Honeymoon Bridge

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Honeymoon Bridge was a former arch bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls that became notable for its 1938 collapse due to ice jams and was later succeeded by the Rainbow Bridge.

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Honeymoon Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge ⓘ
former bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Upper Steel Arch Bridge ⓘ
borderBetween United States and Canada ⓘ
collapseCause ice jam ⓘ
ice pressure on bridge abutments ⓘ
collapsed 1938 ⓘ
connects Niagara Falls, New York ⓘ
Niagara Falls, Ontario ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
crosses Niagara River ⓘ
demolished 1938 ⓘ
design steel arch ⓘ
function international border crossing ⓘ
heritage part of Niagara Falls international crossings history ⓘ
locatedNear Niagara Falls ⓘ
locationRegion New York ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
namedFor popularity with honeymooning couples visiting Niagara Falls ⓘ
notableEvent ice jam of January 1938 ⓘ
notableFor spectacular collapse in 1938 ⓘ
opened 1898 ⓘ
precededBy earlier suspension bridges at Niagara Falls ⓘ
replacedBy Rainbow Bridge ⓘ
river Niagara River ⓘ
spans Niagara Gorge ⓘ
linked to: Niagara River gorge
status destroyed ⓘ
usage pedestrian traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ

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Rainbow Bridge → replaced → Honeymoon Bridge ⓘ
Rainbow Bridge → precededBy → Honeymoon Bridge ⓘ