Canada Bridge (Bruges)
Belgium /
West-Flandern /
Brugge /
Bruges /
Leopold I-laan
World
/ Belgium
/ West-Flandern
/ Brugge
heritage, bridge, road bridge, architectural heritage
At the end of World War Bruges was liberated by the Manitoba Dragoons of the Canadian Army. They pulled into the city through Kristus-Koning (nineteenth-century neighbourhood northwest of the historic centre). The Canada Bridge, popularly known as the Bison Bridge or Buffalo Bridge, reminds the locals daily. This bridge was built by sculptor Octave Rotsaert adorned with two statues of bison, the symbol of Manitoba. The sculptures were combined with the bridge when officially opened on September 12, 1948, exactly four years after the liberation of the city. The dead are commemorated annually during the liberation celebrations. In 2009 the Canadian Bridge was made a provisionally protected architectural heritage.
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Coordinates: 51°12'44"N 3°12'24"E
- Unfinished Road bridges 6 km
- Road Bridge 87 km
- Road Bridge 87 km
- Road bridge 87 km
- Vilvoorde Viaduct 91 km
- Road bridge 92 km
- Road Bridge 94 km
- Van Brienenoordbrug 120 km
- The City Bridge 120 km
- A27 autoroute bridge 138 km
- Kristus Koning 0.6 km
- Road Bridge 0.7 km
- Electrical substation 0.7 km
- Royal Rowing Club Bruges 0.9 km
- Heliport Sint-Jan 1.2 km
- Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan 1.2 km
- Road Bridge 1.4 km
- RVT Herdershove 1.9 km
- Zuienkerke (municipality) 7.1 km
- Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge 9 km