A curvy new pedestrian bridge will link the central waterfront to the Port Lands
It’s planned for 2028 and will be shipped on a barge from Nova Scotia
Waterfront Toronto recently released final designs for the future Keating Channel Pedestrian Bridge, which will link the Distillery District and the foot of Parliament Street to the Port Lands. Like other new bridges in this corner of town, it’s a futuristic concept that’s also inspired by Indigenous design principles.
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A post on Waterfront Toronto’s website describes the curvy steel structure as a “suspended arch bridge connected by an array of fanning cables that evoke the sun’s path during solstices and equinoxes.” Metal panels along the sides of the bridge will be inscribed with constellations inspired by Indigenous cosmologies.
Keeping things wholesomely Canadian, the bridge will be made of Algoma steel from Northern Ontario and fabricated by Cherubini Metal Works, a bridge fabricator based in Nova Scotia. Once complete, it will be delivered on a barge along the St. Lawrence Seaway to its final destination on Toronto’s central waterfront.
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The bridge won’t be installed until 2028, when it will connect downtown Toronto to the artificial island of Ookwemin Minising, which is also home to the new and already beloved Biidaasige Park.
Andrea Yu is a freelance journalist based in Toronto. She reports on a wide variety of topics including business, real estate, culture, design, health, food, drink and travel. Aside from Toronto Life, her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine and Cottage Life.
