Pretoria Bridge
The Pretoria Bridge is a table bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It crosses the Rideau Canal linking the Glebe and Centretown to Old Ottawa East. The bridge was built in 1915, replacing an earlier wooden swing bridge on Argyle Street just to the north.Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: table bridge in Ottawa, Canada
- Also known as: “Pont Pretoria Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canadian Museum of Nature and Church of the Ascension.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Museum
Photo: RealGrouchy, Public domain.
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, a 18,910-square-metre structure in Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Museum of Nature is situated 460 metres west of Pretoria Bridge.
Church of the Ascension
Church
Church of the Ascension is an Anglican church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Church of the Ascension is situated 160 metres southeast of Pretoria Bridge.
Ballantyne Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballantyne Park is a city park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The north side of the park is bounded by the Queensway. The park is small, measuring only 100 metres long by 30 metres wide. Ballantyne Park is situated 210 metres northeast of Pretoria Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Ottawa East and Golden Triangle.
Old Ottawa East
Suburb
Photo: Miguel Andrade, Public domain.
Old Ottawa East or just Ottawa East is a neighbourhood in Capital Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located south of Nicholas Street and between the Rideau Canal and the Rideau River, with Avenue Road marking the southern border.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a sub-neighbourhood of Centretown in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders Elgin Street, at its west, and the Rideau Canal, at its east.
Centretown
Suburb
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.
Pretoria Bridge
- Categories: vertical-lift bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.41154° or 45° 24′ 42″ northLongitude
-75.68329° or 75° 40′ 60″ westOpen location code
87Q6C868+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 638242780OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q3642922
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Pretoria Bridge” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pretoria Brug”
- Afrikaans: “Pretoriabrug”
- Dutch: “Pretoriabrug”
- French: “pont de l’avenue Pretoria”
- French: “Pont de l’avenue Pretoria”
- French: “Pont Pretoria”
- Russian: “Мост Претории”
- Russian: “Мост Претория”
- Turkish: “Pretoria Bridge”
- Turkish: “Pretoria Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Преторія (міст)”
- Ukrainian: “Преторія”
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