The Peace River Bridge
Bridging the Peace was one of the first goals of Alaska Highway engineers in 1942. Traffic moving north from Dawson Creek was limited by the Peace River Crossing, where 2 ferries with a capacity of 10 trucks per hour could operate at a very slow pace. Three different pile trestles were washed out by the swift moving waters of the Peace River. The 2130 foot suspension bridge began in December , 1942 and was completed in July of 1943. One of 2 suspension bridges on the Alaska Highway, the Peace River bridge collapsed in 1957 after erosion undermined the north anchor block of the bridge. The cantilever and truss-type bridge that crosses the river today was completed in 1960.
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