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Bayview Bridge (Toronto)

Coordinates: 43°43′49″N 79°22′53″W / 43.7302°N 79.3814°W / 43.7302; -79.3814
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Bayview Bridge
Coordinates43°43′49″N 79°22′53″W / 43.7302°N 79.3814°W / 43.7302; -79.3814
Carries6 lanes of Bayview Avenue
CrossesWest Don River
LocaleToronto, Ontario, Canada
Maintained byToronto Transportation Services
Characteristics
DesignDeck truss bridge
Total length350 metres
Clearance belowWest Branch of the Don River
History
Designerunknown
Engineering design byMargison and Babcock
Opened1929
Statistics
TollNo
Location
Map

The Bayview Bridge is a deck truss bridge over the West Don River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The six-lane bridge carries Bayview Avenue across the Don Valley, connecting with Lawrence Avenue East at its southern end. Built in 1929,[1] the bridge helped spur the development of the Bridle Path, an affluent neighbourhood northeast of the bridge's span.

Restoration work on the bridge was done in 1969 and 1994 by Metro Transportation (shown on plaque along the middle of the bridge).

The bridge is also used as part of the detour route for traffic moving east to Lawrence Avenue East (via Post Road and Bridle Path) or west to Lawrence Avenue West. Lawrence Avenue East section west of Park Lane Circle ends at the eastern side of the bridge

Areas near the bridge:

References

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  1. ^ "Bayview Bridge". City of Toronto. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

43°43′49″N 79°22′53″W / 43.7302°N 79.3814°W / 43.7302; -79.3814