Reversing Falls Railway Bridge

• Bridge
• Landmark Historical Place
• Landmark & Historical Place

The Reversing Falls Railway Bridge is the name given to two different steel truss bridges crossing the Saint John River at the same location in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.The original bridge was constructed in 1885 immediately upstream of a highway crossing known as the Reversing Falls Bridge. Measuring in length, the railway bridge carried a single-track main line.It was constructed by the Saint John Bridge and Railroad Extension Company which was a municipal-owned corporation established to connect two separated sections of the former European and North American Railway project. The eastern section of the E&NAR was merged into the Intercolonial Railway following Confederation while the western section was acquired by the New Brunswick Railway (NBR). The Saint John Bridge and Railroad Extension Company was acquired by the NBR following the construction of the bridge. The NBR was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1890.A replacement structure keeping much of the same design was opened in 1922 to accommodate heavier loads; the original being demolished in 1921.In 1976 NB Power constructed the Lorneville Pipeline from Irving Oil's Canaport supertanker oil terminal at Red Head, 4km southeast of the city to the Coleson Cove Generating Station, 16km southwest of the city; it crosses the Saint John River using this bridge.