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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:11:47 PM
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The Deh Cho Bridge Project
The Government of the Northwest Territories is building a cablestay bridge to span the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence.The bridge will replace the operations of the Merv Hardie Ferry and the Mackenzie River Ice Crossing currently at that location.
"the bridge proposal required regulatory review from the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, which was finalized in March 2005"
"was incorporated, and presented a proposal to the Government of the NWT to finance and build the bridge as a public–private partnership"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deh_Cho_Bridge#Initial_proposal_and_development
Financing
The bridge will be financed by the savings from the elimination of the ferry and ice bridge operation, $2 million annually (inflating) from the Government of Northwest Territories, and a toll on commercial vehicles crossing the bridge. Passenger vehicles will not be charged a toll.
![](http://www.serenitysys.com/photogallery/alaska_2009/leg_02/2009-06-17_fort_providence/Deh_Cho_Bridge_DSC_3384.jpg)
http://www.dehchobridge.info/
http://sky.bluetangwebsystems.net/showthread.php?p=84880439
http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/dcb_mveirb_page.aspx
Superstructure
3,536 tonnes 1,045m long truss (steel)
64 tonnes Expansion joints & bearings
265 tonnes A-pylons (steel)
110 tonnes Cables (steel)
7,846 tonnes Deck (reinforced concrete)
126 tonnes Bridge rail
1,913 tonnes Pavement (asphalt)
13,860 tonnes
553 m
height of the CN Tower
1,045 m
length of the Deh Cho Bridge
49,923 tonnes
total weight of the
Deh Cho Bridge
10,900 tonnes
total weight of the
Calgary Tower
http://www.dehchobridge.info/docs/dcbp_displayboards.pdf
Bridge Opening Targeted for Fall 2012
http://www.dehchobridge.info/docs/newsletter_2011_02.pdf
The Government of the Northwest Territories is building a cablestay bridge to span the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence.The bridge will replace the operations of the Merv Hardie Ferry and the Mackenzie River Ice Crossing currently at that location.
Construction on the Deh Cho Bridge, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2011, is now more than 50% complete, and Phase II construction (superstructure) is now underway. The expected construction cost of the Bridge is $182 million.
![](http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/images/rad/Bridge%20construction%20July%2015%202008.jpg)
![](http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/images/rad/DCB%20Pier%20Bent%20May%2024%2009%20Steve%20Loutitt.jpg)
http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/dehchobridge.aspx
Opened: (tentative date early fall 2012)
Coordinates
61°15'45?N 117°31'30?W
http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Deh_Cho_Bridge¶ms=61_15_45_N_117_31_30_W_region:CA-NT_type:landmark
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