Rakowski fells last vestiges of Saskatoon Traffic Bridge.
39,852 days after the first vehicle crossed Saskatoon’s Traffic Bridge, the last remaining span of the historic bridge fell yesterday.
The Traffic Bridge opened on Oct. 10, 1907, as part of a 1906 agreement to form the City of Saskatoon by joining the east-side community of Nutana with the west-side communities of Saskatoon and Riversdale.
The provincial government paid the $106,000 cost to build the bridge. It was closed in August 2010 after it was deemed structurally unsound.
But yesterday, Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking brought the bridge’s story to a fittingly spectacular conclusion:
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