This is a list of bridges in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are listed from west to east and north to south. Bridges spanning Airport Parkway, O-Train lines 1 and 2, Green's Creek, Highway 174, Highway 416, Highway 417, the Jock River, and the Transitway are not listed.

Spanning the Ottawa River

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|Morris Island Train Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|498 m

|1915

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|Originally carried Canadian Northern Railway (1915—1998) and the Ottawa Central Railway (1998—2008).<br><br>Converted into a pedestrian bridge in 2014.<br><br>Fitted to accommodate snowmobiles in 2022.

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|Champlain Bridge

|Place Samuel-De Champlain<br><br>Island Park Drive

|1010 m

|1928

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|Crosses Bate Island, Cunningham Island, and Riopelle Island.<br><br>Longest bridge in Ottawa.

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|Lemieux Island Bridge

|Onigam Street

|215 m

|1919

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|Crosses Bell Island.

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|Chief William Commanda Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|992 m

|1880

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|Crosses Lemieux Island.<br><br>Originally carried the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway (1880—1882) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (1882—2005).<br><br>Converted into a pedestrian bridge in 2023.

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|Chaudière Bridge

|Chaudière Crossing

|99 m

|1919

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|Site of the first bridge linking Ottawa and Gatineau.

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|Portage Bridge

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|700 m

|1973

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|Crosses Victoria Island.

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|Alexandra Bridge

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|563 m

|1900

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|Originally carried the Canadian Pacific Railway (1900—1966).

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|Macdonald-Cartier Bridge

|Autoroute 5

|618 m

|1963

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Spanning the Rideau River

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|Bytown Bridge (West Bridge)

|Sussex Drive

|70 m

|2005

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|Replaced the original bridge built in 1954.

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|Bytown Bridge (East Bridge)

|Sussex Drive

|84 m

|2005

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|Replaced the original bridge built in 1954.

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|Minto Bridge (West Bridge)

|Union Street

|61 m

|1900

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|Minto Bridge (East Bridge)

|Union Street

|112 m

|1900

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|Crosses Maple Island.

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|Island Lodge Road

|92 m

|1964

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|Porter Island Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway (closed)

|78 m

|1894

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|St. Patrick Street Bridge

|St. Patrick Street

|163 m

|1975

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|Cummings Bridge

|Rideau Street

|213 m

|1921

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|Adàwe Crossing

|Pedestrian pathway

|125 m

|2015

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|Provincial Constable J. Robert Maki Bridge

|Highway 417

|159 m

|1955

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|Rideau River Pedestrian/Cycling Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|160 m

|1909

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|Originally carried the Canadian National Railway (1909—1966).<br><br>Converted into a pedestrian bridge in 1970.

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|Hurdman Bridge

|O-Train Line 1

|159 m

|1983

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|Originally carried the Transitway.

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|George McIlraith Bridge

|Smyth Road

|240 m

|1965

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|Billings Bridge

|Bank Street

|140 m

|1916

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|George Dunbar Bridge

|Bronson Avenue

|268 m

|1996

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|Replaced the original bridge built in 1955.

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|Rideau River Bridge

|O-Train Line 2

|100 m

|1914

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|Originally carried the Canadian Pacific Railway (1914—2001).

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|Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge

|Heron Road

|276 m

|1967

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|Also spans the Rideau Canal.

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|Hog's Back Fixed Bridge

|Hog's Back Road

|69 m

|1977

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|Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Bridge

|Canadian National Railway

|138 m

|1913

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|Originally carried the Canadian Northern Railway (1913—1923).

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|Michael J. E. Sheflin Bridge

|Hunt Club Road

|230 m

|1985

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|Vimy Memorial Bridge

|Strandherd Drive

|144 m

|2014

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|Nicolls Island Road

|22 m

|1903

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|The bridge structure which originally spanned the Rideau Canal was moved to Nicolls Island in 1935.

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|Long Island Dam

|Cecil Rowat Lane

|48 m

|1920

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|Bridge Street (West Bridge)

|Bridge Street

|85 m

|1956

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|Bridge Street (East Bridge)

|Bridge Street

|108 m

|1958

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|Watson's Mill Dam

|Pedestrian pathway

|60m

|1956

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|Replaced the original dam built in 1856.

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|Roger Stevens Drive

|174 m

|1961

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|Constable Hiram O'Callaghan Memorial Bridge

|Highway 416

|290 m

|1996

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|Beckett's Landing Bridge

|Merlyn Wilson Road

|143 m

|1991

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|Replaced the original bridge built in 1937.

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Spanning the Rideau Canal

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|Plaza Bridge

|Wellington Street<br><br>Rideau Street<br><br>Elgin Street

|65 m

|1912

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|Replaced Sappers Bridge and Dufferin Bridge.

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|Mackenzie King Bridge

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|101 m

|1951

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|Laurier Avenue Bridge

|Laurier Avenue

|91 m

|1900

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|Corktown Footbridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|70 m

|2006

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|Highway 417

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|122 m

|1965

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|Pretoria Bridge

|Hawthorne Avenue

|58 m

|1915

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|Flora Footbridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|125 m

|2019

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|Bank Street Bridge

|Bank Street

|112 m

|1912

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|Bronson Avenue Bridge

|Bronson Avenue

|88 m

|1959

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|Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge

|Heron Road

|276 m

|1967

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|Also spans the Rideau River.

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|Hog's Back Swing Bridge

|Hog's Back Road

|27 m

|1976

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Spanning Patterson Creek (Ottawa)

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|O'Connor Street Bridge

|O'Connor Street

|12 m

|1907

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|Queen Elizabeth Driveway Bridge

|Queen Elizabeth Driveway

|10 m

|c. 1912

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Spanning Nepean Inlet

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|Nepean Bay Bridge

|Trans Canada Trail

|30 m

|2005

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|Spans Nepean Bay.

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|LeBreton Bridge

|Kichi Zibi Mikan

|66 m

|2005

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|Spans Nepean Bay.

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|Booth Street Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|20 m

|1874

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|Spans the Fleet Street Aqueduct.<br><br>Originally carried Booth Street.

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|Pooley's Bridge

|Pedestrian pathway

|35 m

|1873

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|Spans the Fleet Street Aqueduct.<br><br>Oldest bridge in Ottawa.

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See also

  • List of crossings of the Ottawa River

References