List of crossings of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes
This is a list of bridges, ferries, and other crossings of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, and Great Lakes, by order of south shore terminal running from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence upstream to Lake Superior.
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(N) or (E): North- or East-shore terminal (mainland) (I): Island served by the crossing (S) or (W): South- or West-shore terminal (mainland) |
Crossings
[edit]Quebec
[edit]Lower and Middle Saint Lawrence
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Island of Montreal
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Upper Saint Lawrence and Beauharnois Canal
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Ontario and the United States
[edit]Upper Saint Lawrence River
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Lake Ontario and Niagara River
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Lake Erie / Bass Islands
[edit]| Crossing | Picture | Year built[A] | Communities linked | Carries | Name origin | Coordinates |
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| Leamington - Pelee Island - Sandusky Ferry |  | (N) Leamington, Ontario | North end: Erie Street Middle: Pelee Island Ferry Terminal South End:  US 6 US 250 Ohio SR 4 Ohio SR 101 | — | ||
| (I) Pelee Island | ||||||
| (S) Sandusky, Ohio | ||||||
| Marblehead - Kelleys Island Ferry | (I) Kelleys Island, Ohio | Connecting: Ohio SR 575 Ohio SR 163 | — | |||
| (S) Marblehead, Ohio | ||||||
| Put-In-Bay - Port Clinton Ferry | (I) Put-In-Bay, Ohio | Connecting: Ohio SR 357 Ohio SR 53 | — | |||
| (S) Port Clinton, Ohio |
Detroit and St. Clair Rivers
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Straits of Mackinac and Soo Locks area
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Lake Huron / Georgian Bay, Ontario
[edit]| Crossing | Picture | Year built[A] | Communities linked | Carries | Name origin | Coordinates |
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| Bernt Gilbertson Bridge |  | (I) St. Joseph Island |  Highway 548 | Bernt Gilbertson (1912–1995), MPP for Algoma, 1967–1975 | ||
(N) 2 km south of   Highway 17/TCH west of Desbarats | ||||||
| Little Current Swing Bridge |  | (S) Little Current |  Highway 6 | Little Current, Ontario | ||
| (N) Turner | ||||||
| MS Chi-Cheemaun Ferry |  | (S) South Baymouth | Highway 6 | "Big canoe" in Ojibwe | ||
| (N) Tobermory |
Lake Superior
[edit]| Crossing | Picture | Year built[A] | Communities linked | Carries | Name origin | Coordinates |
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| Portage Lake Lift Bridge |  | 1959 | (N) Hancock, Michigan |  US 41 M-26 | Portage Lake, a segment of the Keweenaw Waterway | |
| (S) Houghton, Michigan | ||||||
| Isle Royale ferry |  | (N) Isle Royale, Michigan | ||||
| (S) Houghton, Michigan | ||||||
| Madeline Island Ferry |  | (I) La Pointe, Wisconsin | Connecting: County Road H WIS 13 | |||
| (S) Bayfield, Wisconsin | ||||||
| Aerial Lift Bridge |  | 1905 | (N) Duluth, Minnesota | S Lake Avenue | ||
| (S) Minnesota Point, Minnesota | ||||||
| John A. Blatnik Bridge |  | 1961 | (E) Superior, Wisconsin |  Interstate 535 US 53 | John Blatnik (1911–1991), Congressional Representative for Minnesota's 8th congressional district, 1947–1975 | |
| (W) Duluth, Minnesota | ||||||
| Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge |  | 1985 | (E) Superior, Wisconsin |  US 2 | Richard Ira Bong (1920–1945), World War II fighter pilot | |
| (W) Duluth, Minnesota |
Lake Michigan
[edit]| Crossing | Picture | Year built[A] | Communities linked | Carries | Name origin | Coordinates |
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| Beaver Island Ferry | (I) Beaver Island, Michigan | Connection to: US 31 | ||||
| (S) Charlevoix, Michigan | ||||||
| North Manitou Island Ferry | (E) Leland, Michigan | Connection to: M-22 | ||||
| (I) North Manitou Island, Michigan | ||||||
| South Manitou Island Ferry | (E) Leland, Michigan | Connection to:M-22 | ||||
| (I) South Manitou Island, Michigan | ||||||
| Washington Island Ferry |  | (I) Washington Island, Wisconsin | Connecting: County Road W WIS 42 | |||
| (S) Northport, Door County, Wisconsin | ||||||
| SS Badger |  | (E) Ludington, Michigan |  US 10 | "Bucky Badger", athletic mascot for the University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||
| (W) Manitowoc, Wisconsin | ||||||
| Lake Express Ferry |  | (E) Muskegon, Michigan | Connections with: Muskegon: Estes Street to: US 31 Interstate 96 M-46Milwaukee:  Interstate 794 WIS 794 | |||
| (W) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
See also
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- List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
- List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
- List of bridges to the Island of Montreal
- List of crossings of the Ottawa River
Notes
[edit]- A The year of construction of the original structure. In the case of ferries, no date is given, as the beginning of a ferry link is often not documented.
- B Provides only a partial crossing.
- D Nordik Express offers, in addition to links to Rimouski, Sept-Îles, and Havre-Saint-Pierre, a ferry link to several communities along the Basse-Côte-Nord. Its easternmost terminal is in Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.
- E Quebec Bridge is the lowermost fixed crossing of the whole river.
- I The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine complex consists of a tunnel from Montreal to Île Charron and a bridge from Île Charron to the South Shore.[6]
- J Jacques-Cartier Bridge was originally named Harbour Bridge/Pont du Havre, and renamed after Jacques Cartier in 1934 (400th anniversary of Cartier's first voyage). The section over the St. Lawrence Seaway was lifted to a new height in 1962.[7]
- K Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge) and Pont des Îles ("Bridge of the Islands") were built for Expo 67.[9] Pont de la Concorde connects Montreal Island to Saint Helen's Island, while Pont des Îles connects Saint Helen's Island to Notre-Dame Island.
- L Victoria Bridge was built as a one-track tubular bridge which opened in 1860, then rebuilt as a two-track truss bridge in 1898. The South Y approach was rebuilt around the Saint-Lambert locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1961.[10]
- M At the north end of Champlain Bridge, two spans, one north-south (aut. 15 and 20) and one east-west (aut. 10) connect Île des Sœurs to I. of Montreal. These two spans, called Pont Île-des-Sœurs and Pont Clément, are part of the Champlain Bridge complex.[11]
- N The Champlain Bridge Ice Structure, known in French as "l'Estacade Champlain," was built to control ice floes coming from the Laprairie Basin.[12]
- O The section of Honoré-Mercier bridge spanning over the St. Lawrence Seaway was rebuilt to seaway standards in the 1950s. The bridge was twinned by an identical one, on the downriver side, which opened in 1963.[13]
- P The Edgar Hébert Boulevard crossing consists of a suspension bridge over the discharge of the Beauharnois Power Station and a tunnel under the locks of Beauharnois Canal.
- Q The South Channel Bridge was demolished in 1958, and the North Channel Bridge in 1965.
- R The Burlington Bay Skyway does not cross between both sides of the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes river system, but it is a major thoroughfare crossing the western tip of Lake Ontario, which allows motorists to drive around the city of Hamilton.
References
[edit]- ^ Janberg, Nicolas (2006). "Structurae [fr] - Pont de l'Île d'Orléans" (in French). Structurae (fr). Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ Jansberg, Nicolas (2004). "Quebec Bridge". Structurae [en]. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ Jansberg, Nicolas (2006). "Pierre Laporte Bridge". Structurae [en]. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Jansberg, Nicolas (2004). "Laviolette Bridge". Structurae [en]. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ "Toponymie Trois-Rivières". City of Trois-Rivières. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ a b "Pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine (40 ans)" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ a b "The Jacques Cartier Bridge: History". Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Important dates in STM's history". Société de Transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b c "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ^ a b "The Victoria Bridge". City of Montreal. 2003. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b "The Champlain Bridge and Bonaventure Expressway". Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b "The Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure". Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Incorporée. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ a b Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Incorporée. "Histoire du pont Mercier" (in French). Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Incorporée. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ Johansen, Bruce Elliott (1999). The encyclopedia of Native American economic history. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-313-30623-5.
- ^ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "New Bridge in Cornwall - News - Cornwall Seaway News". Archived from the original on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ^ "Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge". Nicolas Janberg's Structurae. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Thousand Islands Bridge". Digital archives. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1938-08-18. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
External links
[edit]- Ontario Government Ferry Information Howe and Wolfe Islands
- Quebec Government Ferries webpage Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Wolfe, Horne, and Simcoe Island Ferry Information
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