Confederation Bridge
The Confederation Bridge is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the... Wikipedia
- Carries: 2 lanes of Route 16 / Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Crosses: Northumberland Strait
- Locale: Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick
- Official name: Confederation Bridge / Pont de la Confédération
- Other name(s): The Bridge, The Link, The Fixed Link, Epekwitk Crossing, Abegweit Crossing, The Span of Green Gables
- Maintained by: Strait Crossing Bridge Limited (SCBL)
- Design: Multi–span post-tensioned concrete box girder
- Total length: 12.9 km (8.02 mi)
- Longest span: 250 m (820.21 ft) (43 segments)
- Clearance below: 60 m (196.85 ft), main shipping channel only, 40 m (131.23 ft), at the near-shore shipping channels
- Construction begin: November 1, 1993
- Daily traffic: about 4,000
- Toll: C$20.00 two-axle automobile, $8.50per extra axle, $20.00 motorcycle, $9.50 bicycle (transported by shuttle vehicle), $4.75 pedestrian (transported by shuttle vehicle - paid westbound-only)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo