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 Description:
The Fort Nelson
River Bridge is a double- wide, highway standard bridge with a total length of
320m (1051ft) x 10m (33ft) wide. Built on a foundation of concrete filled pipe
piles, it is a steel structure with pre-cast concrete deck panels, pre-cast
concrete abutments and pre-cast concrete ballast walls. This bridge which was
built for the Ministry of Energy & Mines,and is a key component in the
Sierra Yoyo Main project, the purpose of which was to provide access to natural
gas fields and circumvent existing hazard points. Construction of the bridge
was a co-operative effort between Ruskin Construction Ltd. and Peter Kiewit
& Sons. The bridge was completed in a total of 6 months and officially
named as a “P3 Bridge” at the opening ceremony on November 1,
2004.
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images of the Fort Nelson River Bridge.
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