Sheppard Avenue Bridge

Sheppard Avenue Bridge
Carries	4 lanes of Sheppard Avenue West
Crosses	West Don River
Locale	North York, Canada
Design	Under deck truss bridge
Clearance below	Don River Valley
Opened	1954; 2007
Toll	No
Closed	2006

Sheppard Avenue Bridge is an under deck Truss bridge that spans the Don River on Sheppard Avenue West, just east of Bathurst Street. Built in 1954, the bridge has a scenic view of the West Don River and Earl Bales Park.

The upper deck carries four lanes of traffic. There is a water main in the steel sub-structure.

In April 2006, a small section of the road collapsed due to a break in the 50-year-old water main carried below. The bridge was out of commission for three weeks.

The bridge is the last major bridge to span the West Don River is diverted under most roads north of Sheppard with metal or concrete culverts. Several smaller concrete bridges traverse over the East Don River (with one larger bridge on Eglinton Avenue near the DVP) northwards towards city limits at Steeles Avenue.