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Photographer: Anton Schwarzmueller
Taken: March 13, 2016
Caption: Towards the Bridges
Additional Description: The rust colored bridge is the Niagara Railway Arch Bridge or Michigan Central Railroad Bridge, built 1925. It is abandoned due to the purchase and removal of the right-of-way in Canada by Niagara Falls Ontario from the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 2019 or 2020 the cement approach spans and pillars pictured here were removed. The gray colored bridge is the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, owned by the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, built 1897 as stated on the marker. The lower deck is restricted to NEXUS members only, no commercial traffic, no pedestrians, and its hours are 7 am to 11 pm. The upper deck is owned by Amtrak. The closer stone pillar once held a cantilever railroad bridge. The brick building is the current federal border inspections building - U.S. Customs & Border Protection.
Submitted: March 14, 2016, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p346755
File Size: 6.222 Megabytes

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