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Bridge Name: | Jemseg River Bridge |
Carries: | (Trans-Canada Highway) |
Crosses: | Jemseg River |
Locale: | Jemseg, New Brunswick |
Mainspan: | 140m (460feet) |
Length: | 976m (3,202feet) |
Lanes: | 4 |
Complete: | 2001 |
Open: | October 2002 |
References: | [1] [2] |
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Bridge Name: | Jemseg River Bridge (1960) |
Carries: | (Trans-Canada Highway) |
Crosses: | Jemseg River |
Locale: | Jemseg, New Brunswick |
Coordinates: | 45.8274°N -66.1154°W |
Length: | 700m (2,300feet) |
Lanes: | 2 |
Open: | 1960 |
Closed: | May 2015 |
References: | [3] [4] |
The Jemseg River Bridge is the name for two different structures currently crossing the Jemseg River in Jemseg, New Brunswick, Canada.
The current Jemseg River Bridge is a 950m (3,120feet) haunched girder bridge which opened in October 2002 and carries the four-lane Route 2 (Trans-Canada Highway) on a much broader span with considerably less approaching grade from the west.[1] [2] The former Jemseg River Bridge, located approximately 100m (300feet) downstream from the current bridge, was constructed in 1960 and carried the two-lane Route 2;[3] it was closed in May 2015 due to safety concerns and the end spans were dismantled in 2016.[4] The original Jemseg River Bridge was built in 1919 as a 3 span steel truss bridge, including a swing span. When dismantled in 1965, one half of the swing span was moved on Penniac Road (the Penniac Road Bridge was rebuilt in 2018 as a modern concrete bridge). The abutments from the original 1919 Jemseg Bridge can still be found approximately under the current Jemseg River Bridge and immediately adjacent to the Jemseg River.