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A. Murray MacKay Bridge

The A. Murray MacKay Bridge, known locally as "the new bridge", is a suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with , , and opened on July 10, 1970.
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Photo: Matt872000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: suspension bridge crossing Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Also known as: “A. Murray McKay Bridge”, “Alexander Murray MacKay Bridge”, “Mackay bridge”, “Mackay Bridge”, and “MacKay Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Highland Park Junior High School and Tufts Cove Generating Station.

School
Photo: Coastal Elite, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Halifax Regional Centre for Education is the public school district responsible for 136 elementary, junior high, and high schools located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. is situated 1½ km south of A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

Electrical generator
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0.
is a Canadian electrical generating station located in the neighbourhood of in 's Halifax Regional Municipality. is situated 1¼ km east of A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

School building
, also called "Harbour View School", is a public school located in the neighbourhood of north-end , serving about 380 children from pre-primary through to sixth grade. is situated 2 km east of A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tufts Cove and Hydrostone.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an urban neighbourhood in the community of , Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the eastern shore of in the North End of Dartmouth.

Neighborhood
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the of the Halifax Peninsula in the , Nova Scotia, Canada. It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east.

Locality
Photo: Citobun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of Halifax is a neighbourhood of , occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of . is situated 3 km southeast of A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

A. Murray MacKay Bridge

Latitude
44.67836° or 44° 40′ 42″ north
Longitude
-63.61143° or 63° 36′ 41″ west
Inception
July 29th, 1970
Open location code
87PRM9HQ+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1448304973
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q278969
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“A. Murray MacKay Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “穆雷·麥凱大橋”
  • Chinese: “穆雷·麦凯大桥”
  • Dutch: “A. Murray MacKay Bridge”
  • French: “A. Murray MacKay Bridge”
  • German: “A. Murray MacKay Bridge”
  • Japanese: “A・マレー・マッカイ橋”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “A. Murray MacKay Bridge”. Photo: Matt872000, CC BY-SA 4.0.