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Air draft

@Peter Horn: I reverted your addition of a wikilink to air draft and need a bit more room than the edit summary to explain. Air draft is a measurement of sea vessels incorporating their height above water plus their hull depth below water; it's not a measurement of bridge height. It's not accurate to say that the bridge's physical height above water is its air draft. According to the Transport Canada guidelines, vessels sailing under the Confederation Bridge must have a maximum air draft of 28 metres for the portions that are 40m above water, and 48m for the 60m navigation span. I'm not sure if we normally include those measurements in bridge articles. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 12:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PEIsquirrel: The link should have been Air draft#Clearance below. I have seen it used in all articles about bridges over navigable waters. eg Sydney Harbour Bridge, London Bridge, Suez Canal Bridge etc. Peter Horn User talk 16:14, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PEIsquirrel: In all cases see the info box. Add Welland Canal Bridge 11 Peter Horn User talk 16:35, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter Horn: I see what you mean, and also I see I referred to air draft incorrectly (I described deep draft), but now the infobox has two different measurements for the main navigation span and the near-shore spans. The main navigation span has a clearance of 60m, corresponding to a maximum air draft of 48m. The near-shore spans are lower and have a clearance of 40m (max air draft 28m). I corrected both to the clearance measurement, since that's what the link refers to and what the other articles seem to follow. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 17:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PEIsquirrel: Make that deep draft. There is also clearance above which only applies to truss bridges such as the Bordeaux Railway Bridge or any bridge that has a structure above the deck such as the Lachapelle Bridges. However in many cases the clearance above is not given. Peter Horn User talk 17:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As a yachtsman, air draft is described as the height of the obstruction from the waterline of the vessel to the highest point of the superstructure. It is measured at High High Water Springs tide. (HHWS on nautical charts.) For our vessel, that number is 41'. For example, the St. Peters Canal here in Nova Scotia has an air draught of 105' or 32 metres because of power lines. Hope this is of help. Aloha27 talk 18:24, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PEIsquirrel: @Aloha27: Very helpful indeed, dead on. Peter Horn User talk 18:55, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rename of the bridge?

Putting this CBC News source here re: renaming the bridge to Epekwitk Crossing, it might be useful. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 18:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]