FORT FRANCES, Ontario — A Canadian National Railway lift bridge in Fort Frances has collapsed, the website NWOnewswatch.com reports.
CN said in a statement to website operator Dougall Media today that it was responding to “an incident” involving the bridge across the Rainy River that provides its connection to the Port of Thunder Bay, Ont., and that the waterway was blocked. The railroad said no train was involved in the incident and that the cause was under investigation.
According to the website historicbridges.org, the bridge, known as both the Five-Mile Bridge and the Rainy River Lift Bridge, dates to 1908 and is a single-leaf bascule bridge with a total length of 541 feet and a 134-foot main span.
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Thisn looks like the mainline of CN between Winnipeg and Duluth