This Winnipeg monument commemorates the Disraeli Bridge and Expressway Project, presently known as the Disraeli Freeway, that was constructed between 1958 and 1959 at a cost of $5,500,000 shared by the City of Winnipeg, Government of Manitoba, and the City of East Kildonan.
The plaque names the 1960 City of Winnipeg Council, along with the project engineers (William Donald Hurst and Arthur John Showell Taunton), associate design engineers (J. B. Striowski, Angus Andrew Laughlin, and W. Walkden), substructure contractors (Nelson River Construction and Harris Construction Company), and superstructure contractors (Dominion Bridge Company and Bridge and Tank Western).
Disraeli Bridge and Expressway Project Monument (April 2017)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90229, W97.13224
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Disraeli Bridge / Disraeli Active Transportation Bridge (Disraeli Freeway, Winnipeg)
Photo caption [new Disraeli Bridge], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 January 1959, page 3.
“City of Winnipeg fabrication and erection of steel superstructure,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 February 1959, page 38.
“Twice-defeated Disraeli Bridge is now open,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1959, page 3.
“Naming the Freeway,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 October 1959, page 31.
“Street jams eased,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1960, page 1.
“Disraeli paving okayed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 June 1971, page 2.
“Opened in error,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 May 1996, page B8.
Disraeli Bridge Project, City of Winnipeg.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 7 November 2026
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