The curve
Over the strait.
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The Confederation Bridge carries the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, about 7 km from Borden-Carleton in a straight line. It opened on 31 May 1997 and is 12.9 km long, making it Canada's longest bridge and the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. It was designed by the French engineer Jean M. Muller and built between November 1993 and May 1997; before it was named, islanders called it the «Fixed Link». The concrete bridge sweeps in a long curve across the blue strait on a row of arches, and from the red shore at Borden-Carleton it seems to vanish into the horizon, glowing at sunset. It takes about ten minutes to drive across, and walking and cycling are not allowed. The best place to see it is the park and red sandy shore near its end at Borden-Carleton.
Over the strait.
From the shore.
Borden-Carleton.
Northumberland Strait, between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada
No, vehicles only.
About ten minutes.