Rouge River Bridge
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Rouge River Bridge is a series of 170 metres (557.7 ft) spans carrying traffic on Highway 401 (Ontario)
over the Rouge River (Ontario)
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Technially not bridges, but rather several spans of highway overpasses over the Rouge River
.
Bits of the original bridges (built 1941-1942) during the initial construction of the 401 remain next to the spans added after the 1970s.
The inner or express spans were built in 1974 and the outer or collector spans were completed in 1994as part of the widening of the highway between Pickering and Scarborough. Both spans are Girder bridge
. The spans carry 12 lanes of traffic in total. The spans run parallel with a section of Kingston Road that spans across the Rouge River on the northside.
Highway 401 (Ontario)
King's Highway 401, also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway and colloquially as the four-oh-one, is a 400-Series Highway in the Canadian province of Ontario stretching from Windsor to the Quebec border...
over the Rouge River (Ontario)
Rouge River (Ontario)
The Rouge River is a two river system. Little Rouge and Rouge River are in the east and the northeast parts of Toronto and begin in the Oak Ridges Moraine in Richmond Hill and Whitchurch-Stouffville...
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Technially not bridges, but rather several spans of highway overpasses over the Rouge River
Rouge River (Ontario)
The Rouge River is a two river system. Little Rouge and Rouge River are in the east and the northeast parts of Toronto and begin in the Oak Ridges Moraine in Richmond Hill and Whitchurch-Stouffville...
.
Bits of the original bridges (built 1941-1942) during the initial construction of the 401 remain next to the spans added after the 1970s.
The inner or express spans were built in 1974 and the outer or collector spans were completed in 1994as part of the widening of the highway between Pickering and Scarborough. Both spans are Girder bridge
Girder bridge
A girder bridge, in general, is a bridge built of girders placed on bridge abutments and foundation piers. In turn, a bridge deck is built on top of the girders in order to carry traffic. There are several different subtypes of girder bridges:...
. The spans carry 12 lanes of traffic in total. The spans run parallel with a section of Kingston Road that spans across the Rouge River on the northside.