Angus L. Macdonald Bridge
Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′ 48 ″ N , 63 ° 35 ′ 6 ″ W.
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| use | Road, cyclists and pedestrian bridges | |
| Crossing of | Halifax Harbor | |
| place | Halifax , Dartmouth | |
| Entertained by | Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 1,300 m | |
| width | 11.5 m | |
| Longest span | 441 m | |
| height | 102.9 m | |
| Clear height | 46.9 m | |
| vehicles per day | 37,739 (2005) | |
| start of building | 1952 | |
| completion | 1955 | |
| opening | April 2, 1955 | |
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The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge is the southern of the two toll bridge connections between the provincial capital of Nova Scotia Halifax and Dartmouth . The suspended length of the suspension bridge is 762.1 meters. The Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission was responsible for the construction and is still responsible for the maintenance of this and the A. Murray MacKay Bridge to the north . The bridge is named after the former Prime Minister of Nova Scotia Angus Lewis Macdonald (1890-1954).
In 1999 the bridge was modernized.