Victoria Bridge

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Victoria Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge in Montreal that carries road and rail traffic across the Saint Lawrence River, linking the island of Montreal to the south shore.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
historic structure
railway bridge
steel truss bridge
carries rail traffic
road traffic
connects Island of Montreal
south shore of Saint Lawrence River
connectsMunicipality Montreal
Saint-Lambert
constructedFor Grand Trunk Railway
constructionCompleted 1859
constructionStarted 1854
crosses Saint Lawrence River
engineer Alexander McKenzie Ross
Robert Stephenson
hasApproachStructure ice-breaking piers
hasDesign truss bridge
hasHeritageStatus historic bridge of national significance in Canada
hasLength approximately 2.7 kilometres
hasNumberOfSpans 24
hasRailTracks 2
hasRoadLanes 2
hasSignificance first bridge to span the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal
hasTollStatus former toll bridge
isAmong oldest bridges across the Saint Lawrence River
locatedIn Canada
Montreal
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
maintainedBy Canadian National Railway
material steel
namedAfter Queen Victoria
openedToRailTraffic 1859
openedToRoadTraffic 1860
originallyOpened 1859
originalName Great Victoria Bridge
owner Canadian National Railway
partOf rail network of Canadian National Railway
reconstructed 1897
1898
1899
reconstructionType conversion to steel truss structure
replacedStructure original tubular bridge
tollRemoved 1960
trafficDirection one-way road traffic (toward Montreal during most of the day)

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Cité du Havre adjacentTo Victoria Bridge
Cité du Havre connectedBy Victoria Bridge
Grand Trunk Railway openedInfrastructure Victoria Bridge
Longueuil hasBridgeConnection Victoria Bridge
Montreal road network includes Victoria Bridge
South Shore of Montreal hasTransportLink Victoria Bridge
South Shore (Montreal) hasBridgeConnection Victoria Bridge
subject linked to: South Shore