Victorian Bridge Montreal

     Robert Stephenson and other British engineers were hired to build an iron tubular girder bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.  Construction took place between 1854 and 1859.  It was a single track railroad bridge.Total length of the entire bridge was 9144 feet.  Total length of the iron bridge was 6592 feet.  There were 24 approach spans 242–247 feet in length.  There was a main span of 330 feet.  Construction costs were 6 million dollars.

Victorian Bridge

     In 1897 to 1898 this tubular bridge was replaced with a new truss bridge.  The existing stone piers were reused.  New stone work was added  to upstream side to support the wider truss bridge. The single track girder bridge was replaced with a double track truss bridge.