a crest with Town Of Stephenville Crossing Newfoundland written on the outside border. inside the crest is a X with Rail Road Crossing written on it in white. there is a image of a trestle bridge a fish and a fire hat and hammer surrounding the X

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TOWN OF STEPHENVILLE CROSSING

Indigenous Owned
Email.yvonne.young@stephenvillecrossing.ca
Phone.709-646-2600
Stephenville Crossing 73 West Street P. O. Box 68 NL - A0N 2C0
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The settlement derives its name from the Newfoundland Railway, which ran through the community on its way from Port aux Basques to Corner Brook.

The Hanson Memorial Highway was constructed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to link the railway line at Stephenville Crossing with Harmon Field, which was under construction on the other side of a hill to the north, in Stephenville. Later, the USAAF built its railway line from Stephenville Crossing to Stephenville.

Since the air base was constructed, Stephenville Crossing has functioned more or less as a suburb of Stephenville but there is an almost fifteen-minute car drive between both towns.

The 1988 abandonment of the railway in Newfoundland by CN resulted in the last train running through Stephenville Crossing to St. George's (return) on June 6, 1990.

In February 2024, the "Gut Bridge", a trestle bridge built in 1942 to accommodate trains (until 1989) and automobiles was torn down due to safety concerns with the bridge's structure.[3] When the train tracks were removed, the bridge was used as a route for ATVs travelling south from the town. In 2006, the entire bridge was closed for public use. The gut bridge replaced an original bridge built in the late 19th century.

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