This is a steel arch bridge, similar in structure to the Rainbow Bridge. With a total length of 1600 feet (488 meters) the Queenston Lewiston Bridge handles a great deal of the commercial traffic between the two countries.
Structure of the bridge is comprised of twin steel-box arches spanning 305m between abutments. The roadway rises 113m above the Niagara River.
When the bridge was built it was the longest hinge-less steel arch span in the world at the time.The bridge does not allow any pedestrian crossing.
Built at a cost of $16 million dollars, this new bridge replaced the old Queenston-Lewiston suspension bridge.
It is located 5 miles north of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge and seven tenths (7/10th) of a mile south of the old Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge.
The old Queenston Lewiston Suspension Bridge was dismantled in the early 1960's. |
