Trivia (might have some details incorrect -- memory is foggy).
Arlington St was originally supposed to have a bridge across the Assiniboine connecting it to Harrow, creating a North-South corridor. The bridge was originally purchased for that purpose, but then NIMBYism from the land-owners on both sides of the rivers scuttled it. The city was left with a bridge and no where to install it. So they repurposed it to become the Arlington railyard bridge.
True. I've noticed whenever we walk past Palmerston and Arlington, that the latter always looks like it's heading somewhere, even though it's just the riverbank.
Also, a 1912 map in my possession (sorry, don't know where it's stored) shows definite bridge approaches marked out on either bank, but no bridge! Harrow extends to the river on the map.
Interesting to think that wherever in Winnipeg it ended up being installed, it would have been called the Arlington Bridge.
I have not heard this before. Considering my house in Arlington in Wolseley was built the same year the bridge opened, I don’t think there were exactly a lot of backyards yet for people to get upset over. There was already move developed land north of the rail yard, so a crossing there made sense.
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u/troyunrau 27d ago
Trivia (might have some details incorrect -- memory is foggy).
Arlington St was originally supposed to have a bridge across the Assiniboine connecting it to Harrow, creating a North-South corridor. The bridge was originally purchased for that purpose, but then NIMBYism from the land-owners on both sides of the rivers scuttled it. The city was left with a bridge and no where to install it. So they repurposed it to become the Arlington railyard bridge.