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Michigan Central Railway Bridge




  crosses Niagara River
  locale Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York
  maint Canadian Pacific Railway
  design Arch Bridge
  traffic trains only
  open 1925
  toll N/A


The Michigan Central Railway Bridge is a steel Arch Bridge spanning Niagara Gorge between Canada and the United States . The bridge was designed by William Perry Taylor , Chief Engineer J.L. Delming and consulting engineer Olaf Hoff.

Construction on the bridge began in 1924 , and the bridge opened in 1925 . This bridge replaced the Michigan Central Railway Cantilever Bridge that cross in the same area from 1883 to 1925 . The bridge is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway , which purchased the single track structure in 1990 . The bridge no longer carries train traffic as the tracks on bridge and on the Canadian side have been removed. The tracks leading the bridge ends at Robert Moses State Parkway .


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  structure Bridges
  place Niagara River
  bridge Michigan Central Railway Bridge
  upstream Rainbow Bridge
  downstream Whirlpool Rapids Bridge