The Jemseg River Bridge is the name for two different structures currently crossing the
Jemseg River The Jemseg River is a short river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick which drains Grand Lake into the Saint John River.
The river is fairly slow-flowing, with approximately 5 kilometres of meander length. It passes through a savannah-type ...
in
Jemseg,
New Brunswick
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Canada
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The current Jemseg River Bridge is a haunched girder bridge which opened in October 2002 and carries the four-lane
Route 2 (
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (Canadian French, French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the A ...
) on a much broader span with considerably less approaching grade from the west.
The former Jemseg River Bridge, located approximately downstream from the current bridge, was constructed in 1960 and carried the two-lane Route 2;
it was closed in May 2015 due to safety concerns and the end spans were dismantled in 2016.
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). The abutments from the original 1919 Jemseg Bridge can still be found approximately under the current Jemseg River Bridge and immediately adjacent to the Jemseg River.
See also
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List of bridges in Canada
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada. In Quebec, despite over 1,200 existing ...
References
Road bridges in New Brunswick
Bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway
Transport in Queens County, New Brunswick
Buildings and structures in Queens County, New Brunswick
Bridges completed in 2002
2002 establishments in New Brunswick
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