This graceful concrete arch bridge in the Municipality of Grassland was formerly the primary crossing for Provincial Trunk Highway No. 10 over the Souris River. Designed by engineer Bruce Alexander Johnston and built in 1929 at a cost of $34,528 by the Winnipeg construction firm of Macaw and MacDonald, it has been superceded by a newer bridge to the west but is still used for local traffic.
Concrete arch bridge #1580 over the Souris River at Highway #10 (May 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Concrete arch bridge #1580 over the Souris River at Highway #10 (June 2021)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Concrete arch bridge #1580 over the Souris River at Highway #10 (August 2021)
Source: George Penner
Concrete arch bridge #1580 over the Souris River at Highway #10 (July 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50133, W99.99013
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba historic bridges inventory book (1920s), copy in possession of Gordon Goldsborough on loan from David Ennis.
Good Roads Board Records, GR0016, Schedule A0215, G10707, Folio 14, RM of Whitewater, Archives of Manitoba.
Pioneering in Highway Bridges for the Province of Manitoba and the Engineering Profession by George A. DePauw, 1993, pages 13, 14.
We thank Lisa Wilhelm, Ken Jacobs, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 August 2024
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