This steel pony truss bridge over the Souris River, along provincial highway 346 in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, was constructed in 1927 using Plan No. 1321. Wooden piles under the bridge, visible during low-water conditions in 2021, reveal the presence of a prior bridge.
Steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (May 1965)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 21, Page 46.
Steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (May 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (May 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (June 2021)
Source: Markus Derrer
Concrete pier of steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (June 2021)
Source: Markus Derrer
Wooden piles under the steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (June 2021)
Source: Markus Derrer
Steel pony truss bridge #1321 over the Souris River (September 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.46195, W99.87368
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba historic bridges inventory book (1920s), copy in possession of Gordon Goldsborough on loan from David Ennis.
We thank Markus Derrer and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 September 2021
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