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 Link The Fixed Link Epekwitk Crossing Abegweit Crossing The Span of Green Gables
Maintained by
Strait Crossing Bridge Limited (SCBL)
Characteristics
Design
Multi–span post-tensioned concrete box girder
Total length
12.9 km (8.0 mi)
Longest span
250 m (820 ft) (43 segments)
Clearance below
60 m (200 ft)[1] main shipping channel only 40 m (131.23 ft) at the near-shore shipping channels
History
Opened
May 31, 1997
Statistics
Daily traffic
about 4,000[2]
Toll
C$50.25 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 : leaving PEI)
Location
The Confederation Bridge (French: Pont de la Confédération) 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 mainland province of New Brunswick. Opened May 31, 1997, the 12.9-kilometre (8.0 mi) bridge is Canada's longest bridge[3] and the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water.[4]
Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997[5] and cost C$1.3 billion. Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the "Fixed Link". It officially opened to traffic on May 31, 1997.[6]
^"Clearance". Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
^Canada Transportation Act (2000). "Fact sheet". Archived from the original on January 8, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
^"The Confederation Bridge: Celebrating 20 years of connecting Canadians". Public Services and Procurement Canada. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^Croken, Lowell (December 1, 2009). "Mr. Lowell Croken (Chief Electoral Officer and Chief of Protocol, Legislative Assembly, Elections P.E.I.) at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee". openparliament.ca. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^"Take the High Road: Construction". Strait Crossing Bridge Limited. 2013. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
^CBC Digital Archives. "The Confederation Bridge: P.E.I. Connects". CBC News. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
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