1914 – Elm Park Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg’s fourth oldest extant bridge, built to connect Fort Rouge and St. Vital. A steel truss bridge, just over 500 feet long and 16 feet wide. Despite its narrow width it was originally open for two-way vehicular traffic, it was closed to vehicles in 1974, remaining accessible to only pedestrians and cyclists since. When opened it was a toll bridge, replacing a seasonal pontoon bridge and was to be serviced on the Fort Rouge side by a turning loop of the Winnipeg streetcar system. Now synonymous with an ice cream stand along side knowns at the BDI (Bridge Drive In), and sometimes referred to as the BDI Bridge.

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