The current Jemseg River Bridge is a 950 m (3,120 ft) haunched girder bridge which opened in October 2002 and carries the four-lane Route 2 (Trans-Canada Highway) on a much broader span with considerably less approaching grade from the west.
[1][2] The former Jemseg River Bridge, located approximately 100 m (330 ft) downstream from the current bridge, was constructed in 1960 and carried the two-lane Route 2;[3] it was closed in May 2015 due to safety concerns and the end spans were dismantled in 2016.
[4] The original Jemseg River Bridge was built in 1919 as a 3 span steel truss bridge, including a swing span.
When dismantled in 1965, one half of the swing span was moved on Penniac Road (the Penniac Road Bridge was rebuilt in 2018 as a modern concrete bridge).
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