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Honeymoon Bridge Collapse:
In winter, ice carried from the Great Lakes can become trapped in the lower gorge. It is forced up out of the water and freezes into a huge mass creating an "ice bridge" that in years past could be as high as a ten-story building. The ice bridge spans the river from shore to shore and usually forms in mid-January and last until April. In 1937, the immense strength of this ice bridge caused the Upper Steel Arch (Honeymoon) bridge to collapse. Since 1964, an ice boom has been installed at Lake Erie to prevent ice floes from entering the Niagara River, reducing the size of the ice bridge and decreasing the amount of damage along the shore. |