When the Bathurst Street Bridge was moved in 1916, it was placed on an angle to cross the tracks. By the end of 1920s, plans were made to extend Bathurst Street in a straight line to Fleet Street, to provide better access to new industrial plants and Maple Leaf Stadium. To do so, the bridge was swung 26 degrees to link with an extended new bridge on the morning of March 3, 1931. Amid light snowfall, the effort to move the 750 ton bridge took 15 minutes.
