A. Murray MacKay Bridge

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "A. Murray MacKay Bridge" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

A. Murray MacKay Bridge
MacKay Bridge as viewed from Halifax
Coordinates	44°40′40″N 63°36′43″W / 44.6778°N 63.6119°W / 44.6778; -63.6119
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Halifax Harbour
Maintained by	Halifax Harbour Bridges
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	1,200 metres (3,937 ft)
Height	96 metres (315 ft)
Longest span	426 metres (1,398 ft)
Clearance below	46.9 metres (153.9 ft)
No. of lanes	4
History
Constructed by	Canadian Bridge Division
Construction start	29 June 1967
Opened	10 July 1970
Statistics
Daily traffic	66,000 (2012) [1]

The A. Murray MacKay Bridge, known locally as "the new bridge", is a suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970. It is one of two suspension bridges crossing Halifax Harbour. Its counterpart, the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, was completed in 1955. The bridge carries on average 52,000 vehicle crossings per day,^[2] and is part of Nova Scotia Highway 111.

As of January 3, 2022, the toll charge to cross for regular passenger vehicles is $1.25 cash, or $1.00 with the Macpass electronic toll system.^[3] Larger vehicles have higher tolls proportional to the number of axles. The Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission is exploring the idea of moving entirely to electronic tolls to avoid handling tokens or cash. The A. Murray MacKay Bridge is the only harbour bridge that permits semi-trailers and large trucks. Pedestrians and bicycles are not permitted on the A. Murray MacKay Bridge; they may instead use dedicated lanes on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge.