Amsterdam Bridge

Amsterdam Bridge is a bridge on the waterfront in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The steel structure is a cable footbridge that crosses over the Simcoe Street Slip from York Quay to Rees Street Slip.

Below the bridge is a docking facility for boats.

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The Amsterdam Bridge commemorates the twinning of Toronto and Amsterdam in 1974. Similarly, a bridge that crosses the Amstel river in Amsterdam was renamed Torontobrug.^[1] The Torontobrug is a bascule bridge built in 1970 and carries pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

A bilingual plaque on the bridge reads as follows:

This Dutch style lift bridge was opened by His Worship Wim Polak, The Mayor of Amsterdam during his official tour of Toronto Harbour on June 25th 1978. It is named the Amsterdam Bridge in Honour of Toronto's Twin City.

References

^ "Urban Decoder". Toronto Life. Toronto Life Publishing. 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

43°38′18″N 79°23′04″W / 43.638305°N 79.384316°W / 43.638305; -79.384316

[1] "Urban Decoder". Toronto Life. Toronto Life Publishing. 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

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v t e Bridges in Toronto
Crossing the Rouge River	Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge Sewells Road Bridge
Crossing the Don River	Cherry Street lift bridge Gardiner Expressway Old Eastern Avenue Bridge Queen Street Viaduct Gerrard Street Bridge Dundas Street Bridge Prince Edward Viaduct Rosedale Valley Bridge Leaside Bridge Sheppard Avenue Bridge
Pedestrian	Amsterdam Bridge Humber Bay Arch Bridge Lake Shore Boulevard Bailey Bridge Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge SkyWalk
Other bridges over waterways	Cherry Street Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge Vale of Avoca Bridge Governor's Bridge
Other	Crawford Street Bridge Dufferin Street bridges Harbord Street Bridge Sir Isaac Brock Bridge

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