Canadian Northern Railway Bridge (Prince Albert)
Encyclopedia
The Canadian Northern Railway Bridge is a Canadian
railway bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River
in Prince Albert
, Saskatchewan
.
between 1907 and 1909 with the superstructure supplied by the Hamilton Bridge Company. Originally designed as a joint railway and road bridge the bridge consisted on a center rail line with 12 foot extensions on each side for traffic, these remained in use until 1960 when the nearby Diefenbaker Bridge
opened. The layout of the bridge consisted of three 146 foot steel trusses, a 256 foot swing span truss and two additional 156 fixed trusses. The centre swing span was used to permit the passage of steam boats on the river and movement of logs until 1918 when the down stream saw mill shutdown operations and a dam was constructed downstream in 1937. In 1939 the Department of Transport granted the railway permission to convert the moveable span into a fixed span.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
railway bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....
in Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
.
Overview
The bridge was built by the Canadian Northern RailwayCanadian Northern Railway
The Canadian Northern Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its demise in 1923, when it was merged into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.-Manitoba beginnings:CNoR had its start in...
between 1907 and 1909 with the superstructure supplied by the Hamilton Bridge Company. Originally designed as a joint railway and road bridge the bridge consisted on a center rail line with 12 foot extensions on each side for traffic, these remained in use until 1960 when the nearby Diefenbaker Bridge
Diefenbaker Bridge
The Diefenbaker Bridge is a Canadian bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.- Overview :The bridge is maintained by the city of Prince Albert under an agreement where the province of Saskatchewan covers 50% of the structural repair costs under an agreement...
opened. The layout of the bridge consisted of three 146 foot steel trusses, a 256 foot swing span truss and two additional 156 fixed trusses. The centre swing span was used to permit the passage of steam boats on the river and movement of logs until 1918 when the down stream saw mill shutdown operations and a dam was constructed downstream in 1937. In 1939 the Department of Transport granted the railway permission to convert the moveable span into a fixed span.