dapaterson said:What's the maximum length for an ACROW without piers? I'm wondering if the gap is too wide.
Anyone who's done the east-west posting season move will know that crossing (unless you drove through the US), although the vast majority haven't seen the brand new bridge. I hope Ontario got the extended warranty.
Google suggests that ACROW bridges are regularly used up to 100 meters, and the water gap seems smaller than that, but I am not an engineer. In Pioneer Platoon we built rope bridges, not highway crossings. And I suppose converting the CP Rail bridge over the Nipigon River into something suitable for vehicle traffic is a non-starter. Rail traffic east-west is probably even more important economically than the road traffic is.
I hope something can be jury-rigged together soon, because that section of road is the cornerstone of the region. It's a long drive to Sault Saint Marie.