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Sept "The county gets all moulds and centering and material on the ground," noted a historical report in the Oakville Star on July 16, 1936. Unfortunately, one of the workmen removing the centering fell 20 feet, suffered "serious cuts" and a broken right arm. However, "the man is musâ€" cular and strong and is improving rapidly," said the 1912 writeâ€"up writâ€" ten in the flowery, editorialized fashâ€" ion of the day. way officials are planning to add another two lanes. If they can make a mistake in planning for the future, they could easily do the same now." The bridge was torn down anc replaced in 1961 by a new concrete structure and named the Anderson Bridge after the mayor of the day Today it is simply referred to as the Rebecca Street bridge. However, the bridge continued to crack and crumble, at one point stopâ€" ping all traffic and causing a newspaâ€" per writer to declare: "It is hoped this collapse will cause the county council to let the contract and complete the new bridge without delay." ARCHES DYNAMITED Colorful history (Continued from page way officials are plann From Oakville‘s early days, a third crossing of the Sixteen at the present QEW highway, formerly Lower Middle Road, had been the "box‘ or "cemetery‘ bridge, soâ€"called because of its proximity to the town cemetery on Lyons Lane. (No one seems to know where the "box" came from except that it might have referred to its straight steel construction). Evelyn Bullied of Oakville remembers it from her youth when, in the 1930s, she travelled by car down the steep and winding access to the bridge and up the other side. Newspapers accounts described it as "perilous," especially in winter. The QEW bridge has a colorful history. As early as 1911, a Trafalgar County council decided to build a new higherâ€"level bridge and commisâ€" sioned a St. Catharines contractor to begin work in the latter part of 1911. But the engineer in charge of the operation ordered the work stopped, citing unsafe and dangerous construcâ€" tion as his reason, particularly the weaker timbers used in arching and the use of concreting in cold weather. County council issued a stop work injunction and eventually dismissed the contractor. It finally did but the villagers witâ€" nessed a spectacular site with the dynamiting of the two arches "that the engineer said were not good. "The people were ordered away back and they willingly took to the tall hills. One charge was placed near each end and another at the top. When the shock came the huge arch dropped straight down into the river and tore up the sides and bottom. An hour later the other arch was blown and fell the same." Completed in 1913, the King George Arch stood solidly on its steel and concrete floor and flaunting its "huge cement arches." It was the pride of Halton County, "the finest of its kind in Ontario, if not in Canada," boasted a glowing editorial commenâ€" But this bridge location, smack in ern Torontoâ€"to Nia To take its place brought up to par government Queen Eliz opened by th A few Oakville Lin€ and Dunc Proudfoot‘s H John Proudfoot from George C contained a vil Sixteen Hollow a wooden bridge spanning bankâ€"toâ€" bank across Sixteen Mile Creek in what is now known as Lions Valley Park. As with most bridges of the Sixteen, its approaches were steep and dangerous. Although the village did not surâ€" vive, the bridge remained. In 1922, Mabel Wilson came to Oakville from Markham with her family and settled on a farm on the south side of the Dundas Highway near Lyons Valley Park. She remembers "playing all day in the valley," finding bits of china among the foundations of the old vilâ€" lage and jumping off the bridge for a cooling dip on hot summer days. "It used to be an old coach road and military road," she said, suggestâ€" ing that the movement of British troops defending Canada during the War of 1812 could be kept from American eyes by routing them inland rather than along the lakeshore. L Indeed. as early as 1817, settlers were few miles north of the ille, in the vicinity and Dundas Hwy., 0 Ifoot‘s Hollow, so 1 HWY. 5 BRIDGE )den bridge spe across Sixteen is now known EW BRIDGE nough the village did not the bridge remained. In 1 | Wilson came to Oakville iam with her family and se farm on the south side o as Highway near Lyons V She remembers "playing al : valley," finding bits of up to par by the ient and became Elizabeth Way, y the queen in 19 bndge was in a strategic ack in the way of a modâ€" to Niagara Falls highway. place in the link, it was to par by the provincial and became part of the zabeth Way,. officially known as Lions th most bridges approaches were a 1939 once stood named by Village of of Fourth nce stood Valley of the steep Ot Surâ€" 1922, e from settled of the Valley all day The Speers Road Bridge was named the Old Mill Bridge when it was opened by former mayor Harry Barrett in 1975, It runs along a railway trestle. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) complaining about "the arduous duty There were those who wanted of maintaining bridges and roads" bridge spanned across the top of along that vital connecting link â€" valley but this would mean it wo between York (Toronto) and Dundas. â€" have to be built under the raily They had only to wait until 1922 when the first "highâ€"level" bridge across Sixteen Mile Creek was built a little further toward the present highâ€" way. But it didn‘t stop Wilson and her little pals from using the old bridge as a jumpingâ€"off place for their favorite swimming hole in the valley. pwserm imemmmm oo According to Harry Buxton at the Oakville Historical Society, this was the bridge that was updated and became part of Hwy. 5. Although the Speers Road bridge was labelled Oakville‘s third crossing of the Sixteen, it was, in reality, it‘s fifth in the Oakville area. (It was the third crossing south of the QEW.) Some of it came out in the press. For instance, a 1968 newspaper editoâ€" rial strongly favored postponing work on the Aberdeen (Lakeshore) bridge and funnelling the $1 million into a crossing linking Speers Road, Old Mill Road and Cross Avenue. According to former mayor Harry Barrett who had led the fight for a Speers Road crossing for more than a decade, "there was a lot of controverâ€" sy" surrounding the building of the bridge. We suspect that if a third crossing were constructed, there would be no need to go ahead with a downtown project, particularly since we are assured the Lakeshore Bridge is strucâ€" turally sound," went the editorial‘s argument. "There is also a fourâ€"lane Anderson Bridge to move downtown traffic over the Sixteen. A third bridge is a crying need." BRIDGE OPPOSED However, not everyone felt that way. Barrett recalled the opposition from some councillors who mainâ€" tained a third crossing was unnecesâ€" sary, given the proximity of the QEW just north of the site. 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Still others said the road connectâ€" ing the bridge and Trafalgar Road should not extend to Cross Avenue because the basket factory was there. "We even explored linking Speers with the North Service Road but it didn‘t wash with the province," Barrett said. The "multiâ€"millionâ€"dollar" project involved building two bridges, the Queen Mary and Shepherd roads bridge over the top of the Speers Road bridge which slotted straight down the side of the ravine with a road linking Old Mill Road and another winding up to Cross Avenue. The remains of the old mill that once stood beside the creek are still there. This road taking eastâ€"west traffic through the industrial part of the town was eventually completed in 1975. Council approved $3.4 million for the project which Barrett thought was only about 20% of its total cost. Barrett said that as carly as the early 1980s, town planners were lookâ€" ing at a bridge crossing Sixteen Mile Creek at Upper Middle Road. 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