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Bathurst Street Bridge

Bathurst Street Bridge, Road bridge in Toronto, Canada

Bathurst Street Bridge is a road bridge in Toronto that carries the Bathurst Street across railway tracks between Front Street and Fort York Boulevard. The structure holds four traffic lanes plus streetcar tracks, making it a mixed-use crossing for multiple forms of transport.

The steel Warren truss was built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway over the Humber River, then dismantled and moved to Bathurst Street in 1916 for road traffic. In 1931 it was shifted and realigned to carry streetcars south of the rail corridor, and a new bridge linked its south end to Fleet Street. Fort York lost road access in that change, so a footbridge to its east entrance was added.

The bridge serves as a daily crossing point for commuters and pedestrians moving between downtown and the Fort York area. Its presence shapes how people navigate the city, with the streetcar line making it a shared public space where multiple forms of transport meet.

The bridge sits between Front Street and Fort York Boulevard, with sidewalks on both sides for pedestrians. The 511 Bathurst streetcar runs in the centre lanes, so board from the curb-side stops rather than the middle of the roadway. Fort York's east entrance is reached by a separate footbridge, since the 1931 realignment removed the fort's road access.

The bridge received its current name in 2007 to honor Sir Isaac Brock, a British general from the early 1800s, following advocacy by the Friends of Fort York organization. This naming connects the structure to the nearby military site and its significance in the region's past.

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