Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.)
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Name (Latin)
Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Other forms of name
Falls View Bridge (Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Fallsview Bridge (Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Upper Steel Arch Bridge (Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Coordinates
-79.07111111 -79.07111111 43.08694444 43.08694444 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Bridges New York (State)
Bridges Ontario
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1547700
Library of congress:
sh2017003662
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Sanderson, Dud. A farewell to an old friend, ©1938:page 2 (Falls View Bridge is gone; 1898-1938) page 11 (on the afternoon of January 27th it collapsed) page 12 ("Honeymoon Bridge")
- The collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge, ©1964.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911:Niagara Falls (river is crossed by three bridges: the (upper) steel arch bridge, built 1895 on the site of the former suspension bridge (built in 1869; blown down in 1889; rebuilt as a suspension bridge) near the Falls, is crossed by double carriage-ways and footpaths and by an electric railway, and is probably the longest bridge of the kind in the world, being 1240 ft. long with an arch span of 840 ft. [and two railroad bridges])
- Structurae database, viewed June 12, 2017:Honeymoon Bridge (completed, 1898; status, demolished 1938; two-hinged arch bridge; function, road bridge; material, steel bridge; location, Niagara Falls, New York and Clifton, Ontario; crosses Niagara River; arch span, 256 m)
- Wikipedia, viewed June 12, 2017:Honeymoon Bridge (Ontario) (The Upper Steel Arch Bridge, also known as the Honeymoon Bridge or Fallsview Bridge, is a now-demolished bridge which crossed the Niagara River, connecting Niagara Falls, Ontario with Niagara Falls, New York; built in 1897 by the Pencoyd Bridge Company, and completed the following year; when completed, became the largest steel arch bridge in the world; had to constantly be protected from ice bridges that formed over the river every winter, in January 1899 a huge ice bridge threatened it due to the proximity of its abutments to the surface of the river, and repaired with a 24-foot tall stone wall being constructed around the abutments; on January 27, 1938, the bridge collapsed, demolition took place from February to April 1938; coordinates: 43°5ʹ13.2ʺN 79°4ʹ15.6ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
The Upper Steel Arch Bridge, also known as the Honeymoon Bridge or Fallsview Bridge (less frequently Falls View Bridge), was an international bridge which crossed the Niagara River, connecting Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, with Niagara Falls, New York, United States. It was located about 500 feet (150 m) upriver of the present-day Rainbow Bridge. It collapsed in 1938.
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