Saint John Harbour Bridge

They decided to purchase the majority of the Mill Street Yard from the Canadian Pacific Railway for a new highway alignment which would run through the middle of the city downstream of Reversing Falls.

The selected location remains controversial as it prevents high-clearance vessels from navigating into the upper part of the Saint John Harbour.

Earlier proposals had called for the Saint John Throughway and the bridge to be built north of the Reversing Falls gorge.

Saint John Harbour Bridge was designed and built as a hollow box, haunched girder structure.

Contracts for the four main piers were signed in September 1965 and the crossing opened on August 17, 1968 as part of the ambitious Saint John Throughway project.