Historic Sites of Manitoba: Baie St. Paul Steel Through Truss Bridge (Assiniboine River, RM of St. Francois Xavier)

A steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River in the Rural Municipality of St. Francois Xavier at Baie St. Paul was constructed in 1948 by the Dominion Bridge Company of Winnipeg.

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul (October 1963)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7448, Album 1, Page 6.

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul (February 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Aerial view of steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul

Aerial view of steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul (June 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul

Steel through truss bridge over the Assiniboine River at Baie St. Paul (July 2022)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Location (lat/long): N50.01197, W97.76018
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

We thank Rose Kuzina and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 July 2022

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