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The Confederation Bridge (French: Pont de la Confédération) is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the mainland province of New Brunswick.
Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion.
The Hartland Covered Bridge in Hartland is the world's longest covered bridge, spanning 1,282 feet (391 m). The most recent covered bridge constructed in New Brunswick is the Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge, which was reconstructed to add a second lane. [ 2 ]
The highway has a speed limit of 110 km/h (68 mph) [13] on most of its sections in New Brunswick. New Brunswick was the first province where the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway was made entirely into a four-lane limited-access divided highway. From Moncton, the highway continues southeast for 54 km (34 mi) to a junction at Aulac close to ...
Route 1 is a 120-kilometre (75 mi) long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock, and bypasses the provincial capital, Charlottetown. It is an ...
It functions as a secondary leg of the Trans-Canada Highway to connect Prince Edward Island with the mainline Trans-Canada Highway Route 2 in Tantramar. Route 16 is the last section of the Trans-Canada in New Brunswick that is not four lanes wide, with no plans in the near future to be widened, as the Confederation Bridge is also only two lanes.
The 12.9-km cantilever bridge was completed in November 1996 and officially opened to the public on May 31, 1997. [17] On opening day, the bridge hosted an inaugural run, which had for 20,000 attendees. [19] It has since become a notable tourist attraction and is famous for being the longest bridge to cross ice-covered water.
Gunningsville Bridge and approaches, Moncton to Riverview (2.2 km) Palmer Brook Connector (1.6 km): Connector from Route 100 to Route 1 east of Quispamsis , and former alignment of Route 1. Prospect Street Extension , Fredericton (2.7 km): A former alignment of Route 2 from Hanwell Road ( Route 640 ) to Woodstock Road ( Route 102 ).