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Hagwilget Canyon Bridge

January 01, 1970

Hagwilget Canyon Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, at the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget, British Columbia. The current bridge was constructed in 1931, and later reinforced in 1990.

Hagwilget Canyon Bridge
Coordinates55°15′27″N 127°36′14″W / 55.2575°N 127.604°W / 55.2575; -127.604
CarriesVehicular traffic, pedestrians
CrossesBulkley River (Hagwilget Canyon)
LocaleHagwilget, BC
Characteristics
DesignSuspension Bridge
Total length140.2 metres (460 ft)
Width4.9 metres (16 ft)
Height80 metres (262 ft)
History
Construction end1931 (reinforced in 1990)
Location

Three previous bridges spanned the same location, the first constructed by Wet'suwet'en people, generations before white settlement. The Wet'suwet'en later reinforced their wooden-pole bridge using cable abandoned after the disbandment of the Russian–American Telegraph expedition.[1][2]

  • Hagwilget First Bridge
  • Hagwilget Second Bridge

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Michael Kluckner. "Vanishing B.C. Hagwilget Bridge". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Frontier to Freeway: A short illustrated history of roads in British Columbia" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. 2001. OCLC 612571448. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

External links edit

    55°15′27″N 127°36′16″W / 55.2575°N 127.6044°W / 55.2575; -127.6044


     

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