This is the Klondike Hwy about 10 miles out of Skagway. The road goes from sea-level to 3,500 ft. in 13 miles. the ore haulers are coming in from way out in the back woods of the Yukon Terr.
Thanks for the pictures. Interesting bridge.
One of a kind; 1/2 suspension that has a built in curve. It is on the Historic Register and we are getting ready to modernize the highway. The bridge will stay, but will be replaced by a huge concrete culvert to channel the river in the bottom of the gully. It will be quite a project since there is a lot of fast moving water when it is not frozen. The highway will move closer to the hillside and go over the culvert.
Are they hauling ore from the Faro mine still or maybe Mayo? My dad use to work up that way in '70's.
Actually a cable stayed bridge, not a suspension bridge. Here is one of similar design with a single tower
Yair . . . one of those in Tassie too . . . not on a bend though. As I understand it they couldn't find suitable bedrock on the southern side. I would like to see more pictures of those haul trucks. Cheers.
Just to be clear, the bridge isn't curved, one approach is. While the locals probably want to think this bridge is unique, it isn't doing anything, or built another way, than many other bridges.
I believe the trucks are hauling out of Faro.
Yair . . . As an old Aussie who has spent a life time working in desert or tropical conditions I always enjoy looking at real world pictures taken by folks living and working in snow and ice. . . what you put up with is almost beyond my imagination. Cheers.
I'll tell you scrub, there is know way that I could work in your conditions either. A little heat and I start to melt. Not that I live in the cold or anything, its the rain in my part of the world.
That sounds like an interesting project. I will be looking forward to more posts about it as you get going. Thanks for the sharing it with us.
I found one of the river taken from under the bridge.