Bridge Over the River Kaslo

At long last the bridge was put into place over the Kaslo River on Wednesday. It was a cool and brisk day and ironically enough, I ended up working in a grade seven class all day and missed the big event. It was pretty much a non-event because it had been postponed so many times. The machine pictured here is the "yarder" and it is still hauling materials into place but it was vital to the input of two large steel beams that are the base of this bridge. This has been a massive project and the bridge was assembled on land as the painting was completed, each piece was numbered, and then the structure was disassembled. The yarder dragged the base pieces into place and now reconstruction is underway. You don't really get a sense of the depth of the chasm over the river here but it's a pretty impressive looking bridge, I must say. The uprights, painted in violet, will have large roof trusses put on them. These are also violet in colour. The plan is to have a green metal roof. Watch this blog for further updates.