Repair or replace? Province set to weigh options for Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton

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Written By Christian Allaire

With cracked concrete and corroded metal, the Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton is starting to show its age. The province is now looking at options to extend its life and plan for its future replacement. 

A 2018-19 inspection of the bridge by Harbourside Engineering Consultants gave the various parts of the bridge a rating using the national bridge inventory rating system. It's based on a scale from zero to nine, with zero representing "failure condition" and nine representing "excellent condition."

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Seal Island Bridge Emergency Repair
Seal Island Bridge Emergency Repair

The Seal Island Bridge Structure, or the Great Bras d’Or Crossing, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, is the third largest bridge span in the province and a crucial link in the Trans-Canada Highway between Sydney and Baddeck. The NS Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal consulted Harbourside to provide structural engineering services for the assessment of the three span continuous main span and rehabilitation of a damaged truss diagonal. Harbourside developed an innovative structural repair with detailed phasing drawings.

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