The Black Bridge over the Speed River was built in 1916....
CAMBRIDGE - The Black Bridge is set to receive more historic recognition Sat., Nov. 29, when a Waterloo Region plaque is unveiled. The wrong date was published when this story appeared last week on cambridgereporter.com
The one-lane, iron truss bridge was opened in 1916 over the Speed River north of Hespeler. It's the only one of its kind in Cambridge and one of region's top-ten historic bridges.
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Black Bridge Road is closed for construction of a Mattamy Homes subdivision, so the unveiling of the plaque is planned for 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Hespeler Heritage Centre. The community museum is inside the former Hespeler town hall at Tannery and Queen streets.
While it's known to generations of locals at the Black Bridge, there's more history to the name. It replaced a covered wooden bridge, which was regularly coated with black creosote to waterproof it. And the name stuck, says Lary Turner of the Hespeler museum.
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