Crooked Bridge
Encyclopedia
The Crooked Bridge is a Canadian
railway bridge that spans the Saskatchewan River
just north of Nipawin
, Saskatchewan
. It was originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
. The Crooked Bridge is a double deck bridge with the top deck carrying the Torch River Railway
(short-line operator) track while a 16 foot roadway is on the lower deck.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
railway bridge that spans the Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to empty into Lake Winnipeg...
just north of Nipawin
Nipawin, Saskatchewan
There is, however, some dispute regarding the current population of Nipawin, with Tourism Saskatchewan's Saskatchewan Discovery Guide 2010 claiming a population of 5,074, which actually places Nipawin over the population threshold for applying for city status....
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. It was originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
. The Crooked Bridge is a double deck bridge with the top deck carrying the Torch River Railway
Torch River Rail
The Torch River Rail Inc is a Canadian short line railway company operating on trackage in Saskatchewan, Canada on the former Canadian Pacific Railway White Fox subdivision that runs from Nipawin to Choiceland....
(short-line operator) track while a 16 foot roadway is on the lower deck.