WINNIPEG — Starting Monday, the Arlington Bridge will be closed to allow for repairs to the deck. The closure is expected to last six weeks. That’s six weeks of inconvenience if you live, work or shop in the area.
But of all the bridges in town, closing the Arlington Bridge will be the least inconvenient, according to city numbers.
Inside the Perimeter, there are 15 bridges that pass over one or both of the rivers or over the rail yard in the Dufferin Industrial area. Of those, the Arlington Bridge sees the fewest cars daily — about one-fifth as many of the St. James Bridge.
Winnipeg bridges by daily traffic
- St. James — 77,200 cars
- Main Street — 70,200
- Fort Garry — 60,700
- St. Vital — 43,900
- Disraeli — 42,300
- Provencher — 40,600
- Osborne — 37,700
- Moray — 37,000
- Slaw Rebchuk — 35,700
- Kildonan Settlers — 35,600
- Redwood — 25,800
- Louise — 25,600
- Maryland — 25,400
- Midtown — 18,000
- Arlington — 15,600
Source: http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/PDF/Transportation/Traffic-Flow-Map-2012.pdf
On Logan Avenue, Arlington Street and McPhillips Street are 600 metres apart (all distances according to Google Maps). Coming from the north, the last street that intersects both Arlington and McPhillips is Selkirk Avenue. Taking that would add an extra one kilometre to a trip.
The alternate route to the west — Salter Street — is 1.3 kilometres away on both the north and the south sides.
Watch the Morning News and with the only traffic helicopter in the city, you will see the construction as it moves along, how traffic is flowing and we will show you the first cars going across the day it reopens.
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