List of bridges in Toronto

The Prince Edward Viaduct, a popular bridge in Toronto

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This is a list of bridges in the city of Toronto, Canada.

Ravine and river bridges

List of bridges over rivers, creeks and valleys:

Don River

Bridges over the Don River ravine, listed from south to north

Cherry Street lift bridge
Gardiner Expressway
pedestrian and bicycle bridge on the Waterfront Trail
Don Valley Parkway northbound on ramp from Gardiner Expressway
Don Valley Parkway southbound on ramp to Gardiner Expressway
CNR Don River Bridge - a five lane railway bridge, part of the Corridor (VIA) c.
Eastern Avenue bridge

Eastern Avenue (old King Street) Bridge

Don Valley Parkway off ramp to westbound Eastern Avenue
Queen Street Viaduct
Dundas Street c. 1911
Gerrard Street

Gerrard Street over DVP

pedestrian bridge connecting east and west sides of Riverdale Park
Plate girder railway bridge
Prince Edward Viaduct carrying Bloor Street and the Bloor–Danforth line
- Rosedale Valley Bridge - built 1917 by Dominion Bridge Company and designed by Thomas Taylor ^[1]
Bloor Bayview Ramp for Don Valley Parkway access c. 1960
Half Mile Railway Bridge c. 1928
Pottery Road pre-1950
Railway bridge
Beechwood Drive bridge, part of Don Valley bicycle trail
Railway Bridge
Leaside Bridge

East Don River

St. Clair Viaduct
Don Mills Road
Bridge providing road access to E.T. Seton Park
Don Valley Parkway
Railway bridge
Bridge in Flemingdon Park Golf Club (south)
Bridge in Flemingdon Park Golf Club (north)
Eglinton Avenue bridge
Railway bridge, north-south line - 3 crossings
Railway bridge, east-west line
Lawrence Avenue - replaced smaller concrete arch bridge, formerly Bayview Avenue Bridge
Don Valley Parkway
Donalda Golf and Country Club - 11 bridges
York Mills Road bridge
Don Mills Road bridge
Duncan Mill Road bridge
Pedestrian bridge
Hogg's Hollow Bridge, MacDonald-Cartier Freeway (401)
Sheppard Avenue & Leslie Street Intersection
Railway bridge
Finch Avenue East just west of Leslie Street
Cummer Avenue bridge
Steeles Avenue East just west of Bayview Avenue
Steeles Avenue East just east of Leslie Street

Taylor Massey Creek

Taylor Massey Creek is a tributary of the East Don River.

Don Valley Parkway bridge
O'Connor Drive Woodbine Bridge - c. 1931 large concrete arch bridge
Dawes Road bridge
Victoria Park Avenue bridge
Pharmacy Avenue bridge

West Don River

Overlea Blvd bridge
Railway bridge
Eglinton Avenue East bridge
Bayview Avenue north of Lawrence Avenue East

Bayview Avenue over West Don

Sheppard Avenue Bridge east of Bathurst Street

Sheppard Avenue West over West Don near Bathurst Street

401 bridges west of Weston Road carries west and east bound traffic

Humber River

Finch Avenue and Islington Avenue - twin intersecting bridges Humber River
Rowntree Mill Road Bridge - former road bridge for Rowntree Mill Road Over Humber River, now pedestrian traffic only
Highway 27
Martin Grove Road
Kipling Avenue
Albion Road - concrete box girder bridge for vehicular traffic c. 1970s to replace the previous bridge that later became a pedestrian crossing
- pedestrian bridge was formerly the old routing of Albion Road and two earlier bridges and replaced in 1990s when the new Albion overpass was widened^[2]
Musson's or Flindon Road bridge - c. 1910 Warren truss bridge located near the current Albion Road bridge and demolished 1960;^[3] it replaced an earlier bridge built in late 1830s to carry the Weston Plank Road.^[4]
The Queensway
Steeles Avenue West over the Humber River (west of Islington Avenue)
Scarlett Road
St Phillip's Road
Guelph Radial Line Bridge - c. 1917 and bridge removed after 1931; footing reused for current pedestrian bridge^[5]
Lambton/Dundas Street Bridge c. 1929 ^[6]
Lambton Mills Bridge - c. 1907 and demolished 1955; only abutments remain^[7]
Old Mill Bridge spanning Humber River, connecting Old Mill Rd. and Catherine St. c. 1916^[8]
Bloor Humber Bridge - c. 1924, metal hinged solid ribbed spandrel braced deck arch bridge has been rehabilitated in 1980 and 2010^[9]
Old Mill TTC Subway Bridge - c. 1968 concrete bridge carries Bloor subway line over Humber and located just south of Bloor Humber Bridge^[10]

Other

Wallace Avenue Foot Bridge c. 1907
SkyWalk connecting Union Station to the CN Tower
Cherry Street Bridge over the Keating Shipping Channel
Kingston Road over the Rouge River
Mount Pleasant Road north of Blythwood Road over Blythwood Ravine Park
Markham Road between Lawrence Avenue East and Eglinton Avenue East (West Highland Creek, part of the Highland Creek watershed)
Bathurst Street over Cedarvale Park (Castle Frank Brook)
Rouge River Bridge carrying Highway 401 over the Rouge River
Bridge carrying Tywn Rivers Drive over the Rouge River
Bridge carrying Kirkham Road over the Rouge River - closed
Bridges (2) carrying Meadowvale Road over the Rouge River
Bridge carrying Steeles Avenue over the Rouge River
Railway bridge and pedestrian bridge over the mouth of the Rouge River
Sewells Road Suspense Bridge carries single lane of traffic over Rouge River
Shoreham Drive over Black Creek
Overpasses on Jane Street over Black Creek - north of Wilson Avenue and south of Highway 401
Overpass over Black Creek at Humber Boulevard and Weston Road
Bridge over Black Creek at Alliance Avenue and Hilldale Road
Bridge over Black Creek on Rockcliffe Boulevard
Unwin Avenue Bridge crosses small turning basin in Toronto Outer Harbour

Overpasses

List of bridges or overpasses over other roadways:

Don Mills Road over Highway 401
Lawrence Avenue East over the Don Valley Parkway
Lawrence Avenue West over Allen Road
Glencairn Avenue over Allen Road
Finch Avenue East over the Highway 404
Sheppard Avenue East over the Highway 404
Steeles Avenue East over the Highway 404
Wynford Drive over the Don Valley Parkway
Flemington Road over Allen Road
Wilson Heights Blvd over Transit Road
Mount Pleasant Road over Rosedale Valley Road
Glen Road over Reservation Park Drive
Governor's Road over Mud Creek
Bloor Street East over Rosedale Valley Road
Queen Street East over Don Valley Parkway
Gerrard Street East over Don Valley Parkway
Dundas Street East over Don Valley Parkway
Dundas Street West over Kipling Avenue
Bloor Street West over Kipling Avenue
Bloor Street West over Highway 427
Dundas Street West over Highway 427
Burnhamthorpe Road over Highway 427
Rathburn Road over Ontario Highway 427
Dixon Road over Highway 27 (Ontario)
Highway 401 off ramp over Yonge Street
Highway 401 over Bathurst Street south of Wilson Avenue
Highway 401 over Wilson Avenue east of Bathurst Street
Albion Road over Weston Road
Highway 401 over Warden Avenue (rebuilt 2012-2013)
Highway 401 over Wendell Avenue
Highway 400 over Wilson Avenue
Highway 400 over Finch Avenue West
Highway 401 over Keele Street - rebuilding 2012-2013
Sheppard Avenue West over Ontario Highway 400
Highway 400 over Steeles Avenue West - c. 1961 with only four lanes of Steeles on the southside with north span crossing a dirt road and roughed in for future widening of Steeles Avenue West.
Highway 400 over Jane Street
Dufferin Street over Gardiner Expressway
Westbound Lake Shore Blvd W. over Gardiner Expressway
Eastern Avenue west of Don Valley Parkway
Finch Avenue West over Highway 427
Morningstar Drive over Highway 427
Rexdale Blvd over Ontario Highway 427
Browns Line over Lake Shore Blvd West
Spanbridge Road over Don Valley Parkway
St. Dennis Drive over Don Valley Parkway
Eglinton Avenue over Don Valley Parkway
Van Horne Avenue over Highway 404
McNicoll Avenue over Highway 404

Railway overpasses

List of bridges over railway lines (to avoid need for at grade level crossings):

Bloor Street Railway Overpass - built 1925 by Canadian Bridge Company^[11] for CNR and now carries GO Transit train traffic
Highway 27 (Ontario) south of Steeles Avenue West over CN tracks
Markham Road north of Sheppard Avenue East over CP tracks connecting to CP Agincourt Marshalling Yard
Eglinton Avenue East between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
Lawrence Avenue East between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
Ellesmere Road between Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road over CN and TTC RT tracks
CN tracks over Black Creek Drive north of Weston Road
CN tracks over Queen Street West between Gladstone Avenue and Dufferin Street
Dowling Avenue Bridge carries CN freight and GO Transit commuter trains near Dowling Avenue
Dunn Avenue Bridge carries CN freight and GO Transit commuter trains near Dunn Avenue
Spadina Avenue over tracks north of Gardiner Expressway - replaced an earlier plate girder bridge that was replaced when the Spadina LRT route was rebuilt in the 1990s. Below are tracks for VIA, GO Transit commuter and Union Pearson Express trains

Spadina bridge in 1927

Dufferin Street Truss Bridge a double span over the Gardiner Expressway (c.1958) and over the rail cooridor (steel arch bridge c.1911-12); latter to be demolished for new structure after 2016.^[12]^[13] Below are tracks for VIA, GO Transit commuter and Union Pearson Express trains
Yonge Street Railway Overpass near St. Clair Avenue
Victoria Park Ave north of Lawrence Avenue East over Canadian Pacific tracks
Pharmacy Avenue between Lawrence Avenue East and Ellesmere Road over Canadian Pacific tracks
Birchmount Road just south of 401 CP tracks
King Street Brigde c. 1888
Keele Street Bridge c. 1891
Lansdowne Avenue Bridge c. 1907

Railway Underpasses

Lakeshore CNR Bridge/Western Railway Bridge abutments c 1911 and 1890^[14]

Railway Bridge

A railway bridge spanning Don River (west branch) and E.T. Seton Park, south of Eglinton Avenue East

railway tracks over Wickett Creek south of Eglinton Avenue East and Leslie Street
railway tracks over Wickett Creek east of Leslie Street on Eglinton Avenue East
railway tracks over Baview Avenue at Don Valley Brick Works
railway tracks over Rouge River at Lake Ontario
railway tracks over Sheppard Avenue East between Brimley Road and Midland Avenue
railway tracks over Rouge River at Morningside Heights
railway tracks over Rouge River near Meadowvale Road and Plug Hat Road
railway tracks over Humber River at Lambton Park
railway tracks over Humber River between The Queensway and Gardiner Expressway
railway tracks over Humber River at Old Mills Inn
Weston CNR Bridge - c. 1856 box girder bridge for Grand Trunk Railway over Humber River at Weston Golf and Country Club^[15]
railway tracks over Don Mills Road south of Barber Green Road
steel box girder bridge carries CN freight and GO Transit commuter trains over Leslie Street south of Highway 401
concrete bridge carries CN and GO Transit railway tracks over Finch Avenue East west of Leslie Street
Lambton Credit Valley Railway/CPR Bridge - c. 1874 steel plate girder bridge over Humber River^[16]
Indian Line CNR Bridge - c.1959-1965 and spans over Humber River^[17]
2 bridges - steel plate bridge over Eglinton Avenue East at Leslie Street and a long steel trestle over Don River and E.T. Seton Park south of Eglinton Avenue East and just east of Leslie Street ending just north of Wicksteed Avenue
2 bridges at intersection of Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road CP rail tracks heading to Agincourt Yards
2 bridges St Clair Avenue East and Midland Avenue CN and GO tracks site of infamous GO train and TTC bus accident

Pedestrian bridges

Other bridges over waterways

Numerous bridges on the Toronto Islands including:

Algonquin Island bridge - c. 1938 trestle bridge^[22] made of timber used for pedestrian traffic and plans for the current bridge to be replaced with a replica^[23]
Centre Island Bridge (on Avenue of the Islands) metal brace spandrel arch pedestrian bridge built before 1896 and altered since;^[24] used by parks service vehicles with weight limitation
Olympic Island Bridge (2) - concrete spandrel deck arch pedestrian bridge built sometime before 1910^[25]
Chippewa Avenue Bridge -built around 1911 for Royal Canadian Yacht Club^[26]
Unwin Avenue Bridge - single land bailey bridge (new replacing original) located in the Portlands area for vehicular traffic over outlet/slip for the former Hearn Generating Station out into Toronto Outer Harbour and now twinned with new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists (replacing small walkway built next to bailey bridge).^[27]

Buried bridges

Lost bridges

Lawrence Avenue Bridge - concrete bridge replaced by overpass over DVP; bridge removed with east and west abutments are still present
Avenue Road Bridge - connecting Avenue Road to Yonge Street bridge replaced by Hogg's Hollow Bridge
Yonge Street Bridge - steel truss bridge south of Hogg's Hollow (York Mills Road) carried Yonge Street traffic over West branch of the Don River and (North Yonge Railways ran on single track on the outer west side of bridge until 1948) until 1954 when it washed out during Hurricane Hazel. A temporary bailey bridge was built after November 1954 and now replaced by current overpass after May 1955.^[28]
Raymore Park footbridge over Humber washed out by Hurricane Hazel and replaced by new bridge in 1995; old bridge abutments are still present.^[29]

References

Bridges in Toronto

Crossing the Rouge River	Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge Sewells Road Bridge

Crossing the Don River	Cherry Street lift bridge Gardiner Expressway Eastern Avenue bridge Queen Street Viaduct Gerrard Street Bridge Dundas Street Bridge Prince Edward Viaduct Rosedale Valley Bridge Leaside Bridge

Crossing the East Don River	St. Clair Viaduct

Pedestrian	Amsterdam Bridge Humber Bay Arch Bridge Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge SkyWalk

Other bridges over waterways	Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge

Other	Crawford Street Bridge Harbord Street Bridge Dufferin Street bridges Unwin Avenue Bridge, Toronto

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