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Mulgrave, Nova Scotia. Our continuing eastward advance toward Cape Breton Island on this foggy afternoon took us across the Canso Causeway, which carries the Trans-Canada Highway and the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway over the Strait of Canso, between Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia. Cape Breton was long one of the most important industrial centres in the Maritimes, but by the turn of the century the growth of the coal mines and steel mills at Sydney was being stunted by the slow, tedious process of ferrying railroad boxcars across the strait. Ambitious proposals for a steel cantilever bridge were considered, but rejected in favor of this 4,500-foot-long (almost 1,400 meter long), 130-foot-wide (40 meter wide) rockfill causeway which was opened to traffic in 1955. Despite this, however, Cape Breton remains a true island: it's separated from the mainland by the Canso Canal, a narrow break in the connection that allows ship traffic to pass through the strait.

Mulgrave, Nouvelle-Écosse. Notre avance continue en direction est vers île du Cap-Breton cet après-midi brumeux nous a fait traverser la chaussée de Canso, qui porte la Route transcanadienne et le Chemin de fer du Cap-Breton et la Nouvelle Écosse Centrale au-dessus du détroit de Canso, entre Cap-Breton et la partie continentale de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Cap-Breton était pendant longtemps l'un des centres industriels les plus importants des Maritimes, mais dès la fin du siècle, la croissance des mines de charbon et des aciéries à Sydney était freinée par le processus lent et fastidieux de porter des wagons ferroviaires à travers le détroit par ferry. Des propositions ambitieuses pour un pont en porte-à-faux d'acier ont été considérées, mais rejetées en faveur de cette chaussée en remblais de près de 1.400 mètres de longueur et 40 mètres de largeur, qui a été ouverte à la circulation en 1955. Malgré cela, cependant, Cap-Breton reste une vraie île: elle est séparée du continent par le canal de Canso, une rupture étroite dans la connexion qui permet le trafic maritime de passer par le détroit.

Mulgrave, Nueva Escocia. Nuestro avance continuo en dirección este hacia la Isla del Cabo Bretón por esta tarde brumosa nos llevó a través de la Calzada de Canso, que lleva la Carretera Transcanadiense y el Ferrocarril del Cabo Bretón y Nueva Escocia Central sobre el Estrecho de Canso, entre Cabo Bretón y la parte continental de Nueva Escocia. Cabo Bretón era durante mucho tiempo uno de los centros industriales más importantes de las Marítimas, pero antes del cambio de siglos, el crecimiento de las minas de carbón y las acerías en Sydney se estaba atrofiando por el proceso lento y tedioso de transportar los furgones ferroviários a través del estrecho en transbordador. Se consideraron propuestas ambiciosas para un puente en ménsula de acero, pero se las rechazaron en favor de esta calzada de escollera de casi 1.400 metros de longitud y 40 metros de anchura, que se abrió al tráfico en 1955. A pesar de esto, sin embargo, Cabo Bretón todavía es una verdadera isla: se separa del continente por el Canal de Canso, una ruptura estrecha en la conexión que permite el tráfico marítimo pasar por el estrecho.
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