Peterborough swing bridges to be temporarily closed

Parks Canada conducting spring maintenance to prepare for opening of Trent-Severn Waterway

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Over the next few weeks, Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance on swing bridges in the Trent-Severn Waterway across the Kawarthas. Pictured is the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Ashburnham Road to East City. It will be closed for 48 hours beginning April 20, 2018.
Over the next few weeks, Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance on swing bridges in the Trent-Severn Waterway across the Kawarthas. Pictured is the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Ashburnham Road to East City. It will be closed for 48 hours beginning April 20, 2018.

Parks Canada is preparing for the opening of the 2018 boating season on the Trent-Severn Waterway and will be conducting spring maintenance on some of its swing bridges and sites in the next few weeks.

Swing bridges in Peterborough will be temporarily closed, most significantly the Maria Street Swing Bridge, connecting Ashburnham Road to East City in Peterborough. It will be closed for two days beginning on Friday, April 20th. An alternate route from Ashburnham Road to East City is through the Peterborough Lift Lock tunnel.

The Parks Canada work on the bridges includes preventative maintenance tasks like washing and greasing swing bridges, and conducting visual inspections to ensure their safe operation.

The following swing bridges in Peterborough will be temporarily closed on the dates and times indicated, weather permitting:

  • McFarlane Street Bridge will be closed for 24 hours from 6 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10th until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11th.
  • Warsaw Road Swing Bridge will be closed for five and a half hours from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1st.
  • Maria Street Swing Bridge will be closed for 48 hours from 6 a.m. on Friday, April 20th until 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 22nd.

Motorists are advised to plan alternate routes during these closures.

In addition to the temporary bridge closures listed above, Parks Canada will be conducting seasonal maintenance on certain bridges that cross the Trent-Severn Waterway beginning Monday, April 9th until mid May. This maintenance will not close the bridges, but vehicles may experience short delays of about 10 minutes.

Here is a list of the affected bridges:

  • Brighton Road Swing Bridge
  • Carrying Place Swing Bridge
  • Glen Ross Swing Bridge
  • Ranney Falls Swing Bridge (Campbellford)
  • Hastings Swing Bridge
  • Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge
  • Bolsover Swing Bridge
  • Boundary Road Swing Bridge
  • Lakeshore Road Swing Bridge
  • Couchiching Bridge
  • Hamlet Swing Bridge (on Canning Road near Washago)
  • Port Severn Swing Bridge

For more information about the Trent-Severn Waterway, visit www.parkscanada.gc.ca/trent.

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