The Revelstoke Bridge is one of several crossings of the Columbia River by the TransCanada Highway on its way through the British Columbia interior. Completed in 1961 and officially opened on July 28 of that year, the bridge is 310-meters (1,016 feet) in length. It is accompanied by a Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge, immediately to the southeast, and the old six span single lane truss bridge, opened in 1924, to the southeast of the railway bridge.
The date plaque on the bridge is easily missed by motorists whizzing by, eager to get to wherever they're headed. It is mounted on the southeast side of the northwest cable anchor block on the northeast end of the bridge. As it faces the highway directly, it is only in view for a second or two as one drives by.
Like much of the Transcanada Highway in the vicinity, the bridge has only two lanes. This (the two lane highway) was one of the major reasons for the construction of the Coquihalla Highway, officially opened on May 16, 1986. It serves as a bypass for much of the BC section of the Transcanada, though not this section.
British Columbia
Department of Highways
Revelstoke Bridge
Columbia River
1966
Hon P. A. Gaglardi H.T. Maird
Minister of Highways Deputy Minister of Highways
F.T. Brown J. Alton
Chief Engineer Bridge Engineer
Consulting Engineers
Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation Ltd.
Contractors
Con Bridge Ltd.
Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators Ltd.
From the plaque at the bridge
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