Great Canadian Bridges - Page 30

bulliver · #**581** Posted **Feb 16, 2013, 6:39 PM**

Construction of a fixed-link crossing of the MacKenzie River near Fort Providence began in 2008 and opened November 30, 2012. This is the first time there has been a permanent all weather crossing linking Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, with the rest of the Canadian highway network. Previously motorists had to use the MV Merv Hardie ferry in the summer and an ice bridge in the winter, with a significant interruption in spring and fall.

The project was plagued with construction delays and budget overruns. The bridge is 1.045 kilometres long (1.6km including the approach causeways), 10.4 meters wide, and has 27.2 meters of clearance for shipping, requiring a 3.5% grade on the bridge deck. The cost of construction was 202 million CAD.

Deh Cho is the traditional name of the MacKenzie River by the local Dene people, and means "big water".

This image was shot from the south side of the river, east of the bridge.
15 image panorama, stitched using hugin. It's a little soft, as I had to hand-hold at 300mm.

Much bigger:

Chadillaccc · #**582** Posted **Feb 16, 2013, 8:44 PM**

Wow, excellent photo Bulliver!

1ajs · #**583** Posted **Feb 16, 2013, 9:03 PM**

they emploded one in manitoba this morning

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/St-Jean-Baptiste-bridge-demolished-191537781.html

Metro-One · #**584** Posted **Feb 16, 2013, 9:12 PM**

A couple pretty cool posts there!

Great picture Bulliver!

And what is the story behind that demolition?

1ajs · #**585** Posted **Feb 16, 2013, 9:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metro-One

A couple pretty cool posts there!

Great picture Bulliver!

And what is the story behind that demolition?

the bridge was damaged a few yrs back during a flood last yr they closed it down because the peers are unstable

bulliver · #**586** Posted **Feb 17, 2013, 2:18 AM**

Thanks guys...I had a blast driving to Yellowknife for the first time. The profile pic doesn't really show how steep it is...here's another shot from head on whilst driving over...could cause problems if it was iced right up:

Dwils01 · #**587** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 10:42 PM**

The International Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and Michigan.

Photo's by me from today.

leftimage · #**588** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 12:38 AM**

Damn, lots of snow in Sault Sainte Marie.

vid · #**589** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 1:03 AM**

They're on the snowy side of the lake. A bit further north they get around 3 meters of it every winter.

Dwils01 · #**590** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 3:53 AM**

That's average for us. Last few winters were not normal, we got a lot less snow than usual.
Batchawana Bay to Wawa is a real bad area for snow squalls. the Highway gets closed a lot there especially between Batchawana Bay and Montreal River Harbour.
I'm happy we don't get as much snow as up there.

vid · #**591** Posted **Mar 1, 2013, 1:20 AM**

Thunder Bay has seen declining snow every year for three years now. We're at maybe a fifth of what we should have, right now, and it's melting fast. If we don't have a rainy spring, this is going to be a really bad fire/drought season.

Dwils01 · #**592** Posted **Mar 1, 2013, 1:43 AM**

I heard there wasn't much snow up there. I have family in Schreiber and they were complaining at the beginning of February that there wasn't a good base to go snowmobiling. I didn't realize that it was that bad up there for the past three years.

bulliver · #**593** Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 12:12 AM**

The Tompkins Landing Ice Bridge carries Alberta Secondary Highway 697 across the Peace River linking La Crete with Highway 35 about 50km south of High Level. The crossing is about 1.5km long, the speed limit is 10km/h, and only one vehicle is allowed on the ice at a time.

The ferry which services the crossing during summer:

In case you are wondering, my truck weighed just under 60,000kg (132,000lbs) when I drove on the ice...

davidivivid · #**594** Posted **Mar 11, 2013, 11:58 PM**

http://altura.devpete.com/fr/

kw5150 · #**595** Posted **Mar 12, 2013, 3:30 AM**

I dont even understand this shot. That looks crazy

QUOTE=bulliver;6018126]Thanks guys...I had a blast driving to Yellowknife for the first time. The profile pic doesn't really show how steep it is...here's another shot from head on whilst driving over...could cause problems if it was iced right up:

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bulliver · #**596** Posted **Mar 17, 2013, 6:12 AM**

^ Bit of tele compression happening there, but yeah, it's pretty steep. The MacKenzie river has no valley here, it's only a few meters below the banks, so the bridge needs a steep pitch to allow clearance for ship navigation.

Nouvellecosse · #**597** Posted **Mar 17, 2013, 7:21 AM**

There's ship navigation on the MacKenzie river? I had no idea...

Andrewjm3D · #**598** Posted **Mar 17, 2013, 4:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidivivid

http://altura.devpete.com/fr/

Great shot, I actually prefer the old steel bridge to it's newer suspension twin .

entheosfog · #**599** Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 2:44 AM**

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge is in the forground, new and old Port Mann beyond that:

Chadillaccc · #**600** Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 6:40 AM**

Excellent vantage point