Name: |
Rainbow Bridge |
Type: |
- hingeless steel arch |
Location: |
This bridge connects Highway 420 to Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 20 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Routes 62, 384 and Robert Moses Parkway to Interstate 190 in Niagara Falls, New York State. |
Description: |
Total Length of Steel Work: 442 m
(1,450 ft.) Height over River: 62 m (202 ft.) Roadway: two 7.3 m (24 ft.) roadways, four lanes separated by a 1.2 m (4 ft.) centre mall Sidewalks: one on south side-width 3 m
(10 ft.) Weight of Structural Steel and Decking:
9,000 metric tons (9,920.80 U.S. tons)
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History: |
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Enabling
Legislation: |
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (NFBC) is a public benefit corporation of the United States created by a joint resolution of Congress on June 16, 1938, with the authority to construct, maintain and operate a bridge across the Niagara River in co-operation with the Government of Ontario. Corresponding legislation for the creation of the NFBC has never been passed in Canada. The NFBC was given permission to build the Rainbow Bridge by making an application under the Canada Navigable Waters Act.
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| Restrictions: |
No commercial traffic is allowed across the bridge, although buses and non-commercial trucks may use it.
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| Toll Rates: |
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission - Toll Rates (http://niagarafallsbridges.com/print-
schedules/index.htm)
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Traffic
Statistics: |
1999 Statistics
- 4,211,400 passenger cars
- 171 trucks
- 57,726 buses
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Owner
(Canadian Half): |
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission |
Operator
(Canadian Half): |
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission |
Owner
(U.S. Half): |
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission |
Operator
(U.S. Half): |
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission |
| Contact: |
Thomas Garlock
General Manager
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
P.O. Box 395
Niagara Falls, Ontario
L2E 6T8
Telephone: (905) 354-5641 Ext 150 |
Link to
Web Site:
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Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (http://NiagaraFallsBridges.com)
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