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Reversing Falls Bridge

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133: 25: 188: 360:, with the Saint John Police Force responding to an average of 20 incidents at the bridge annually between 2017 and 2022. The first known suicide attempt in which somebody survived occurred on June 29, 1914, when it was still a suspension bridge. In 2016, plans for a $ 500,000 307:
rapids are a notoriously dangerous stretch of water passing through a gorge which creates a chasm through the middle of the Saint John metropolitan region. Prior to construction of the first bridge in 1853, ferries were used to connect both sides of the river in the city.
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Visitors may stop at a public viewing point above the bridge on the west bank of the river, or use a restaurant and gift shop constructed adjacent to its western abutment.
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Until 1968, with the opening of a second bridge in Saint John, the Harbour Bridge, the Reversing Falls Bridge was the only link between the city's East and West sides.
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have made calls to the province for the installation of a barrier in 2017, in 2019, and again in 2022. The city was set to install
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on the bridge in September 2022, but faced delays in January 2023.
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in span. Its replacement, the current steel arch structure or
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Until the 1940s, the Reversing Falls Bridge also carried a
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at the time. Both members of the public as well as the
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Buildings and structures in Saint John, New Brunswick
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since 1885. It is also known as the floating bridge.
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Reversing Falls Bridge has had issues with being a "
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45°15′34″N 66°05′12″W / 45.2594°N 66.0868°W / 45.2594; -66.0868
Route 100
Saint John River
Saint John
New Brunswick
Canada
Saint John River
Saint John
New Brunswick
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New Brunswick Route 100
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