Prince George CNR Bridge, Railway bridge over Fraser River in Prince George, Canada
The Prince George CNR Bridge is a railway structure that spans the Fraser River in Prince George and carries trains across the water. The bridge uses steel construction to support freight trains as they pass over the flowing river that winds through the landscape below.
The structure was completed in 1914 as part of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway expansion into northern British Columbia. Its construction allowed the first permanent railway connection to be established across this river section in the region.
The bridge represents the development of transportation networks that connected communities and facilitated trade throughout British Columbia's northern regions.
The site is best viewed from Highway 16, which crosses or runs near the bridge. Visitors can see the full extent of the structure from the road or from vantage points along the riverbank.
The bridge crosses the river at the exact point where the Nechako River joins the Fraser River, making this location a natural transportation hub. This meeting of waters beneath the bridge creates a distinctive geographic feature that travelers can observe from the highway.
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