The La Salle Causeway is a causeway that allows Highway 2 to cross the Cataraqui River (the southern entrance of the Rideau Canal) at Kingston, Ontario. The causeway separates Kingston's inner and outer harbours. Construction of the causeway was completed on April 15, 1917.[1] The causeway transports approximately 23,000 vehicles daily.[2]
Three bridges are incorporated into the causeway, the center one being a Strauss trunnion bascule lift bridge,[3] which was designed by Joseph Strauss, who designed the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
The La Salle Causeway was named after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. who oversaw the construction of Fort Frontenac in 1673 at what is now the western end of the causeway.
- ^ Whig 20070720 - Kingston , Ontario waterfront Archived 2009-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. K7waterfront.org. Retrieved 2013-07-12
- ^ Canada, Public Services and Procurement (2023-05-18). "LaSalle Causeway". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ Canadian Environmental Assessment Archives - La Salle Causeway Bascule Lift Bridge Painting Project, Kingston, Ontario. Ceaa-acee.gc.ca (2012-12-05). Retrieved on 2013-07-12.