The Miramichi Bridge is a steel girder bridge crossing the

Miramichi River The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'km ...

in Miramichi,

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. The bridge carries two lanes of highway traffic between

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on the north bank and Chatham Head on the south bank. It opened to traffic in 1995 as part of the Route 117 / Chatham bypass project, and is located approximately upstream from the much older

Morrissy Bridge The Morrissy Bridge is a steel truss bridge crossing the Miramichi River at Miramichi, New Brunswick, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. Construction of Morrissy bridge began in 1913 and was completed and opened in November 1914. Named after Hon. ...

, which closed to all traffic in September 2008. Locals call the Miramichi Bridge the "new" bridge. It is not to be confused with the Centennial Bridge, located farther downstream between Chatham and

Douglastown Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, Scotland, three miles south-west of Forfar. It takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. (in which Mr Douglas was a partner) to build a flax mill to s ...

, both now parts of the City of Miramichi.

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