This steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth was constructed in 1926 by the Dominion Bridge Company of Winnipeg, using Plan No. 730, at a cost of $16,286.
Steel through truss bridge no. 730 over the Assiniboine River (July 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Steel through truss bridge no. 730 over the Assiniboine River (July 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of steel through truss bridge no. 730 (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N49.84256, W100.81750
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Steel Through Truss Bridge (Assiniboine River, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)
Pioneering in Highway Bridges for the Province of Manitoba and the Engineering Profession by George Alois De Pauw, 1993, page 27.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 September 2020
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