Built by the Dominion Bridge Company of Winnipeg, a steel through truss bridge that formerly allowed Highway 44 to span the Whitemouth River several miles to the northwest was moved in 1969 to this site in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth.
Steel through truss bridge over the Whitemouth River (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7452, Album 18, Page 42.
Steel truss bridge over the Whitemouth River (October 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Steel truss bridge over the Whitemouth River (January 2016)
Source: George Penner
Aerial view of steel truss bridge over the Whitemouth River (July 2020)
Source: George Penner
Aerial view of steel truss bridge over the Whitemouth River (July 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85641, W95.87385
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth River Bridge (Whitemouth River, RM of Whitemouth)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.
Page revised: 28 July 2020
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