Reversing Falls Railway Bridge
The Reversing Falls Railway Bridge is a steel truss bridge over the Saint John River in Saint John in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . The bridge crosses the river at the height of the so-called Reversing Falls shortly before it flows into the Bay of Fundy . The first bridge at this point was built in 1885 just north of a road bridge called the Reversing Falls Bridge . The bridge was 372 meters long and carried a single-track railway line.
It was built by the St. John Bridge and Railway Extension Company , which was owned by the City of St. John and had set itself the task of connecting the two sections of the earlier European and North American Railway . The eastern section to Moncton was taken over by the Intercolonial Railway in the 1870s , the western section had been owned by the New Brunswick Railway (NBR) or its subsidiary, the St. John and Maine Railway , since 1883 . The St. John Bridge and Railroad Extension Company was purchased by the NBR upon completion of the bridge. The NBR was in turn taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1890 .
In order to be able to transport heavier trains, the old bridge was demolished in 1921 and replaced by a very similarly constructed new building that went into operation in 1922. The bridge has belonged to the New Brunswick Southern Railway since January 1, 1995 , after the Canadian Pacific wanted to shut down the line at that time.
Coordinates: 45 ° 15 '35.5 " N , 66 ° 5' 11.9" W.