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Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge

Bridge in Toronto

Summary

Bridge in Toronto

Field	Value
bridge_name	Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge
image	Lakeshore Boulevard Bailey Bridge.jpg
image_size	300px
alt	A photograph of Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge
caption	Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge
carries	Pedestrians (not wheelchair accessible)
crosses	Lake Shore Boulevard
locale	Toronto
maint	Toronto Transportation Services
design	Bailey bridge
material	Steel
length	27.4 m
builder	Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario
coordinates

Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge is a Bailey bridge in Toronto, Ontario. It is the one of two Bailey bridges in the current city and only remaining Bailey bridge within the Old Toronto. It was erected in 1952 (some say 1947 It is used as a pedestrian bridge to connect Exhibition Place to the waterfront south of Lake Shore Boulevard.

This type of bridge was used to allow visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition to walk to waterfront activities in safety. |author-link= Mike Filey

It was erected by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario using steel supplied by the Dominion Bridge Company and was renovated during 1998.

References

"Inclusion on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties - Lake Shore Boulevard West Bailey Bridge (Trinity-Niagara)".
Krawczyk, Bob. "Lake Shore Boulevard West Baily Bridge". TOBuilt.

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