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Image:DAR Train 98 Smiths Cove, NS 7-3-1954.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] with Engine [[DAR2617|No. 2617]] over [[The Joggins Bridge|the bridge]] at The Joggins on July 3, 1954. | Image:DAR Train 98 Smiths Cove, NS 7-3-1954.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] with Engine [[DAR2617|No. 2617]] over [[The Joggins Bridge|the bridge]] at The Joggins on July 3, 1954. | ||
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Revision as of 21:58, 12 February 2010
The Joggins Bridge
Mile 16.5 Yarmouth Subdivision
Structure
1969: 285 feet long, two deck plate girder spans and with timber trestle approaches.(1)
History
This was originally a long and challenging tidal bridge, one of the difficult and expensive bridges along with the Bear River Bridge and the Clementsport Bridge of the "missing link" which delayed the Digby-Annapolis connection for years. Over the years the bridge spans and pile trestle were progressively replaced by fill, eventually becoming a long embankment with a few short spans.
The Joggins Bridge with Digby in the background, circa 1910.
Train No. 98 with Engine No. 2617 over the bridge at The Joggins on July 3, 1954.
