It was decided to dismantle it due to the costs of refurbishing and insuring it. It will come down over the next year or so, and money has been set aside to rebuild it in its dimensions and plan, but only with materials that need to withstand light trucks, pedestrians, and cyclists. It will be incorporated into the Trans-Canada trail which currently detours around the trestle by over thee km.
I’m glad I got to see it while it was still on its own pins, and that I had the foresight to photograph it. If you need a different angle shot, or would like details not evident in the pix, let me know asap.
-Crandell
Edit - image added for those who might be interested. Others are on page 8 of www.railimages.com.
Well gee Crandell, I’ve only just started building it and now they are gonna tear it down, I had better start putting some time into this or they’ll be knockin on the door before its even finished.
Its a sad time indeed that this mammoth feat of past engineering has reached its demise, hopefully there will be something remaining to comemorate this great trestle.
Thanks for the info and the offer Crandell as always.
Oh, no!!Oh, no!!Oh, no!!
Do you think this could be the end of civilization as we have known it?.
London Bridge fell down - not the one at Lake Havasu City - but the (wooden) one that was built after the 1666 fire (?) and which spanned the Thames until sometime in the (late) 18th Century. If it ain’t made out of stone it will (eventually) come down; wooden ones will come down first.
