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Bear River Bridge

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Mile 12.86 on the Yarmouth Subdivision. Just east of the Bear River station.

The longest bridge on the DAR: 1640 feet long. In its final configuration, it included, from east to west - Seven Deck Plate Girder spans, three Deck Truss spans, one Swing span, one Deck Truss span and two more Deck Plate Girder spans.(1)

Built by the federal government in 1890 to close the expensive "missing gap" between Annapolis Royal and Digby, it evolved over many versions starting as a wooden trestle structure and eventually ending up years later as steel spans.

References

(1) Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol.