Bridge's fate in council's hands
Honour heritage with rehab, not replica, councillors will hear
By David Hutton and Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix December 6, 2010 2:08 AM
An early photo of the Traffic Bridge taken from Nutana on the east side of the riverbank
Photograph by: Photograph LH-681 courtesy Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room, The StarPhoenix
In 1905, residents of Nutana, frustrated by an inadequate ferry service and the lack of river crossings, set a price on joining the village of Riversdale and the town of Saskatoon to form a city: A bridge.
Once the steel truss bridge over the South Saskatchewan River was assured in 1906 at a cost of $105,000, Saskatoon was born.[...]
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