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 (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 (August 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Abandoned concrete beam bridge no. 131 over Bosshill Creek (August 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85714, W101.07486 denoted by symbol on the map above
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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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 June 2020
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