BrianNSara
11-26-2008, 09:16 AM
I wonder how mattamy will solve the Black Bridge Problem is there going to be a new bridge??? With so many new homes being constructed and the new rate of traffic how long will the Black Bridge hold up? I Think this is going to make it hard for mattamy to do anything to this bridge.....
The Black Bridge over the Speed River was built in 1916. Correction: Black Bridge plaque set for unveiling Sat., Nov. 29
Published on Nov 20, 2008
CAMBRIDGE - The Black Bridge is set to receive more historic recognition Sat., Nov. 29, when a Waterloo Region plaque is unveiled. The wrong date was published when this story appeared last week on cambridgereporter.com
The one-lane, iron truss bridge was opened in 1916 over the Speed River north of Hespeler. It's the only one of its kind in Cambridge and one of region's top-ten historic bridges.
Black Bridge Road is closed for construction of a Mattamy Homes subdivision, so the unveiling of the plaque is planned for 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Hespeler Heritage Centre. The community museum is inside the former Hespeler town hall at Tannery and Queen streets.
While it's known to generations of locals at the Black Bridge, there's more history to the name. It replaced a covered wooden bridge, which was regularly coated with black creosote to waterproof it. And the name stuck, says Lary Turner of the Hespeler museum.
Source:/cambridgereporter.com/printarticle/152366
The Black Bridge over the Speed River was built in 1916. Correction: Black Bridge plaque set for unveiling Sat., Nov. 29
Published on Nov 20, 2008
CAMBRIDGE - The Black Bridge is set to receive more historic recognition Sat., Nov. 29, when a Waterloo Region plaque is unveiled. The wrong date was published when this story appeared last week on cambridgereporter.com
The one-lane, iron truss bridge was opened in 1916 over the Speed River north of Hespeler. It's the only one of its kind in Cambridge and one of region's top-ten historic bridges.
Black Bridge Road is closed for construction of a Mattamy Homes subdivision, so the unveiling of the plaque is planned for 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Hespeler Heritage Centre. The community museum is inside the former Hespeler town hall at Tannery and Queen streets.
While it's known to generations of locals at the Black Bridge, there's more history to the name. It replaced a covered wooden bridge, which was regularly coated with black creosote to waterproof it. And the name stuck, says Lary Turner of the Hespeler museum.
Source:/cambridgereporter.com/printarticle/152366