The pedestrian bridge over Hwy.11 to get to Weber's Hamburgers near Orillia, ON.
I was going to guess either the Weber's bridge or the CN tower bridge, and then I found out it's actually both!
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http://www.webersrestaurants.com :
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In 1981 for traffic safety reasons, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation installed a boxbeam barrier on Highway 11. It became a semi-controlled access highway and southbound traffic could no longer gain access to Webers. In 1982 sales dropped by 25% because of the barrier and at this point the continued success of the Restaurant came into question.
After exploring several options, which would allow southbound travelers access to Webers, good fortune smiled on Webers. The opportunity presented itself to purchase a portion of the pedestrian bridge from the CN Tower in Toronto. The bridge across Hwy. 11 was erected in the fall of 1983.
This project which was the first and only private bridge built over a public highway in this Province included the purchase and rezoning of one acre of agricultural land for a parking lot on the southbound side of Hwy. 11, the doubling of the size of the Restaurant, as well as other major renovations, such as increasing the size of the washrooms, increasing the size of the northbound parking lot, expanding the septic system and adding storage space. At the same time additional staff was required and the number of employees grew from 40 to 80. Further to the expansion was the building of a freestanding ice cream operation, as well as the completing of Webers own meat processing facility, with a full-time butcher who produces fresh patties from Grade "A" chucks, daily.
The result of the Bridge project caused an immediate increase in sales of 60%. The following years saw continued growth in sales, success and reputation. The Bridge made Webers an even greater Landmark on Hwy. 11
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