Arlington Bridge
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tely-1.7035382
City of Winnipeg closes Arlington Bridge indefinitely due to poor condition Immediate closure announced Tuesday after city says yearly safety repairs no longer viable The City of Winnipeg has decided to close the Arlington Bridge, effective immediately, until further notice due to its condition. The closure was announced Tuesday afternoon via a news release. Commuters, including pedestrians and cyclists, will need detour across the rail yards via either the McPhillips Street underpass or Slaw Rebchuk Bridge on Salter Street, the news release says. The decision was made after an assessment of the 121-year-old bridge found that the steel corrosion has accelerated in recent years and has gotten to the point where annual safety repairs are no longer viable, the news release says. The city is still looking into whether a long-term rehabilitation of the bridge is possible, the release says. Arlington Bridge will remain closed until that study is complete, the city said. |
Lmao what a joke. Instead of repairing a 120 year old bridge/building a new bridge that’s a major artery connecting the North End with the city, they would rather do a road widening on Kenaston and road expansion for Chief Peguis.
I guess they want to make McPhillips the worst traffic artery in the city, and make the North End an even worse area to live in. Too bad all of the donors for council live in the SW part of the city so they won’t even care. |
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Most exciting driving in the city is going up and down those Arlington bridge ramps.
Thank goodness I don't travel that route as much I used to for kids sports, cuz Mcphillips SUCKS. |
Here's an article from February 11, 2023 talking about the need to replace the old bridges in Winnipeg:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ysis-1.6744419 The cost estimate for replacing the Arlington Bridge was $320 million. That was 5 years ago already, surely the price has gone up a lot since then. Also, the piles for the Louise Bridge were built in 1881. Winnipeg wasn't even incorporated until 1873. Also, the Redwood Bridge was opened in 1909. That one is a ticking time bomb as well. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/redwoodbridge.shtml |
Mc Phillips should have been upgraded while they re-habbing the rail bridge and underpass, the closure of the derelict Arlington Bridge should come as no surprise to anyone!
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There's been endless discussions on what to do. Easiest solution? Get used to it being closed.
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Extending Chief Peguis would be for the benefit of NW Winnipeg by the way! |
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Repairing ("grandfathering") it in place as long as possible is by far the most cost-effective method of keeping this route open, just due to the $$ necessary to attempt a replacement. |
Previous studies are here.
https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicwor...s/cprYards.stm https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicwor...gtonBridge.stm Preferred option is the base design shown here. https://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/Vie...ctionId=530285 I like this option the best. But big time dollars. https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicwor...Connection.pdf |
Society is crumbling in a lot of ways because of poor planning and wealthy interest funnelling money away from collective interests. Get used to it, as BJ says. Or just get rich, I guess :(
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The stupid property tax freeze policies of Murray and Katz are certainly coming home to roost now.
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I will say it's rather pathetic the City let it get to this point. If they want to close it, just close it.
Redwood was rehabbed with a 50 year timeline, IIRC. Edit: 40 years on the rustproofing. Not bad. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...opens-1.610114 More Redwood Bridge (sorry). A nice paper on what was done there. http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resou...ocs/s7/Lau.pdf |
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relocate the railyard will solve the problem of requiring all these bridges replaced in next decade
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If we can find a few billion to relocate the rail yard, I'm all for it.
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