Ontario Wood Bridge Reference Guide

It is apparent that when designers and authorities have been familiar with the benefits of timber bridges, and are technically knowledgeable in the design of wood bridges, we tend to see more of this type of bridge built. Historically, the number of timber bridges in Canada has been encouraging.

Currently, in Ontario there are 157 timber bridges and culverts in service with the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) (Mermigas, 2017) although the number may actually be as high as 250 timber bridges out of the 3000 bridges in Ontario (Krisciunas et al. 2010).

British Columbia has approximately 500 timber bridges out of approximately 2800 and currently have more planned. Quebec has been building new timber bridges as well. According to Leslie Marshall “Nova Scotia has hundreds of timber bridges, and half of Prince Edward Island’s bridges are timber” (Leslie M., 2012).

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