The Point Ellice Bridge, also known as the Bay Street Bridge is a major road-crossing of the

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. Used mainly by motorists, it connects the downtown Rock Bay neighbourhood with

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. It is one of few crossings toward

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, the others being the

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to the south, the pedestrian Selkirk Trestle 600 metres to the north, and the two bridges over the

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, the Gorge Bridge carrying Tillicum Road, 2 km northwest of Point Ellice Bridge, and the Craigflower Bridge carrying Admirals Road, a further 1.8 km west. In 1896 it was the site of the Point Ellice Bridge disaster, when the unmaintained bridge collapsed, killing 55 people. The current structure was built in 1956–57 and was subject to major upgrades in 2001–02 and 2019, during which it was closed to traffic for 5 months. Plans to widen the bridge to better accommodate cyclists were originally developed in 2001, at an estimated price of $15,250,000.

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1956 establishments in Canada Road bridges in British Columbia {{Canada-bridge-struct-stub

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