On the morning of Monday, September 21, crews pushed the steel spine of a new bridge out over the Credit River between 10 a.m. and noon. Before the girder launch, the Port Credit Legion and Mississauga Cycling Now had both posted that it was coming, and INSAUGA reported that one commenter shared a photo of the span partway across with a two-word caption: "Halfway there."
The bridge was launched over the water because it could not be lifted in. The tender documents note that the site sits next to a Metrolinx rail corridor, where crane heights are restricted. Two weeks after the launch, the City says the Port Credit Active Transportation Bridge is in its final phases and on schedule to open by the end of the year, according to INSAUGA's October 5 report.
Most coverage describes it as a Port Credit project. For anyone living west of the river, the more useful way to see it is as a new walking route out of Mineola West. It arrives while Peel Region's sewer work has Lakeshore Road and the lower end of Front Street North under construction until 2028.
The west landing is at the Legion
The City describes a 65-metre crossing, built only for people on foot and on bikes, that spans the Credit River between Port Credit Memorial Park and the Port Credit Royal Canadian Legion, north of Lakeshore Road. The City's August 22 announcement names the neighbourhood it serves outright. The bridge links "Port Credit and the GO Station with the Mineola West neighbourhood." Later City statements and the tender put the span at 66 metres.
The contract scope includes:
- A paved multi-use trail from the new bridge to the intersection of Mississauga Road and Front Street, with new trail lighting
- Rebuilt curbs and catch basins along Front Street
- New signals for pedestrian crossing at Mississauga Road and Front Street
- A second paved, lit multi-use trail through Memorial Park on the east side
- Riverbank improvements and tree planting in Memorial Park
For a resident walking down from the Mineola West side, the trip starts at the Mississauga Road and Front Street intersection, where the signals are new. From there, a lit path leads to the Legion and over the water. Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko described the plan back in 2023 as a bridge that "will connect Front St N, cross the Credit River and connect into Memorial Park," with a realigned sidewalk and a parking lay-by in front of the Legion planned ahead of the main work.
What sits at each end
The City's stated goal is "a direct and easy way to commute to Memorial Park and the GO station." Each end also has its own regular reasons to visit.
| Landing | Address | What is there |
|---|---|---|
| West: Royal Canadian Legion, Port Credit Branch 82 | 35 Front Street North | Friday Dine & Dance with fish and chips served 5 to 7 p.m., weekend live music, Friday patio BBQs in season |
| East: Port Credit Memorial Park | 40 Stavebank Road | The City's festival and event park, home to the Memorial Park skating trail |
| East: Port Credit Memorial Arena | 40 Stavebank Road North | Facility open daily 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. |
| East: Port Credit GO | Port Credit | The City names it as a main destination of the bridge |
The arena hours are facility hours, not public skate times. The City's skating page sends visitors to Active Mississauga for current drop-in schedules and warns that they can change. The skating trail at 40 Stavebank Road appears on the City's outdoor rinks page. The same page is the place to check for this winter's opening.
The Legion end has its own calendar this month. Branch 82's Poppy Campaign runs from the last Friday in October through November 11. The branch's annual Remembrance Day parade starts at the Legion, on the same stretch of Front Street North where the new trail lands. Remembrance Day falls on Wednesday, November 11 this year. The branch's Remembrance page is the source for this year's parade timing.
Why the timing matters through 2028
Mineola West residents already know the other way across the river. It runs down to Lakeshore Road, and that corridor is busy with work for years. Peel Region's Lakeshore trunk sewer and watermain project plans lane reductions on Lakeshore Road West from Jack Darling Park to Shawnmarr Road from October 2026 to summer 2028. Peel's project page also lists a closure of the east-side sidewalk on Front Street North and the Marina Park area from January 2026 to summer 2028. In October, Peel said Wesley Avenue at Lakeshore Road West had temporarily reopened, and that a future closure would be announced before the work compound returns.
We followed the Lorne Park end of this sewer project in our piece on the Lakeshore tunnel. For Mineola West, the key fact is that a second crossing, north of Lakeshore, with its own lighting and its own signalized entry at Mississauga Road, opens while the old route is still under construction. Peel's work there runs to summer 2028, so for well over a year after the bridge opens it will be the crossing that avoids the work zone.
In October the City described the bridge as creating "a new connection to Lakeshore Road, making it easier for people to walk or bike through the area," and said it will "connect trails in the Lakeshore Road corridor." The project page adds a parking goal. Making it easier to walk, cycle or skate to Memorial Park and the GO station is meant to reduce demand for parking at both, which frees up spaces for people who still drive to the train.
How the opening date moved
- Spring 2027. The City's project page set the construction window as spring 2025 to spring 2027 and estimated about 24 months of work.
- August 7, 2025. The City awarded the contract to Brennan Paving & Construction Ltd. at $9,834,962.02.
- Fall 2026. In May, INSAUGA reported Councillor Dasko's statement that the bridge would open this fall.
- September 21, 2026. The girders were launched over the river.
- By year's end. In early October, the City said final construction phases were underway and the bridge was on schedule to open by the end of 2026.
Ottawa also backed the project. In August, MPs Fares Al Soud and Iqra Khalid, Ward 6 Councillor Joe Horneck and Councillor Dasko announced more than $8.7 million from the federal Active Transportation Fund. That money is split between this bridge and the reconstruction of the Culham Trail through Erindale Park and Riverwood. The City lists the bridge as a priority from its Lakeshore Corridor Transportation Improvements study, and as part of the Lakeshore Connecting Communities Master Plan.
What changed on the riverbank
The landscape work is part of the opening too. The City's plan removes 89 trees, many of them invasive species, prunes 24 more, and plants 17 trees and 136 shrubs native to Mississauga. The tender adds riverbank improvements in Memorial Park, plus new storm sewers and a new sewer outlet into the Credit River.
Some construction limits will lift once the work wraps up. The City set aside the northwest part of Memorial Park as a work zone, with events still held in the rest of the park. Contractors used the arena lot only during off-peak hours, and the Legion stayed reachable through Front Street and Park Street West. Front Street North between Mississauga Road and the Legion was scheduled to close to traffic from February 26 to June 19 this year for bridge work.
Mineola East sits on the other side of Hurontario, and its own transit timeline was the subject of our earlier look at the light rail line. The bridge has run on a shorter clock. For homes on the Mineola West side of the river, it means a lit, car-free route from Mississauga Road to Memorial Park and the GO platform, on the City's schedule for this winter. More on both sides of the neighbourhood is in our Mineola guide and our Port Credit guide.
If you own on the Mineola West side, a new crossing at the end of Front Street may affect how buyers see your street, and that is worth understanding before you list. The Papousek Team tracks these local changes street by street and can walk you through what this one means for your home. Schedule a private consultation.
