Bridges connect communities to other communities, and for some areas, a bridge might be the only connection to the outside world.
Located in Bayfield, Ontario, in Huron County, the old Bayfield River Bridge was constructed in 1949 and was a 60.9 m long two-span modified warren deck-truss. As with most bridges built last century, it had undergone several rehabilitation and strengthening repairs, and exhibited advancing deterioration. It also had insufficient hydraulic clearance. In short, it was showing its age. For the growing community, the bridge was functionally obsolete and needed to be replaced.
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) retained Egis to help with this project. We acted as Total Project Management to provide detailed design services and to assess the environment around the bridge, known as a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Group ‘C’. Egis assessed the bridge and oversaw the design and construction of the new bridge.
