General Information
| Other name(s): | Falls View Suspension Bridge |
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| Beginning of works: | Winter 1867 |
| Completion: | 2 January 1869 |
| Status: | destroyed (9 January 1889) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge with cable-stays |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA Clifton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Crossed: |
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| Replaced by: |
Falls View Suspension Bridge (1889)
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| Coordinates: | 43° 5' 16.66" N 79° 2' 52.47" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 384.3 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Niagara Clifton Bridge, also known as the first Falls View Suspension Bridge, was a suspension bridge over the Niagara River between Niagara Falls, New York and Clifton, Ontario. It was designed by Samuel Keefer, with construction starting in 1867. It was officially opened for traffic on January 2, 1869 and was destroyed in a storm on the night of January 9, 1889.
Replacement
Shortly following the collapse of the first Falls View Suspension Bridge, a second bridge of the same design was ordered to be built. Construction began on March 22, 1889 and erection work took only 38 days to complete. It was opened on May 7, only 117 days after the preceding bridge disaster. The second Falls View Suspension Bridge was dismantled in 1898 when construction of the Honeymoon Bridge was complete. The dismantled bridge was moved to Queenston–Lewiston where it was re-erected and became the second Queenston–Lewiston Bridge and remained in service until 1962 when it was replaced with a larger and more modern bridge. The suspension bridge was finally dismantled and sold to a Buffalo, New York firm.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Niagara Clifton Bridge" and modified on 4 November 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Design
- Samuel Keefer (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 335.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000528 - Published on:
20/11/1999 - Last updated on:
25/12/2021
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