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The ravines of Toronto are awesome places to ride, and if you're a free spirit, like most cyclists are - the presence of railway lines and rivers sometimes severely impedes your spirit.
In the Don Valley, some industrious cyclists have built a railway underpass on the bank of the Don River with new lumber and lots of concrete. I'll let the DonWatcher Blog explain it in more detail for you:
Both CN Railways and the City seem to be content to let the underpass stay, for now.
Bike trail trestle constructed underneath CN rail bridge
I first discovered it all finished in early September. It consists of a wooden trestle about 15 m long and about 75 cm wide. It extends from one side of the bridge to the other. It is low enough for a biker but I had to duck my head when I walked along it. It is solidly built and creatively uses available space. the bridge is resting on poured concrete pilings that are sitting on rocks that were already there. From some of the comments I've read on the biker forums it took 40 bags of cement to build.
Footings of bridge are cement poured into forms and anchored on stone
More on the DonWatcher Blog.
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