Bridge Hunter) Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
1960: (Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; 3D Satellite) Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
Note that the order of the cities in the name is different.

1851 Suspension Bridge

"Begun in 1850, opened March 20, 1851" [BridgeHunter-1851]
"On February 1st 1864, a storm with gale force winds caused the center span of the bridge to fall to the river below. Long guy wires which extended from the bridge to the shoreline used to stabilize the bridge deck had been disconnected to prevent damage from the ice on the river below." [NiagaraFrontier]

Photo via HistoricBridges

RightInNiagara via BridgeHunter-1851, RightInNiagara has several photos before and after the collapse


A second suspension bridge



Mike Cushman posted, cropped
Original Queenston/Lewiston Bridge.

Andrew Riddel commented on Mike's post
Brock’s monument in right corner.
[The comments contain more photos, but I believe some of them are of the 1851 bridge.]


1960 Arch


Photo by Sloan Kelly via TripSavvy via BridgeHunter-1960, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
looking north

Photo by James Neiss via LockportJournal via BridgeHunter-1960, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
looking north
When imposed, the wind restrictions for this bridge are: "a crossing speed reduction to 5 mph, traffic being restricted to one lane in each direction and a ban on all empty tractor trailers or tandems from crossing."

Dec 2020 Photo by Josh Schmid via BridgeHunter-1960, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
View from north

The falsework used bents instead of tiebacks.
Photo via HistoricBridges


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