By Pepper Parr
April 11th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
It was built 53 years ago.
Originally built in 1972, the bridge was constructed to connect the Glenwood neighbourhood to Fairview Street, making it possible for residents to walk from the neighbourhood to Fairview Street
The cost of the new bridge is being covered by Metrolynx. They needed a bridge with a wider span to accommodate the additional GO traffic that will be going through the city.
The new bridge will allow Metrolinx to electrify the rail line.
When the sun is shining, the bridge gleams – really quite attractive.
The new bridge doesn’t have that dowdy industrial look. Instead of the institutional green and dark grey this version is white and at a distance it literally gleams in the sunshine.
Not sure how many steps there are to get to the top, and we don’t know what colour the safety nets are going to be.
People would stand on the overpass part of the bridge to watch the trains approaching. Engineers would frequently give the horns a bit of a blast.
This is the point at which people will begin crossing the bridge from the south side on Drury Lane. Notice the GO train passing in the background.
The new bridge is almost attractive enough to become a destination.
The Drury Lane Bridge had to undergo major repairs and upgrades in 2012 after it was declared unsafe for local use. Considderation at the time was given to tunelling underneath the railway trachs. Instead new decks were installed, and had to have a new deck installed along with reinforcing the beams supporting the deck.
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Love that bridge, as kids we would run up there, sit and hang our legs over the edge and gesture to the train engineers to blow their horn the moment the train past underneath. One of Burlington’s best cheap thrills!