This crossing, now used by pedestrians and cyclists, has clear historic value.
The CPR bridge is also a landmark with historic values. It was built by the Dominion Bridge Company using steel fabricated by the famed Carnegie Steel Company led by Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American billionaire-industrialist- philanthropist. Carnegie’s proud “signature” on the CPR rail bridge can be discovered on the top flange of the northeast girder abutting the easterly bank of the Rideau River.
Because the City of Ottawa infrastructure and water services department has reported that the CPR bridge is severely deteriorated and in “poor” condition. According to a detailed condition assessment and renewal options study , the cost of rehabilitating the bridge would exceed the cost of a new bridge . The department’s conclusion, indifferent to heritage considerations, is to replace the bridge.
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