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Aidez à sauver le pont Alexandra

Alexndra Bridge that spans the Ottawa River, connecting Ottawa and Gatineau.
  • Heritage, environmental advocates form group to save Alexandra Bridge

    CBC OTTAWA

    A group made up of heritage, transportation and environmental advocates has formed to oppose plans to demolish and rebuild the 120-year-old Alexandra Bridge between…

  • Des voix s’élèvent pour la préservation du pont Alexandra

    Radio-Canada

    Pendant que le gouvernement fédéral suggère la démolition et le remplacement du pont Alexandra, des voix s’élèvent pour le préserver et donner à la structure une vocation…

  • Media Release: New Coalition Forms to Save Alexandra Bridge
    The Alexandra Bridge Coalition wants a Green Future for the Alexandra Bridge!

    The Federal Government proposes to demolish the Alexandra Bridge.

    The Alexandra Bridge Coalition …

  • The Alexandra or Interprovincial Bridge: A Brief History

    HERITAGE OTTAWA, by David Jeanes

    An interprovincial bridge at Nepean Point was first proposed by J.R. Booth when his Canada Atlantic Railway reached Rideau Street in 1896.  However,…

  • National Trust for Canada Adds Alexandra Bridge to Endangered Places List 2021

    National Trust for Canada

    The National Trust Endangered Places List shines a national spotlight on heritage places at risk, from places of faith to Indigenous…

  • Canada risks burning its bridges to its architectural and cultural history

    GLOBE AND MAIL | Opinion, by Toon Dreessen, OAA, FRAIC

    Our built heritage – the cultural institutions that house our democracy, our collections of art or our…