Present Day Highway 11 Photographs (Otasawian River to Longlac)
Left - Looking west along Hwy 11, near the Otasawian River Bridge
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Looking west along Hwy 11 through Pagwachuan River Bridge
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Pagwachuan River Bridge, looking east towards Hearst
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Northern side of Pagwachuan River Bridge. Structure completed in 1942.
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Southern side of Pagwachuan River Bridge, looking west towards Longlac
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Looking west along an empty Hwy 11 near Cochrane-Thunder Bay District Boundary
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - North Pagwachuan River Bridge on Hwy 11 east of Longlac. Structure completed in 1991.
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - The North Pagwachuan River Bridge was the first prestressed timber deck and steel beam composite bridge ever built in Ontario. This structure was the first in a series of several bridges built by MTO on remote highways in the 1990s, in places where a local supply of concrete was not readily available. This marked a return to timber deck bridge construction by MTO, a practice which was practically stopped in the 1960s, when concrete became the preferred construction material.
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Close-up of railing and deck design of North Pagwachuan River Bridge
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Looking underneath the North Pagwachuan River Bridge, showing steel beam and laminated timber deck. Note the remains of the original timber pilings for the 1940s bridge in the foreground.
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Looking east along Hwy 11 at Hoiles Creek Bridge, west of Klotz Lake
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - North side of Hoiles Creek Bridge. This structure is of identical design to the prestressed timber deck and steel beam composite bridge at North Pagwachuan River, and was completed in 1994.
(Photograph taken on August 20, 2003 - © Cameron Bevers)
