Confederation Bridge spans the narrowest point of the Northumberland Strait, but is still eight miles long. In fact, this resilient structure claims to be the longest bridge crossing ice-covered water in the World.
It was constructed between 1993 and 1997, to connect Prince Edward Island to mainland Canada. It makes landfall on Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, close to the Nova Scotia border.
Many of the Confederation Bridge’s pieces were actually built on land, close to the bridge site, before being transported to their final locations and hoisted into place.
The bridge’s 65 pillars raise most of the structure 130 feet above the surface of the sea, although part of the Confederation Bridge is almost 200 feet above the waves, to allow larger ships to pass beneath.
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