Toronto's newest bridge floating in St. Lawrence Seaway

The Cherry Street North Bridge is Toronto's newest bridge but it's not in Toronto as of yet. It's floating on a gigantic barge on a 1300km journey to its final destination.

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The Cherry Street North Bridge is Toronto's newest bridge but it's not in Toronto as of yet. It's floating on a gigantic barge on a 1300km journey to its final destination.

The bridge is built from parts sent overseas that came from the Netherlands. The parts were received in Dartmouth, NS where it was assembled by a company that goes by the name of Cherubini Bridges and Structures, then placed on said barge where is now being towed all the way to the Toronto waterfront.

The spectacular red and white structure is 57m long and weighs in at should arrive in Toronto within a week or two, depending mainly on weather conditions.

The bridge is slated to replace the now aging and obsolete Cherry Street Lift Bridge in Toronto, and is the first (and, surprisingly, the smallest) of four such bridges which will connect Toronto with the soon-to-be Villiers Island, in one of the world's biggest waterfront restoration efforts.

The whole project includes extending the Don River with a channel which will stretch for 1km and serve as a mouth for the Don. This will significantly reduce the risk of floods in the area.

A side effect of this will be to cut off a section of the Port Lands, a waterfront neighborhood. This new section will be extended and then christened Villiers Island, hence the need for the four bridges to keep it connected to the rest of the city centre.

It is expected to be a mixed-use neighborhood, designed with lots of green space and in an environmentally sustainable fashion. Hopes are that this will help revitalize the area.

The project, undertaken by Waterfront Toronto, is expected to come to completion sometime in the year 2024.

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