Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park In BC

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Historic Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park In British Columbia

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If you are taking a 🚗 road trip and heading North on 🛣 Highway 1 on the west coast of 🍁 Canada, be sure to take a break and visit the Historic …

🏞 Alexandra Bridge – Provincial Park In BC. 🏞 This site is located just to the north of the 🌲 Town of Hope, British Columbia. This town and region is well known for being the site where 🎥 filming the famous blockbuster movie “Rocky” starring actor {Sylvester Stallone}, took place.

This is an ideal rest stop location for travelers heading both North or South through the beautiful 🏞 Fraser Canyon of BC.

Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park is a small park, located around the original site of the {🐎 Cariboo Wagon Road Bridge,} which once crossed over the – Mighty Fraser River.

Brief History Of Alexandra Bridge

The original road bridge was built back in 1861, but was destroyed by the rising waters of the major – Fraser Flood of 1894.

This historic bridge is located alongside once historic fur brigade trails and early roads. Today, these passageways are now used as; 🚶 public walking trails throughout the Park.

“The bridge is associated with the development of a more direct Fraser Canyon route to the gold fields near Quesnel, necessitated by the influx of Fraser River and Cariboo gold seekers in the late 1850s.”

The existing bridge in the Provincial Park was constructed in 1926, along with the newly constructed Cariboo Highway. This was a tremendous accomplishment for engineers back then, working in such rugged terrain alongside this fierce river.

Alexandra Bridge is a steel and concrete suspension bridge, that spans the Fraser River next to the Provincial Park.

There’s an even newer 🌉 Alexandra Bridge, constructed by the 🛣 B.C. Ministry of Highways, back in the early 1960’s. This bridge is about 2 kilometers downstream from the park, which you have to cross and can’t miss, while driving on …

🛣 Highway 1. 🛣

This is where you cross over the Fraser River and Canyon below today.

Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park

Note:

Use ⚠ Extreme Caution, when entering and exiting the 🏞 Provincial Park from Highway 1!

This is a very busy highway, especially during the summer months with tourist traffic. There are also many 🚛 semi trucks traveling in both directions, that use this highway – 24 hours a day.

Always give plenty of warning of your intentions, for other drivers using the highway.

This is Day-Use Park only and is open during the months of; mid May to mid October.

There are 6 picnic tables on site and 3 rustic pit 🚻 toilets, at the time of our visit a few seasons ago. There are small grassy areas throughout and most picnic sites have shade in the day.

The Fraser Canyon can get very ☀ hot during the day in the summer months, so shade is a welcome relief when stopping for a break!

Trail To Alexandra Bridge

There is a wide trail that will take you down to the bridge site. You will see that it is covered in old asphalt, as it was part of the original highway that existed here back in the 1920’s.

It’s an easy 10-15 minute leisure walk 🚶 down the trail to the bridge site.

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Unfortunately, the bridge is not located within the Provincial Park, therefore it is not well maintained as a result. There is graffiti around, but none-the-less, it’s still a worthwhile visit in order to view the – Fraser River and Canyon below.

As well, a perfect spot to take a break, stretch the legs and snap a view 📸 pictures!

This bridge sits on the footings from the original bridge from 1861. If you cross over the bridge to the west side and follow the trail to your left, you will see some remains of a stone retaining wall.

This wall is from the original {wagon trail route} from the 1860’s.

Hidden in the bushes, you may see an old telegraph pole from this era as well. 🙂

This is a great place to stop for rest-break, while driving through the Historic Fraser Canyon in this beautiful part of British Columbia.

As well, it’s definitely worth stopping at the renowned 🚡 Hell’s Gate Airtram. This is a major tourist attraction in the region and for very good reason!

Travel down the Canyon in an 🚡 Airtram to the; Banks of the Fraser River. It’s also a great place to enjoy a meal during your journey, while down in the canyon.

For more information on Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park BC, I’ve included the 🏞 Official BC Parks website page on this Park, for your convenience. 🗺 Be sure to check out the {Google Map} box at the bottom of this post for exact location. 🗺

🌲 BC Parks 🌲

As well, I discovered a neat blog page showing some 📸 old historic photographs of the original bridge and more. Definitely worth checking out for history buffs! 🙂

🌉 Alexandra Bridge Blog 🌉

😎 Safe and Healthy Travels!