Monday, March 29, 2010

The Bridges of West Hill

The West Hill Community can accurately be described as that area of Toronto surrounded by the Highland Creek Valley.

Because we are largely cut off from the rest of the City by that meandering waterway, we have bridges to connect us to the greater community.

Oh yes, we have bridges.

In all shapes and sizes.

From planks casually thrown across rivulets.



To small walking and biking bridges.






To medium sized bridges just large enough to accommodate one lane of traffic going in each direction.






To major bridges supporting three of the City's mighty thoroughfares.










And even bridges that used to be, but are never spoken of any longer.




If you have time and don't mind a bit of colour on a black and white themed day, here is a short video I shot back in May of 2008 of the new bridge that crosses Highland Creek just as it empties into Lake Ontario. Lindsay is along for the walk and will show us the way.

5 comments:

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

interesting,
nice to learn about the region.
Happy Saturday!

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BrownBullhead said...

Wow. I haven't been down there since about 1997 at the latest. I moved away in 2000. TO see the trails and the bridge is just incredible. I recall wading my way from Morningside Park all the way to this junction. Time sure has seen some change there.

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