Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge

For other uses, see Cherry Street Bridge (disambiguation).

Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
The Cherry Street Bascule Bridge
Carries	vehicluar and pedestrian
Crosses	Toronto Harbour Shipping Channel
Locale	Toronto
Other name(s)	Cherry Street Bridge
Owner	City of Toronto
Maintained by	Toronto Port Authority
Heritage status
Ontario Heritage Act
Type	listed
Designated	February 25, 1992
Characteristics
Design	Bascule
Material	Steel
Total length	120 metres
Width	20m
Height	> 48 metres
Longest span	40 metres
Clearance above	48 metres
Clearance below	Toronto Harbour Ship Channel
History
Architect	Joseph Strauss
Designer	Joseph Strauss
Engineering design by	Joseph Strauss
Constructed by	Dominion Bridge Company
Fabrication by	Dominion Bridge Company
Construction end	1930
Opened	1930
Inaugurated	1930

The Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge and Warren truss in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the industrial Port Lands area, it carries Cherry Street over the Toronto Harbour Ship Channel and opens to allow ships to access the channel and the turning basin beyond. The bridge was built in 1930 by the company of Joseph Strauss and the Dominion Bridge Company. The north side of the bridge has 750-ton concrete counterweights that allow the bridge to pivot to open.

There are two bascule bridges on Cherry Street. The other, smaller bridge, crosses the Keating Channel, while this bridge crosses the Ship Channel.

The bridge is designed to carry two lanes of traffic, and was listed under the Ontario Heritage Act by the City of Toronto in 1992 as architecturally historical.

The city spent CAD$2.5 million to refurbish the bridge in 2007.

See also

• List of bascule bridges
• Bayview Bridge (Toronto) - along with the two Cherry Street bridges are the only three north-south bridges in Toronto