This concrete arch bridge over the Oak River, formerly in the Rural Municipality of Woodworth and now in the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, was constructed between July 1917 and February 1918 by Saskatchewan-based contractor Levi O. Beam (1874-?), using Plan No. 183, for the Manitoba Good Roads Board, at a total cost of $10,293 shared equally by the municipal and provincial governments. It is now abandoned south of the present-day highway.
Concrete arch bridge no. 183 over Oak River (1917)
Source: Report of the Good Roads Board for the Fiscal Year Ending November 20th 1918, Department of Public Works, Province of Manitoba. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
Concrete arch bridge no. 183 over Oak River (July 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Concrete arch bridge no. 183 over Oak River (August 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Concrete arch bridge no. 183 over Oak River (July 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86012, W100.47867
denoted by symbol on the map above
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Bridge, in Sec. 25-10-23 W. Woodworth Municipality; 1917,” pages 17, 50, Report of the Good Roads Board for the Fiscal Year Ending November 30th 1918, Department of Public Works, Province of Manitoba. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 July 2022
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