Canso Causeway

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The Canso Causeway is a rock-fill transportation link in eastern Canada that connects Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia, carrying both road and rail traffic across the Strait of Canso.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf causeway ⓘ
road–rail bridge ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
builtBy Dominion Atlantic Railway contractors ⓘ
carries rail traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
carriesRailway Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway ⓘ
carriesRoad Highway 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highway 105 NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Cape Breton Island ⓘ
mainland Nova Scotia ⓘ
constructionCost approximately 22.5 million Canadian dollars ⓘ
constructionMaterial rock-fill ⓘ
constructionMethod rock-fill embankment ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1952-09-16 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crosses Strait of Canso ⓘ
designedTo allow ship passage via Canso Canal ⓘ
governingProvince Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasLock Canso Canal ⓘ
hasNavigationChannel Canso Canal ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasSignificance primary fixed link between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasStructureType embankment causeway ⓘ
hasToll no ⓘ
importance major transportation corridor in Atlantic Canada ⓘ
length 1385 m ⓘ
locatedIn Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Aulds Cove ⓘ
Port Hastings ⓘ
maintainedBy Nova Scotia Department of Public Works ⓘ
namedAfter Strait of Canso ⓘ
nearbyFeature Canso Canal swing bridge ⓘ
openedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
openingDate 1955-08-13 ⓘ
partOf Trans-Canada Highway system ⓘ
region eastern Canada ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Canada
replaced ferry service across the Strait of Canso ⓘ
separates Chedabucto Bay ⓘ
St. George’s Bay ⓘ
linked to: St. George's Bay
trafficType railway ⓘ
vehicular ⓘ
waterBody Northumberland Strait region ⓘ
waterwayMaintainedBy Canadian Coast Guard ⓘ
width 40 m ⓘ

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Nova Scotia → connectedBy → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Cape Breton Island → connectedBy → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Mombasa Island → connectedBy → Makupa Causeway ⓘ
linked to: Canso Causeway
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia → near → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Strait of Canso → crossedBy → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Strait of Canso → locatedNear → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Canso Canal → partOf → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Canso Canal swing bridge → partOf → Canso Causeway transportation link ⓘ
linked to: Canso Causeway
Port Hastings → locatedOn → Canso Causeway ⓘ
Port Hastings → hasFacility → Canso Causeway control structure ⓘ
linked to: Canso Causeway
Aulds Cove → connectedBy → Canso Causeway ⓘ