Civil engineer Frank Barber has designed many unique bridges in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Perhaps the most unique bridge, for the Toronto area, is the Sewells Road Bridge; unique in that it’s the only suspension bridge in Toronto and one of the few found in Ontario.
The single-lane Sewells Road Bridge, which carries both north and southbound traffic, spans over the Rouge River in Scarborough, the eastern suburb of Toronto.
It’s also one of the shortest suspension bridges meant for vehicular traffic. Built-in 1912, in what was then Scarborough Township, features two single cables that hold up the 160-foot long bridge, that has a load capacity of 5.5 short tons. The bridge deck is concrete, sitting about 13 feet above the river.
The bridge is still in use by vehicular traffic today. It underwent a thorough restoration in 1981, with portions of the bridge, like the original stiffening trusses, being removed and replaced.
Still unknown why this Bridge is so haunted.
Up Next in Season 1
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Camp Tillingwood
Camp Tillingwood operated as a Girl Guide camp for girls between the ages of 11 and 14. Last used in 2008. Absolutely one of the creepiest places I've been to but why is it haunted.
That night I felt the presence of a young girl following us and then we discover we also had the spirit of a man ...
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Century Manor
Originally intended to be a hospital, this historic 1876 building was an asylum for the insane. As a result, it also ended up housing the criminally insane, like murderers, serial killers, and rapists.
It was built in a remote location on 500 acres, for the treatment of mentally ill patients. Al...
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Boston Mills Cemetery
Registered to Boston Mills Cemetery Board. The first burial was David Williams buried in May 1823 in the bark of a tree that killed him. The cemetery was marked out in plots in 1858.
The land was given by John Marshall for three grains of wheat, representing past, present, and future.
In 1896 it...
