At Tawatinaw, AB on the Athabaska Landing Trail as part of the greater Trans-Canada Trails Project.
This bridge was constructed by 8th Field Engineer Regiment (8 FER) in Edmonton as part of the Canadian Military Engineers’ Bridges for Canada component of their 2003 Centenary celebrations. The bridge components were provided from Land Forces Western Area surplus stores and the decking was provided by the Alberta TrailNet Society. The bridge is owned and maintained by the trail owners
On 23 May 2002, an advance party from 8 FER deployed to the Athabaska area to prepare for a bridge build across the Tawatinaw River. The next day, the remainder of the 20 sappers in the bridge party arrived. On 25 May 2002, work began on the 90-foot (28 metre-) Bailey Bridge and, by the end of the day, the Trans Canada Trail had one less gap. Everything had gone smoothly until it was found that the chesses had not been cut to specification. Luckily, using the engineers’ favourite precision tool, a chainsaw, they were modified to fit.
