Gaspereau River Train Bridge
The wide, open tidal estuary of the Gaspereaux River at Horton Landing called for major bridgework. Finishing this bridge was one of the last hurdles for the Windsor and Annapolis Railway, which began operating in August 1869, aside from the missing link between the Gaspereaux and Avon Rivers at mile 44.5 on the Halifax Subdivision between Avonport and Horton Landing.
The first bridge was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge. Additional bridge work was started in 1871 and was completed in 1872.The last of several DAR bridges over the Gaspereaux was built for the DAR in 1911 by the W.R. McNeil Company of New Glasgow, NS. The bridge consists of two high deck plate girder spans, two steel through truss spans and 89 feet of standard piles.