International Railway Bridge (Town of Fort Erie, ON)

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Built from 1870-1873 by the International Bridge Company and designed Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski and D.L. MacPherson, the International Railway Bridge is a two-section railroad bridge spanning the Niagara River and Black Rock Canal.

Providing a vital link for international rail shipments between the United States and Canada, the bridge was heavily utilized by both passenger and freight railroads immediately upon its opening. With no fewer than six major railroads running services across the single-track span, the bridge quickly proved its value and quickly reached its peak use, seeing a record 264 trains crossing its span in July 1916.

Seeing the number of daily train movements decrease following the collapse of many American and Canadian Railroads in the 1960's & 1970's, the bridge still remains an active freight rail link and is presently owned and operated by CNRR and carries its Stamford Subdivision. Today the bridge sees an average of 15 freight trains crossing its span per day.