Hagwilget Canyon Bridge
Hagwilget Canyon Bridge | |
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Suspension Bridge | |
Total length | 140.2 metres (460 ft) |
Width | 4.9 metres (16 ft) |
Height | 80 metres (262 ft) |
History | |
Construction end | 1931 (reinforced in 1990) |
Location | |
Hagwilget Canyon Bridge is a
Hagwilget, British Columbia
. The current bridge was constructed in 1931, and later reinforced in 1990.
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]
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Hagwilget First Bridge
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Hagwilget Second Bridge
See also
References
- ^ Michael Kluckner. "Vanishing B.C. Hagwilget Bridge". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- OCLC 612571448. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
External links
55°15′27″N 127°36′16″W / 55.2575°N 127.6044°W