The Middle Road Bridge, constructed in 1909 primarily to carry farming traffic, was the first reinforced concrete arch-truss bridge in North America. The Toronto-based firm of Barber & Young designed the structure, following the principle that “mathematics and aesthetics go hand-in-hand”. James Franklin Barber (1875-1935) was a very prominent bridge designer of over 200 bridges […]
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