The Park Bridge is a highway bridge in the Kicking Horse Canyon. The
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...
traverses the
Kicking Horse River between
Yoho National Park and
Golden, British Columbia. This new bridge and the associated Ten Mile Hill section that was completed in 2007 and provided an upgrade to the old roadway.
History
In 1992, the province planned to replace the original two-lane Park Bridge with a four-lane divided highway standard structure to reduce congestion and accidents, and increase passing opportunities. Construction began in 2004 and the new Park Bridge opened 21 months ahead of schedule when it was originally scheduled to open in August 2008. It is long and it cost $130 million with of upgrades to the approaches. About 10,000 vehicles use this section daily; 24% of traffic is heavy truck traffic.
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See also
* List of bridges in Canada
References
External links
Kicking Horse Canyon ProjectTen Mile Hill and Park Bridge HD Video.
Bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway
Road bridges in British Columbia
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