Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway | |
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 The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, taken in July 2004. The 1958 steel arch span carries QEW Toronto-bound traffic, and is in front of the 1985 concrete span, which carries Niagara-bound traffic. In the background is the Hamilton Harbour. | |
| Coordinates | 43°17′58″N 79°47′53″W / 43.29945°N 79.79799°W |
| Carries | 8 lanes of  Queen Elizabeth Way |
| Crosses | Hamilton Harbour |
| Locale | Hamilton, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario |
| Other name(s) | Burlington Skyway |
| Owner | Government of Ontario |
| Maintained by | Ontario Ministry of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | steel through arch bridge - 1958 span Concrete box girder - 1985 span |
| Total length | 2,560 metres (8,400 ft) - 1958 span 2,215 metres (7,267 ft) - 1985 span |
| Width | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Height | 64 metres (210 ft) |
| Longest span | 151 metres (495 ft) - 1958 span |
| Clearance below | 36.7 metres (120 ft) - 1958 span |
| History | |
| Architect | John Turner Bell |
| Designer | Philip Louis Pratley |
| Construction cost | CA$12 million to CA$17,000,000 (equivalent to $175,700,000 in 2023)[1][2] |
| Opened | October 30, 1958 (Northbound structure) October 11, 1985 (Southbound structure) |
| Rebuilt | 1985–88 (1958 span) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 149,000 per day (2014) [3] |
| Toll | 1958–1973 |
| Location | |
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The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway, originally called the Burlington Bay Skyway and simply known as the Burlington Skyway or The Skyway, is a pair of high-level freeway bridges (built in 1958 and 1985) spanning the Burlington Bay Canal. The Skyway, as it is locally known, is located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway linking Fort Erie with Toronto. The 1958 steel bridge is a suspended deck through-arch truss bridge. The approach to the main span has elements of a through-truss bridge, but the arch shape takes the truss higher than the roadway deck, so hangers are used to suspend the deck from the arch truss. The truss bridge is 2,560 m (8,400 ft) long overall. The main span of 151 m (495 ft) is flanked by two back spans each 83.7 m (275 ft) long; there are 72 total approach spans, and the bridge has 36.7 m (120 ft) of vertical clearance below the bottom of the deck.[2] The girder bridge, completed in 1985, is 335 m (1,099 ft) shorter. The roadway deck for each bridge is 30 m (97 ft) wide.[4]
- ^ Bouchier, Nancy B.; Cruikshank, Ken (2016). "Confining Nature". The People and the Bay: A Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. pp. 145, 158–159. ISBN 978-0-7748-3044-7. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Passfield, Robert W. (2007). "Philip Louis Pratley (1884–1958): bridge design engineer". Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 34 (5): 637–650. doi:10.1139/L06-130. alternate URL
- ^ Van Dongen, Matthew; O'Reilly, Nicole (August 2, 2014). "Skyway bridge cleared after Thursday crash, lanes remain closed". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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