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Bayview Bridge (Toronto)

Field	Value
bridge_name	Bayview Bridge
image	Bayview Bridge from Lawrence.jpg
carries	6 lanes of Bayview Avenue
crosses	West Don River
locale	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
maint	Toronto Transportation Services
design	Deck truss bridge
designer	unknown
engineering	Margison and Babcock
length	350 metres
below	West Branch of the Don River
open	1929
toll	No

The Bayview Bridge is a deck truss bridge over the West Don River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The six-lane bridge carries Bayview Avenue across the Don Valley, connecting with Lawrence Avenue East at its southern end. Opened in 1961 it replaced the now demolished high level bridge from 1929, the bridge helped spur the development of the Bridle Path, an affluent neighbourhood northeast of the bridge's span. From the eastern end of Lawrence the old low level or Watson’s Bridge built in 1895 which followed the old alignment of Bayview.

Restoration work on the bridge was done in 1969 and 1994 by Metro Transportation (shown on plaque along the middle of the bridge).

The bridge is also used as part of the detour route for traffic moving east to Lawrence Avenue East (via Post Road and Bridle Path) or west to Lawrence Avenue West. Lawrence Avenue East section west of Park Lane Circle ends at the eastern side of the bridge

Areas near the bridge:

York University Glendon College
Toronto French School
Granite Club
CNIB
Crescent School

References

https://mcfcrandall.blog/tag/e-r-wood/
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ontario/oldbayviewavenuebridge/

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