The first Alexandra bridge was constructed in 1861 by Joseph Trutch, Commissioner of Public Works for the Colony of British Columbia, as part of the development of the Cariboo Road using native and Chinese labour. He named the bridge after Princess Alexandra of Wales (wife of Queen Victoria's eldest son, who would become Edward VII). Trutch's bridge was rebuilt by the Royal Engineers as construction of the Cariboo Road progressed, with the newer span opening in 1863.
The original bridge was abandoned along with the Cariboo Road, a casualty of CPR construction in the 1880s. The original bridge deck was eventually destroyed by the rising waters of the Fraser Flood of 1894 and its suspension cables were dismantled in 1912. After World War I, the dawn of the automotive era saw new investment in roads across the province, including the re-opening of the Fraser Canyon to road traffic in the form of the new Cariboo Highway. A new suspension bridge was built upon the footings of the original in 1926 (with a deck level ten feet higher than the previous design). This second Alexandra Suspension Bridge still exists today, though it ceased to be used for automobile traffic in 1964. It is essentially a bridge to nowhere.
How to log this cache:
Photos of geocacher at the location, as long as a face is not required in the photo.
- In order to claim a find on this virtual geocache, you must prove that you were here on or after May 5th, 2018. Previous visits do not count.
- You must submit a photo of yourself on the bridge, and your photo must be taken from the bridge deck and show only one of the two bridge towers. Photos showing both bridge towers will not be accepted and find logs will be deleted.
- Option 1: if you do not wish to have your face in the photo, you may submit a photo of a GPS display (phone, GPSr or other devices) as long as it otherwise meets the requirement to show only one bridge tower.
- Option 2: if you do not wish to have your face in the photo, and you cannot take a photo of a GPS display as you don't have enough devices or hands to do so, you may submit a photo of any other Geocaching-themed item (ie., travel bug, Signal the Frog stuffy, cache container, etc...), as long as it otherwise meets the requirement to show only one bridge tower.
If you take other photos in the area, please consider adding them to your log. It will be interesting to see the bridge, the river, and the area in all four seasons.
During the winter months, parking may be limited or non-existent as the parking area may be blocked off with concrete barriers.
Information for this cache description taken from Wikipedia.
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Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
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