Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge

Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
The Cherry Street Bascule Bridge
Other name(s)	Cherry Street Bridge
Carries	vehicluar and pedestrian
Crosses	Toronto Harbour Shipping Channel
Locale	Toronto
Owner	City of Toronto
Maintained by	Toronto Port Authority
Architect	Joseph Strauss
Designer	Joseph Strauss
Engineering design	Joseph Strauss
Design	Bascule
Material	Steel
Total length	120 metres
Width	20m
Height	> 48 metres
Longest span	40 metres
Vertical clearance	48 metres
Clearance below	Toronto Harbour Ship Channel
Constructed by	Dominion Bridge Company
Fabrication by	Dominion Bridge Company
Construction begin	1931
Construction end	1931
Opened	1931
Inaugurated	1931

The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands area, it carries Cherry Street over the Toronto Harbour Ship Channel and opens to allow ships to access the channel and the turning basin beyond. The bridge was built in 1931 by the company of Joseph Strauss and the Dominion Bridge Company. The north side of the bridge has 750 ton concrete counterweights that allow the bridge to pivot to open.

The bridge is designed to carry two lanes of traffic, and was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act by the City of Toronto in 1992 as Architectural Historical.^[1]

See also

• List of bascule bridges
• Bayview Bridge (Toronto) - along with Cherry Street are the only two north-south bridges in Toronto

References

1. ^ "Cherry St". Toronto Heritage Properties Inventory. City of Toronto. http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2435508&propertyRsn=754699. Retrieved 2009-02-16. ^{[dead link]}

• Filey, Mike (1998). Discover & explore Toronto's waterfront: a walker's, jogger's, cyclist's, boater's guide to Toronto's lakeside sites and history. Dundurn Press. ISBN 9781550023046. OCLC 39678576. 

Coordinates: 43°38′29″N 79°20′56″W / 43.641302°N 79.349023°W / 43.641302; -79.349023