79C654 - Blue River, BC
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N 52° 01.136 W 119° 20.386
11U E 339452 N 5765727
79C654 is on one of the several crossings of the North Thompson River by the Yellowhead Highway, this one about 12 kilometres south of the town of Blue River.
Waymark Code: WM1182H
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2019
Views: 3
This is one of the bigger bridges one will cross on their journey up or down the Yellowhead as it crosses both the river and the Canadian National tracks, both at an angle. The result is a 265 metre, 865 foot, bridge. 79C648 is monumented on the bridge, in the north face of the east bridge abutment at the southeast corner of the bridge.
Name Province NTS map sheet Unique Number
79C654 British Columbia 083D03 79C654
Blue_river
Bridge over the north thompson river and c.n.r. Along highway no. 5, 12.0 km southwesterly of bridge over blue river in town, 10.4 km north of the messiter summit viewpoint, 1.6 km south of peddie mountain road, 0.6 km south of a point where a b.c. Hydro transmission line crosses highway, tablet in north face of east abutment at south end of bridge, approximately 50 cm below the top.
From NRCAN
