Clementsport Bridge

Mile 7.67 on the Yarmouth Subdivision, spanning the Moose River.

This bridge, the third largest on the Dominion Atlantic was built in 1890 at the same time as the Bear River Bridge and The Joggins Bridge, to close the "missing link" between the Annapolis Royal and Digby. The bridge was completed by the federal government allowing the Windsor and Annapolis Railway and the Western Counties Railway to combine and form the Dominion Atlantic Railway. There were two versions of the bridge. The first was a wooden Howe deck truss bridge built in 1890. The second was a steel deck truss bridge built in 1912 and completed by 1913. Both contained a large swing span in the centre to allow sailing vessels passage.

Specs in the bridge's final form:

Length: 894 feet long: open deck plate girder span, four deck truss spans, three deck plate girder spans on concrete piers.

The Clementsport Bridge open for an inbound schooner, circa 1895.
The Clementsport Bridge closed to shipping, circa 1895.
Nova Scotia Museum postcard of the Clementsport Bridge open for schooner, circa 1907.
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Postcard of first Clementsport Bridge.
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Back of Clementsport Bridge postcard, postmarked 1912.
Clementsport Bridge and wharves.
A view of the Clementsport Bridge from on board a train. Circa 1920s.
Believed to be the Clementsport Bridge
Clementsport Bridge in July 2010
Clementsport Bridge in July 2010
Clementsport Bridge, March 22, 2012.
Clementsport Bridge, March 22, 2012.
Clementsport Bridge approach, March 22, 2012.
Clementsport Bridge, March 22, 2012.