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Second Alexandra Bridge, c.1950. The bridge was an integral part of the reconstruction of the original wagon road destroyed earlier by the railway builders. The Fraser Canyon highway officially reopened in May 1927. During the non-winter season, this narrow, gravel road was often blocked by washouts, slides, or freak snowstorms.
The Alexandra Bridge is a steel arch bridge across the Fraser River in the lower Fraser Canyon area of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. [1] The two-lane crossing, carrying BC Highway 1, is by road about 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Hope and 66 kilometres (41 mi) south of Lytton.
The Fraser Canyon Highway was surveyed in 1920 and constructed in 1924–25 with a through-route available after the completion of the (second) Alexandra Suspension Bridge in 1926. This was known as the Cariboo Highway and Highway 1 until the construction and designation of the Trans-Canada Highway (circa-1962).
Chapmans is a locality in the lower Fraser Canyon area of southwestern British Columbia. The place is on the east shore of the Fraser River and north of Alexandra Bridge Park. [1] The locality, on BC Highway 1, is by road about 46 kilometres (29 mi) north of Hope and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Lytton.
During a 2010 accident, two semi-trailers plunged from the Spuzzum Creek bridge, killing one of the drivers. [42] In 2016, a jackknifed semi-trailer blocked the bridge for hours. [43] In May 2018, Greyhound Canada axed Fraser Canyon stops such as Spuzzum, [44] leaving no bus service in the area.
Captain Insley was able to guide the Skuzzy upstream through the whirlpools and rapids and under the Alexandra Bridge [dubious – discuss] which had been built by the Royal Engineers in 1863, but when Insley got the Skuzzy to the entrance of the Hell's Gate Canyon he could take it no further: the Fraser was at its highest point in forty years ...
Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge; Alex Fraser Bridge; Alexandra Bridge (Trans-Canada) Annacis Channel Bridge; Annacis Island Swing Bridge; Arthur Laing Bridge; B.
The bridge was designed primarily to carry CPR trains but also had a track for local electric trolley service between Ottawa and Hull, as well as a lane for carriage traffic. A large fire severely damaged the bridge in 1946, permanently terminating trolley traffic. During the late 1950s the bridge was upgraded to carry vehicular and pedestrian ...