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Project Description
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The total length of bridge is 145 m (476’) and the distance between the two hinges of the arch is 100 m (330’).
The bridge has twin parabolic tapering steel box arches with a rise of 12m (40’).
The arch support steel posts, which vary in height, support the steel girders of the bridge deck.
Cross braces tie the two arches together.
This project involves work in Northern British Columbia during the winter and thus extreme temperature changes.
These temperature changes will make the task of closing the arch very challenging.
The erection method was used the frozen Coal River as the foundation for construction of this steel arch bridge.
The nearest significant size town are to the north Whitehorse, in the Yukon, and to the south Fort Nelson in BC.
The distance between the two towns is close to 1000 km and bridge site is approximately halfway in between.
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