Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, Bascule bridge in Toronto, Canada.

The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a movable steel bridge over the Toronto Harbour Ship Channel in the Port Lands district of Toronto, Ontario. It carries two traffic lanes and can raise its deck to let vessels through the waterway below.

The bridge was built in 1930 by engineer Joseph Strauss and the Dominion Bridge Company to support the growing port activity along the waterfront. It was part of a broader push to open up the industrial Port Lands to road traffic.

The bridge is usually called simply Cherry Street Bridge. It was built by the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. of Lachine, Quebec, and the salt spread on nearby roads caused corrosion damage that had to be repaired in a 2013 renovation costing CA$2 million.

The bridge is open to pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles, but it can close temporarily when ships pass through or when maintenance is underway. If you are planning to cross while exploring the Port Lands, it is worth checking current conditions before you set out.

The bridge's north side holds 750-ton concrete counterweights that pivot the deck open, and the structure uses 500 tons of steel. The German Wikipedia gives each of the two counterweights as 350 tonnes. The bridge was listed under the Ontario Heritage Act by the City of Toronto in 1992 as architecturally historical.