I'd forgotten about Weber's! Best damned burgers in Central Ontario! Haven't been there for eons, and have to confess I didn't know the origin of that bridge as well.
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Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
An entrepreneur by the name of Paul Weber somehow worked a deal with the city of Toronto to buy a Bailey Bridge which crossed Lakeshore Blvd at the CNE grounds.
He had it transported to a location on Hwy 11 around Orillia way and had it erected over the highway.
Since his business was on the east side of the road (thereby capturing northbound traffic), the bridge then also captured southbound traffic.
His business success was/is phenomenal.
It's Weber's...a mandatory stop for cottagers and tourists and fairly famous in its own right.
I wonder how many of the hundreds of thousands of diners there realize the background to the Bailey Bridge which looms over them as they munch down?
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30-12-06, 19:59
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