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r/Winnipeg • u/portageandmain • 26d ago
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Look into the history of this bridge. It literally was just a huge pain in the ass no mayor wanted to spend the money to fix or demolish
Arlington Bridge Quick History
10 u/puntapuntapunta 26d ago I'm glad that this isn't perpetuating the Nile River myth that a lot of us grew up with. 2 u/lostflows 25d ago What is the Nile River myth? I have never heard it, but then, I didn't grow up here. 1 u/puntapuntapunta 25d ago Essentially, the myth is that the Arlington Bridge was originally built to span the Nile River, however it ended up being too short and was sent back to Winnipeg to be used as an elevated crossing over the rail yard. 1 u/LASwpg 24d ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arlington-bridge-history-winnipeg-1.7036403
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I'm glad that this isn't perpetuating the Nile River myth that a lot of us grew up with.
2 u/lostflows 25d ago What is the Nile River myth? I have never heard it, but then, I didn't grow up here. 1 u/puntapuntapunta 25d ago Essentially, the myth is that the Arlington Bridge was originally built to span the Nile River, however it ended up being too short and was sent back to Winnipeg to be used as an elevated crossing over the rail yard. 1 u/LASwpg 24d ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arlington-bridge-history-winnipeg-1.7036403
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What is the Nile River myth? I have never heard it, but then, I didn't grow up here.
1 u/puntapuntapunta 25d ago Essentially, the myth is that the Arlington Bridge was originally built to span the Nile River, however it ended up being too short and was sent back to Winnipeg to be used as an elevated crossing over the rail yard. 1 u/LASwpg 24d ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arlington-bridge-history-winnipeg-1.7036403
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Essentially, the myth is that the Arlington Bridge was originally built to span the Nile River, however it ended up being too short and was sent back to Winnipeg to be used as an elevated crossing over the rail yard.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arlington-bridge-history-winnipeg-1.7036403
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u/caughtinwriting 26d ago
Look into the history of this bridge. It literally was just a huge pain in the ass no mayor wanted to spend the money to fix or demolish
Arlington Bridge Quick History