Theres something fascinating about these pieces of history that are abandoned. I love the old architecture and the setting is so scenic! It's a great place for a photo stop!
Thank you for the video. Didn't know there was a bridge built before the one you see now. Time for a road trip methinks. Only two hours from where I live.
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Generally a great video, but a few corrections... The original was not 1865. Original construction began spring 1863, officially opened to traffic in September. There was no previous bridge, Frank Way ran a ferry near the location and lost that business when the Alexandra of 1863 opened. You mention the CPR led to the decline in traffic over the bridge, which is true, but the primary reason was the CPR itself took over large portions of the Cariboo road bed... there was no more Cariboo thru road south of Spence's Bridge by 1885. When the 1926 bridge and 1927 highway opened, large new road sections had been constructed. You mention the modern bridge was built in 1964, which is also true, but the BC highway construction at the time was heavily engaged in a much bigger project... the 1962 Trans-Canada Highway, of which the current bridge is part. Finally, the description states the Cariboo Road was an important link to Fort Langley, but realistically Fort Langley was but a stopover for the steamboats that transported most of the goods and people of the gold rush between New Westminster and Yale.
That is the Canadian National Railway you cross. Yes you do cross the Canadian Pacific, but that is 1.666 miles past yale at the Saddle Rock section of the old highway.
Correct. The Alexandra parking lot and trail are on the east side of the bridge. The CP route, established in the 1880s, follows the west side of the canyon between Hope and about 9km south of Lytton, where there is a rail bridge. The CN line built years later does the opposite, so it is the CN you cross when walking the trail.
