Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway
Highway bridge across Hamilton Harbour in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway and simply known as the Burlington Skyway, is a pair of high-level freeway bridges (built in 1958 and 1985) spanning the Burlington Bay Canal. The Skyway, as it is locally known, is located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto.
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Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway | |
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Coordinates | 43.29945°N 79.79799°W / 43.29945; -79.79799 |
Carries | 8 lanes of Queen Elizabeth Way |
Crosses | Hamilton Harbour |
Locale | Hamilton, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario |
Other name(s) | Burlington Skyway |
Owner | Government of Ontario |
Maintained by | Ontario Ministry of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | steel through arch bridge - 1958 span Concrete box girder - 1985 span |
Total length | 2,560 metres (8,400 ft) - 1958 span 2,215 metres (7,267 ft) - 1985 span |
Width | 30 metres (98 ft) |
Height | 64 metres (210 ft) |
Longest span | 151 metres (495 ft) - 1958 span |
Clearance below | 36.7 metres (120 ft) - 1958 span |
History | |
Architect | John Turner Bell |
Designer | Philip Louis Pratley |
Construction cost | CA$12 million to CA$17,000,000 (equivalent to $175,700,000 in 2023)[1][2] |
Opened | October 30, 1958 (Northbound structure) October 11, 1985 (Southbound structure) |
Rebuilt | 1985–88 (1958 span) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 149,000 per day (2014) [3] |
Toll | 1958–1973 |
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