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Concrete Box Bridge

Franklin, Manitoba, R0A, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2000/02/08

Primary elevation, from the west, of the Concrete Box Bridge, Green Ridge area, 2006; Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 2006
Primary Elevation
Contextual view, from the east, of the Concrete Box Bridge, Green Ridge area, 2006; Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 2006
Contextual View
Detail view of a date post on the Concrete Box Bridge, Green Ridge area, 2006; Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 2006
Detail

Other Name(s)

Provincial Highways Bridge Site #7558
Le site no. 7558 du pont des routes provinciales
Concrete Box Bridge

Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

1920/01/01 to 1920/12/31

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2007/01/10

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Concrete Box Bridge near the hamlet of Green Ridge, also known as Provincial Highways Bridge Site No. 7558, is a single-span concrete road crossing built in 1920 over the north branch of the Jordan River. The municipal designation applies to the bridge structure.

Heritage Value

The modest Concrete Box Bridge near Green Ridge is a good illustration of a box-girder bridge, one of the most common and basic types of reinforced concrete bridges used to span short distances. The fixed single-lane crossing, which was cast in place, is one of two similar bridges (both municipally designated, the other near Woodmore) designed and built by local contractor Fred Esterby to extend grid roads over the north branch of the Jordan River, in turn, making travel more direct and convenient in the Rural Municipality of Franklin. The fine structure, with its elegant guardrail balustrades, remains largely intact and in continuous use.

Source: Rural Municipality of Franklin By-law No. 06-99, February 8, 2000

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the site character of the Green Ridge-area Concrete Box Bridge include:
- the structure's north-south placement extending Road 22 East over the Jordan River in southeastern Manitoba
- clear visibility of the bridge within the surrounding landscape

Key elements that define the structure as a modest concrete box-girder road bridge include:
- the low, narrow form comprised of a single 20-metre span, approximately three metres in width (slightly more than one lane), with a short, straight-arched clearance over the waterway and low guardrails above grade
- the superstructure's main components and materials, including the rectangular-shaped, reinforced concrete box girders, the continuous concrete deck and the concrete guardrails containing finely shaped balusters set between sturdy bases, heavy railings and blocky posts
- the substructure, including abutments constructed of concrete reinforced with rebar
- other features and details, including the date '1920' carved in the northwest guardrail post and the contractor's initials 'FE' in the southwest post, etc.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Manitoba

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (MB)

Recognition Statute

Manitoba Historic Resources Act

Recognition Type

Municipal Heritage Site

Recognition Date

2000/02/08

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Developing Economies
Communications and Transportation

Function - Category and Type

Current

Transport-Land
Bridge, Tunnel or Other Engineering Work

Historic

Architect / Designer

Fred Esterby

Builder

Fred Esterby

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

RM of Franklin 115 Waddell Avenue East Box 66 Dominion City MB R0A 0H0

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

M0193

Status

Published

Related Places

n/a

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