Locale Hagwilget, BC Width 4.9 metres (16 ft) Opened 1931 Bridge type Suspension bridge Province British Columbia | Design Suspension Bridge Height 80 m Total length 140 m Location Hagwilget | |
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Carries Vehicular traffic, pedestrians Crosses Bulkley River (Hagwilget Canyon) Construction end 1931 (reinforced in 1990) Address Hwy 62, Kitimat-Stikine B, BC V0J, Canada Similar Ksan Historical Village a, Seeley Lake Provincial, Lakelse Lake Provincial, BC Archives, Royal British Columbia | ||
Hagwilget Canyon Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, at the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget, British Columbia. The current bridge was constructed in 1931, and later reinforced in 1990.
Three previous bridges spanned the same location, the first constructed by Wet'suwet'en people, generations before white settlement. The Wet'suwet'en later reinforced their bridge using cable abandoned after the disbandment of the Russian–American Telegraph expedition.
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