Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

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bridge_name= Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

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carries= 5 reversible lanes of Highway 405 and I-190
crosses= Niagara River
locale= Queenston, Ontario and Lewiston, New York
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The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is an arch bridge that crosses the Niagara River gorge just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The bridge was officially opened on November 1 1962. It is an international bridge between the United States and Canada. It connects Interstate 190 in the town of Lewiston, New York to Highway 405 in the village of Queenston, Ontario. The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is a replica of the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls.

Customs plazas are located on both ends of the bridge, with tolls only being charged on entering Canada ($3.25 [USD or CAD] per automobile as of December 2007). Also, two duty-free stores are located between the two plazas.

The bridge permits no pedestrians, but licensed taxi service is permitted. [ [http://www.niagarafallsbridges.com/which_bridge.php3 Niagara Falls Bridge Commission: Which Bridge to Take?] ]

Previous suspension bridges

The current arch bridge replaced an old suspension bridge called the (Second) Queenston-Lewiston Bridge seven-tenths of a mile north. Coincidentally, the suspension bridge was originally built near the location of the present-day "Rainbow Bridge", and was moved to Queenston in 1898 by R.S. Buck and engineer L.L. Buck, after the completion of the Rainbow Bridge's predecessor, the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. The suspension bridge was dismantled in 1963. The (First) Queenston-Lewiston Bridge was built in 1851 by engineer Edward Serrell and wrecked by wind in 1864 (or 1854 [ [http://www.niagarafrontier.com/bridges.html#b13 Bridges over Niagara Falls] ] ). Some of the cables were still in place as late as 1895 [ [http://www.bridgemeister.com/bridge.php?bid=35 Bridgemeister - 1851 Lewiston-Queenston - Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada ] ] . The road deck span was about 841-849 ft (256-258 m). The suspension bridge design was unusual because the cables were attached to the cliff with only small towers. This made the road deck span shorter than the cable span of convert|1040|ft|m|0.

ee also

* List of crossings of the Niagara River

External links

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* [http://www.niagarafallsbridges.com/ Niagara Falls Bridge Commission]
* [http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/results.asp?action=browse&q=295&key=371 Images from the Niagara Historic Digital Collections]
* [http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/results.asp?action=browse&q=349&key=85392 Lewiston Queenston Bridge Collection of Images] Niagara Falls Public Library (Ont.)

References

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Niagara River
bridge = Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
upstream signs = "Amtrak"
downstream = Lake Ontario
downstream signs = LongestBridge
type = suspension
start = 1851
end = 1864
previous = Wheeling Suspension Bridge
current = Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
next = Wheeling Suspension Bridge