North Channel Span of Seaway International Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 45°00′N 74°44′W / 45.00°N 74.74°W |
| Carries | Two lanes of traffic |
| Crosses | St. Lawrence River |
| Locale | Cornwall, Ontario |
| Maintained by | Seaway International Bridge Corporation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Plate girder bridge |
| Total length | 1,652 m (5,420 ft) |
| Width | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Height | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Load limit | 115,000 lb (52,000 kg) |
| History | |
| Opened | 2014 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 7,000–9,000 Cars Daily |
| Toll | $3.75 CDN/$3.00 USD |
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South Channel Bridge of Three Nations Crossing | |
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| Coordinates | 45°00′N 74°44′W / 45°N 74.74°W |
| Carries | Two Lanes of Traffic |
| Crosses | St. Lawrence River |
| Locale | Akwesasne Mohawk Territory/Cornwall, Ontario/Massena, New York |
| Maintained by | Seaway International Bridge Corporation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 1,060 m (3,480 ft) |
| Width | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Height | unknown |
| Longest span | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Load limit | 115,000lbs |
| Clearance above | 35.5 m (116 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Hugh and Philip Louis Pratley |
| Opened | 1958 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 7,000–9,000 Cars Daily |
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The Seaway International Bridge is an international crossing connecting the U.S. state of New York, Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, and the Canadian province of Ontario. It consists of the South and North Channel Bridges that originally opened in 1958, and spans the St. Lawrence Seaway. The North Channel Bridge, connecting the City of Cornwall in Ontario to Cornwall Island in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, was rebuilt and opened in 2014.
The bridge is among the busiest on the Canada–United States border in the state of New York, with about two million crossings a year.[1] It is jointly owned by the Federal Bridge Corporation (a Crown corporation of the Canadian federal government) and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (an agency of the United States Department of Transportation), and is operated by the Seaway International Bridge Corporation, which came under the control of the Federal Bridge Corporation from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority in 1998.
- ^ "Chapter 4: The Watery Boundary". United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Winter 2015.