Internal documents obtained by a coalition calling for the preservation of the Alexandra Bridge show some federal officials expressed reservations about the plan to demolish and replace the historic Ottawa River crossing. The Alexandra Bridge Coalition said the findings have bolstered its hopes that the 123-year-old bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., will remain standing, while the federal department in charge of operating the bridge maintains the aging structure needs to come down. The Alexandra Bridge was designed by Canadian engineers and built by the Dominion Bridge Company of Lachine, Que. The coalition filed an access-to-information request a year and a half ago and received more than 1,000 pages in documents. Alexandra Bridge Coalition spokesperson Claude Royer says the documents give his group hope the bridge could be saved.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2024 21:34 UTC