Jacquelyn's Bridge, 1916

I don't know for sure and I couldn't swear to it, but given the look, I'm inclined to think this was the original bridge that carried 4th Line over Sixteen Mile Creek just north of where the 407 is now. There's remnant abutment about half way down the closed road on the north side that strongly reminds me of the one seen on the left side of this photo, and it is faced immediately by the face of the cut, as this one is here. If I'm right, what a great photo!

I am strongly persuaded by my own visits to the site and the comments of others that this was the bridge crossing from the still-existing abutment half way down Fourth Line (now closed) on the northwest side of Sixteen Mile Creek. A humbler-looking one-lane bridge, usually closed in the winter but permanently closed in the early 2000s, would be what replaced this bridge, a few dozen yards out of the scene to the left.

This is the location, I think...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=43.483413,-79.773341&spn=0.001621,0.002693&t=h&z=19&vpsrc=6

The bridge in this photo would have been about 100 feet northward of the bridge showing in the GoogleMap view.

If you look on Bing Maps and use the birds eye view it has a good view from all angles. the banks may be too high for the creek beside 4th line at Rebecca, but it looks about right for the old bridge north of the 407 as you can see through the trees in the new picture.

I have a copy of the same postcard mailed in 1906 so you may adjust the image date if you do so desire.