The "Old" Bridge

View from Bob Baigent Park ~

Photo:  October 22, 2013 lbw

Watching the Grand ~ the "old" bridge remains open to traffic.  Activity, both on land and on the water, an indication that building of the "new" bridge is in progress.  Our understanding is that it will rise parallel to the old bridge and will be moved into position after removal of the old.

Photo:  Tuesday, October 22 ~ lbw

All Saints' Day - n. a Christian festival in honour of the souls in heaven, celebrated on 1 Nov. in Western Churches and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Churches. (Followed by All Souls' Day on 1 Nov.)

~Oxford Canadian Dictionary, Edited by Katherine Barber, Oxford University Press, 1998.

The origin of the Festival of All Saint's Day celebrated in the west goes back to 609 or 610 when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon at Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs.

~ Wikipedia