Historic Sites of Manitoba: Concrete Beam Bridge No. 131 (Bosshill Creek, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

A concrete beam bridge over Bosshill Creek, on an abandoned portion of Provincial Highway 252 in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, was constructed in 1916 by William Newman & Company, using Plan 131, at a cost of $1,397, shared equally between municipal and provincial governments.

Concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek

Concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek (1916)
Source: Report of the Good Roads Board for the Fiscal Year Ending November 20th 1916, Department of Public Works, Province of Manitoba. [Manitoba Legislative Library]

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek (August 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek (August 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek (September 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85714, W101.07486
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: William Newman (1866-1952)

Sources:

Manitoba historic bridges inventory book (1920s), copy in possession of Gordon Goldsborough on loan from David Ennis.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 September 2021

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