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Kiskatinaw River Railway Bridge

Kiskatinaw River Railway Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Andy Wegmuller

Bridge Documented: 2022

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Railroad (Canadian National) Over Kiskatinaw River
Location
Rural: Peace River District, British Columbia: Canada
Structure Type
Wood Howe Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Wood Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1959 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown and Engineer/Design: J. S. C. Frost
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
150.0 Feet (45.7 Meters)
Structure Length
477.0 Feet (145.4 Meters)
Roadway Width
Not Available
Spans
1 Main Span(s) and 23 Approach Span(s)
Inventory Number
Not Applicable

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This is a rare example of a timber truss railway bridge. It was built originally by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Pierre Morin provided the following information: This railway used to be owned by the provincial government and named Pacific Great Eastern when the bridge was built.  It was renamed British Columbia Railway, then BC Rail.  In 2004 it was leased to CN for 60 - 90 years.  Technically the track, land, and bridges are still owned by the provincial government and CN is supposed to return it to the government in the same condition as when they got it. When I started work at the British Columbia Railway in 1980, the first bridge drawing I did related to this bridge.  The approach trestles were found to be slowly moving out of line due to the clay fills moving or settling.  We had our surveyors set movement hubs at several locations on and near the bridge and every month or so they took shots on the hubs and it was my job to graph them.  That continued for about 6 months.  I don't recall if any repairs had to be done.

 

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