The Joggins Bridge

Joggins is an inlet of the Annapolis Basin next to Digby fed by two tidal channels. It required two bridges for the DAR to cross, the Little Joggins Bridge and the Big Joggins Bridge. (See each for details.) Both were initially built as long wooden trestles with moveable spans, part of the difficult and expensive bridging between Digby and Annapolis Royal which along with the Bear River Bridge and the Clementsport Bridge were 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 fixed spans.

The Little Joggins Bridge

Mile 17.8
44°36'3.00"N, 65°45'57.53"W
1914: The wooden bridge has been replaced by a 40 ft. d.p.g., and 545 ft. of the bridge has been filled.
1969: Three 72" C.S.S.P.'s

The Big Joggins Bridge

Mile 16.5 Yarmouth Subdivision
44°36'3.85"N, 65°44'36.15"W

Structure

1914: The old wooden trestle and wooden swing span have been replaced by a 120 ft. d.s. span; filled 785 ft. of the trestle approaches, renewing entirely the remaining 180 ft. of trestling.
1969: 285 feet long, two deck plate girder spans and with timber trestle approaches.(1)

No. 1272 on an eastbound freight at The Joggins Bridge in the winter of 1988.
Eastbound snowplow extra at The Joggins Bridge in the winter of 1987. Locomotive is No. 1272 and the snowplow is No. 401032.
The First Big 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.
The Joggins Bridge September 1, 2011.